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2018 Cross Country Roster

Julia Sienski

  • Position DIS
  • Class Senior
  • High School Edison
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Political Science

Biography

- 2018 Ivy League Cross Country Champion (Team)

2018-19 (Senior): (XC)
Crossed the line in 27th, running the 6K in 22:16.7, to help Columbia finish second at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 12) ... Finished the 6K at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 27) in 21:42.8 to help Columbia snag its second straight cross country Ivy League title. (Indoor) Finished fourth (9:48.20) in the 3,000m at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia (Jan. 18) meet ... Ran a PR time of 4:52.83 in the One Mile Run at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 2), finishing with a fifth place finish overall ... Set a PR in the 3,000m, clocking 9:34.35 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 8-9) ... Ran anchor in the 4x880-Meter Relay that clocked a time of 9:04.28 to finish fifth at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 23-24). (Outdoor) Set a PR time of 16:40.71 in the 5,000-Meter Run at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 19-20) ... Recorded a 10th place finish in the 5,000m at the Ivy League Outdoor Heps (May 4-5), clocking a time of 16:50.95.

2017-18 (Junior): (XC) Led Columbia to the title at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29), clocking a 21:29.7 in the 6K for an eighth place finish ... Ran the 6K course in 23:48.6 at the Columbia XC Invite (Sept. 8). (Indoor) Did not participate in any events. (Outdoor) Did not participate in any events.

2016-17 (Sophomore): (XC) Opened the season taking 16th at the Stony Brook Invitational (Sept. 10), clocking a 20:48.8 over the 5K course during the Columbia team victory ... Claimed 83rd during the Paul Short Run (Oct. 1) as Columbia’s second highest finisher with a PR time of 21:13.3 over the 6K ... Was the top Columbia finisher during the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 14), finishing the 6K in 21:59.7 ... Took 33rd during the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 29), clocking a 21:24.8 in the 6K ... Helped Columbia to a sixth place finish at the NCAA Division I Northeast Regio Cross Country Championships (Nov. 11) when she went 21:54.9 for 63rd in the 6K. (Indoor) Did not participate in any events. (Outdoor) Did no participate in any events.

2015-16 (First-Year): (XC) Set what is still a PR in the 5K at the Brother Jasper XC Invite (Sept. 11), ran first collegiate course in 18:52.6 to finish 23rd ... Crossed the line in 13th at the Leopard Invitational (Oct. 17), finishing the 6K course in 23:10.2 ... Finished the 5K in 18:59.9 at the IC4A/ECAC XC Championship (Nov. 21). (Indoor) Finished seventh in the 3,000-Meter Run at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia (Jan. 23) meet, clocking a time of 10:22.64 ... Ran the anchor in the Distance Medley Relay squad that clocked a time of 11:51.41 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 4-6). (Outdoor) Clocked a PR time of 7:22.51 in the 2,000-Meter Steeplechase for a second place finish at the Stony Brook Quad Meet (Mar. 24) ... Set second PR of the season with 4:42.46 in the 1,500-Meter Run at the Yale Springtime Invitational (May 1).

Personal: Sienski comes to Columbia with personal bests of 2:17.19 in the 800m, 4:55.04 in the 1600m and 10:33.43 in the 3200m ... Finished fifth in the 3200m run at the 2015 CIF Southern Section Division Finals.

Career Bests

6K (XC)
- 21:13.3
Paul Short - Oct. 1, 2016
5K (XC) - 18:52.6
Brother Jasper XC Invite - Sept. 11, 2015
5,000m (Outdoor) - 16:40.71
Virginia Challenge - Apr. 19-20, 2019
DMR (Indoor) - 11:51.41
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championship - May 4-6, 2016
3,000m (Indoor) - 9:34.35
BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational - Feb. 8-9, 2019
4x880m Relay (Indoor) - 9:04:28
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 23-24, 2019
2,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor) - 7:22.51
Stony Brook Quad Meet - Mar. 24, 2016
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 4:52.83
Villanova Invitational - Feb. 2, 2019
One Mile Run (Outdoor) - 5:12.64
Ocean State Invitational - Apr. 15-16, 2016
1,500m (Outdoor) - 4:42.46
Yale Springtime Invitational - May 1, 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Graduate Student

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  • 2016Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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  • 2018Senior

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