Sarah Sears

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Class:
Senior
Major:
Latin American Studies
High School:
Washington-Lee High School
Hometown:
Arlington, Va.

2018 Outdoor (Senior):
Atlantic 10 Champion in the 5k (16:51.16) and 10k (35:15.01) at the A-10 Championship (5/5-6) … Named to the A-10 All-Academic Team … Earned a prestigious A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship … Named to the Atlantic Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Finished fourth overall in the 5k with her best ever time, 16:21.59, at the Duke Invitational (4/21) … Placed fourth in the 1500m (4:24.86) at the Charlotte Invitational (4/14) … Competed at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in the 5k (16:56.30).

2017-18 (Senior):
Named the Atlantic 10 Championship Track Performer of the Meet … Won league titles in the mile (4:51.35) and the 5k (16:28.31), while taking fourth in the 3k (9:54.29) at the A-10 Championship (2/17-18) … Snapped the tape in the 3k (9:33.50) at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/20) … Placed fourth in the mile (4:47.44) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26) … Crossed the line in 10th overall in the elite field of the 3k (9:20.92) at the Camel City Invitational (2/3) … Opened the season with a 16:42.56 performance in the 5k at the BU Season Opener (12/2).

2017 Outdoor (Junior):
Placed third in the 1500m (4:27.11) and fifth in the 5k (17:09.10) at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship (5/7) … Opened the season with a PR and second place finish in the 5k (16:57.66) at the Charlotte 49er Classic (3/18) … Took second in the 800m with a time of 2:13.76 at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/1) … Ran a 4:28.50 in the 1500m, good for fifth at the Mason Spring Invitational (4/8) … Notched a fourth place result in the 1500m (4:28.87) at the Duke Invitational (4/22).

2016-17 Indoor (Junior):
Placed second in the mile with a time of 4:53.55, helped lead the 4x800m relay team to a fifth place finish and was a member of the 11:46.52 second place finishing and school record setting distance medley relay at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship (2/19) … Set a new personal best time in the mile (4:53.03) at the BU Terrier Classic (1/27) … Took third in the 800m with a time of 2:15.32 at the UNCG Dual Meet Madness (1/29) … Opened the season with a second place finish in the mile (5:00.85) at the KDL College Kick-off Classic (12/3) … Registered a runner-up performance in the 800m with a time of 2:14.15 at the Wake Forest Invitational (1/21).

2016 Outdoor (Sophomore):
Opened the outdoor season with a career-best time of 4:37.87 in the 1,500 to place second at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 17-19) … Registered a time of 4:39.13 in the 1,500 at the Raleigh Relays (March 25-26) … Earned a fourth-place finish in the 3,000 steeplechase with a career-best time of 11:23.97 at the Charlotte Invitational (April 15-16) ... In the 3,000 steeplechase finished 11th with a time of 11:19.51 at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (May 7-8).

2015-16 Indoor (Sophomore):
Opened the indoor season with a second-place finish in the mile (5:12.30) at the JDL College Kick-off Classic (Dec. 5) … Claimed victory in the 3,000 with a career-best time of 10:24.23 at the ETSU Invitational (Jan. 15-16) … Raced to victory in the mile with a time of 5:12.03 at the UNCG Team Challenge (Jan. 24) … Earned a fifth-place finish with a season-best time of 5:00.41 in the mile at the High Point Team Challenge (Feb. 11) … At the A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championship, helped the DMR relay to a seventh-place finish (12:11.61), 4x4 relay team to a ninth-place finish with a time of 4:01.28 (Feb. 20-21).

2015 Outdoor (Freshman):
Took sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:16.35 at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 19-21) … Helped the 4x800 relay team to a seventh place finish with a time of 9:20.77 at the Raleigh Relays (March 27-28) … Finished third in the 1500 with a time of 4:44.68 at the High Point VertKlasse Meet (April 3-4) … Earned a fourth place finish in the 1500 (4:40.73) at the Charlotte Invitational (April 17-18) … Raced to second place in the 800 with a time of 2:15.73 at the 2015 Carolina Cup (April 22) … Ran a season-best 4:37.93 in the 1500 to take 12^th at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship (May 2-3).

2014-15 Indoor (Freshman):
Finished second in the one-mile with a time of 5:09.66 at the ETSU Invitational (Jan. 16-17) … Ran a season-best 5:05.27 in the one-mile to rank sixth at the Hilton Garden Invitational (Jan. 30-31) … Helped the 4x400 team to a seventh place finish with a time of 4:11.71, while earning a seventh place finish in the 800 with a time of 2:18.20 at the High Point Panthers Team Challenge (Feb. 12) … Part of the DMR (11:51.94) and the 4x800 (9:07.35) that both finished third at the 2015 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championship (Feb. 21-22).

Personal:
Majoring in Latin American Studies.