2023-24 (Senior): (XC) Ran 6K PR of 20:09.4 and placed 12th overall at NCAA DI NE Region XC Championships. (ITF) Won the 1K with time of 2:45.91 and competed on 2nd place 4x8 team at YDC Challenge, won the mile with PR of 4:36.52 at Ivy League Heps Indoor T&F Championships and competed on 4th place 4x8 team, won 1K at IC4A/ECAC Indoor T&F Championships with PR of 2:43.30. (OTF) Placed in the top 5 and ran 800m PR of 2:06.17 at Larry Ellis Invitational, ran 1500m PR of 4:11.39 at Wake Forest Invitational, ran on new school record DMR team at Penn Relays, competed on winning 4x8 team and placed 4th in the 1500m finals with time of 4:14.37 at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships, made it to NCAA East First Round of competition in 1500m.
2022-23 (Junior): (XC) Finished 6th at Coaching Tree Invitational with a PR time of 20:26.9 in the 6k (Sept. 16) …
(ITF): Competed in the DMR, placing 3rd with time of 11:32.53 at the Ivy League Indoor TF Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Ran a personal best mile with time of 4:41.98, placing 2nd at the Indoor IC4A/ECAC (Mar. 3-5) …
(OTF): PR 1500m at Raleigh Relays, placing ninth with time 4:17.06 (Mar. 23-25) … Personal best 800m time of 2:08.76, earning 14th place at the Larry Ellis Invitational (Apr. 14-15)
- 2022 NCAA Eastern Prelims Qualifier (1,500m)
- 2022 Ivy League Indoor Champion (DMR)
- 2022 First Team Indoor All-Ivy League (DMR)
- 2022 Second Team Cross Country All-Ivy League
2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Finished 11th at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 30) with a PR time of 21:02.6, finishing as Columbia's second-best finisher ... Earned second team cross country All-Ivy League honors ... Ran the 6K in 21:47.9 to finish 47th at the NCAA Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 12) ... Crossed the line in fourth with a 5K time of 18:06.4 at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships (Nov. 20) ... Ran a PR in the 5K at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sept. 24), finishing 24th ...
(ITF) Ran the anchor leg in the DMR to secure the Ivy League Indoor title with a time of 11:20.20 at the Ivy League Indoor Heps (Feb. 26-27) ... Earned first team indoor All-Ivy League honors ... Took fourth in the 3,000m at the Ivy League Indoor Heps, clocking a time of 9:22.92 ... Ran a PR to take first in the one mile with a time of 4:42.16 at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) ... Took first in the one mile at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia (Jan. 22) meet with a time of 4:52.22 ... Took second with a PR time of 9:19.97 in the 3,000m at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Feb. 4-5) ...
(OTF) Qualified for the NCAA Eastern Prelims (May 25-28) in the 1,500m ... Ran 4:20.11 in the 1,500m at the NCAA Eastern Prelims ... Ran 1,500m qualifying time with a PR at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 22-23), crossing the line at 4:18.42 ... Took seventh in the 1,500m with a time of 4:27.72 at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8) ... Finished eighth with a time of 17:32.11 in the 5,000m at the Ivy League Outdoor Heps.
2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19)
High School: 12-time letterwinner in Cross Country and Track & Field at The Pingry School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey ... Member of the 2017 Indoor Girls Non-Public B NJSIAA State Championship team ... Five-time New Balance Nationals Track qualifier ... Two-time Footlocker Cross Country Finalist (2018-19) ... Three-time Cross Country Non-Public A NJSIAA State Champion (2017-19) ... 2018 NJSIAA Indoor Meet of Champions 3,200-Meter Run Champion ... Four-time Cross Country First Team All-Somerset County ... Three-time Cross Country First Team All-Skyland Conference ... National Merit Commended Student.
Personal: Born, Nicole Kathleen Vanasse, on May 26, 2002 in Morristown, New Jersey ... Daughter of Kelly Groteke Vanasse and Gerald Vanasse ... Has one sibling, Camille (24) ... Comes from an athletic background: mother, Kelly, was a two-time All-American and five-time Ivy League Heps Champion in Cross Country and Track & Field at Yale; Father, Gerry, finished second at the Boston Marathon in 1984; ran Cross Country and Track & Field at UConn; was a member of Team Adidas USA (1983-87) ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs Penn, Yale and Princeton, along with Georgetown ... Went with Columbia because "of the resources and the location, along with Columbia's academic and athletic excellence" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Economics.
Career Bests
2.49M (XC) - 14:17.6
Stony Brook XC Invite - Sept. 4, 2021
5K (XC) - 17:38.5
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown - Sept. 24, 2021
6K (XC) - 21:02.6
Ivy League Cross Country Heps - Oct. 30, 2021
One Mile (Indoor) - 4:42.16
Rutgers Open - Feb. 11-12, 2022
3000m (Indoor) - 9:19.97
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge - Feb. 4-5, 2022
1500m (Outdoor) - 4:18.42
Virginia Challenge - Apr. 22-23, 2022
5000m (Outdoor) - 17:32.11
Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps - May 7-8, 2022
