Columbia University Athletics

2022-23 (Senior): (XC) Did not compete … (ITF): Top finisher in the 1000m at Mets with a time of 2:54.08 (Feb. 3) … Finished 3rd with a time of 11:32.52 in the DMR at the Ivy League Indoor TF Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Clocked 12th at the IC4A/ECAC in the 1000m with a time of 2:52.20 (Mar. 3-5) … (OTF): 1st place in the 4x800m at Mets Outdoor with a time of 9:30.29 (Apr. 8) … Ran an 800m with a time of 2:13.82 at 2023 Springtime, placing third (Apr. 30)

- 2022 Ivy League Indoor Champion (DMR)
- 2022 First Team Indoor All-Ivy League (DMR)

2021-22 (Junior): (XC) Did not compete in any events. (ITF) Was the third leg on the Ivy League Indoor Championship DMR squad that clocked a title winning time of 11:20.20 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) ... Earned first team indoor All-Ivy League honors in the DMR ... Ran a PR in the 1,000m at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, crossing the line in 2:51.62 ... Clocked a PR in the one mile at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Feb. 4-5), crossing the line in 4:58.22 ... Took fourth in the 1,000m at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12), finished in 2:53.36 ... (OTF) Finished the 800m with a fourth-place time of 2:19.08 at the Mets Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Apr. 8-9) ... Posted a PR time of 4:39.33 in the 1,500m, finishing second at the Mark Young Invite (Apr. 23) ... Clocked a PR in the 800m, finishing in 2:11.93 at the Princeton Elite Invite (May 14) ... Ran 2:17.27 in the 800m at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8).

2020-21 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19)

2019-20 (First-Year): (XC) Did not compete in any races. (Indoor) Did not compete in any events. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in cross country and track at James W. Robinson High School in Fairfax, Virginia ... Served as team captain both junior and senior year on the cross country and track teams ... Three-time All-District and two-time All-Regional and All-State in cross country ... Four-time indoor and two-time outdoor District Champion ... Earned All-Regional honors five times in indoor and three times in outdoor track ... Named All-State in indoor track five times and four times in outdoor track ... Washington Post Honorable Mention for cross country (Jr.) and indoor track (Jr., Sr.) ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society ... Earned a writing award from the Autism Society.

Personal: Born, Seneca Marie Willen, on Aug. 16, 2001, in Fairfax, Virginia ... Daughter of Erich and Diane Willen ... Great Grandfather Joseph Willen, graduated from Columbia and Penn ... Both uncle and aunt attended Princeton ... Another uncle has won a pair of National Championships at Virginia as a coach ... Grandfather, Frank Gagliano, played quarterback for Richmond and the Hamilton Tiger Cats in the Canadian Football League ... Gagliano is also the current head coach of the NJNY Track Club ... Was heavily recruited by a handful of top programs that includes Virginia Tech; Maryland; Georgetown; William & Mary; George Mason; George Washington; American and Northeastern ... Decided on Columbia because "it is an amazing school and place, and I know that it is an environment that I will thrive in both academically and athletically" ... If the chance to travel back in time ever arose, "I would become an astronaut and be the first person to land on the moon" ... Favorite athlete is 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist Emma Coburn ... Was named after West Virginia's 'Seneca Rocks' ... Will attend Columbia College ... Major is currently undecided.

Career Bests
800m (Outdoor) - 2:11.93
Princeton Elite Invite - May 14, 2022
1000m (Indoor) - 2:51.62
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 4-6, 2022
1500m (Outdoor) - 4:39.33
Mark Young Invite - Apr. 23, 2022
One Mile (Indoor) - 4:58.22
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge - Feb. 4-5, 2022