2022 Women's Cross Country Roster
Natalie Abernathy
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Land O' Lakes
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
2020-21 (Sophomore):
Stopped the clock at 18:22.1 for 26th at the Atlantic 10 Championship (Mar. 5) … Placed 15th at the Richmond Winter XC Invite (Feb. 5) ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019 (Freshman):
Opened the campaign with a season-best 5k time of 18:14.4 at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 20) … Led the team at the Atlantic 10 Championship, stopping the clock at 18:56.9 (Nov. 2) … Crossed the line at 18:19.6 for a top-30 finish at the Royals Cross Country Challenge (Oct. 11) … Was second into the chute for Davidson at the Live in Classic with a 5k run of 18:24.5 (Oct. 5) … Traversed the 6k NCAA Southeast Regional course in 22:14.0 (Nov. 15).
Prep Years: Competed for Mike Zwijacz and Harold Ridgeway at Land O’ Lakes High School … Won the FHSAA District Finals in the 1600m (2018) and the 5k (2017) … Won a total of 10 SAC titles across 5k XC, 3200m and 1600m … Snapped the tape at the Land O’ Lakes Gator XC Invitational (2018) … XC Conference, District and Regional Champion for 1600m, 3200m and 5k XC (2016-17) … Named her team’s XC MVP (2015-18) and for Track (2017-19) … Named the North Suncoast Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2017) … Land O’ Lakes High School Athlete of the Year (2016) … Competed at the Foot Locker South Regional (2018) … Served as a team captain for track (2018-19) and cross country (2018) … Holds the school’s top 15 times for XC 5k, 12 for 3200m and 8 for the 1600m … Was also a member of the soccer team.
Personal: Born April 20, 2001 … Daughter of Dana and John Abernathy … Has an older brother, Nathan … Her great grandfather, Donald Schmidt, pitched for the Yankees, while her uncle Pete Schmidt played at Notre Dame and for the Oneonta Yankees.
Stopped the clock at 18:22.1 for 26th at the Atlantic 10 Championship (Mar. 5) … Placed 15th at the Richmond Winter XC Invite (Feb. 5) ... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019 (Freshman):
Opened the campaign with a season-best 5k time of 18:14.4 at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 20) … Led the team at the Atlantic 10 Championship, stopping the clock at 18:56.9 (Nov. 2) … Crossed the line at 18:19.6 for a top-30 finish at the Royals Cross Country Challenge (Oct. 11) … Was second into the chute for Davidson at the Live in Classic with a 5k run of 18:24.5 (Oct. 5) … Traversed the 6k NCAA Southeast Regional course in 22:14.0 (Nov. 15).
Prep Years: Competed for Mike Zwijacz and Harold Ridgeway at Land O’ Lakes High School … Won the FHSAA District Finals in the 1600m (2018) and the 5k (2017) … Won a total of 10 SAC titles across 5k XC, 3200m and 1600m … Snapped the tape at the Land O’ Lakes Gator XC Invitational (2018) … XC Conference, District and Regional Champion for 1600m, 3200m and 5k XC (2016-17) … Named her team’s XC MVP (2015-18) and for Track (2017-19) … Named the North Suncoast Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year (2017) … Land O’ Lakes High School Athlete of the Year (2016) … Competed at the Foot Locker South Regional (2018) … Served as a team captain for track (2018-19) and cross country (2018) … Holds the school’s top 15 times for XC 5k, 12 for 3200m and 8 for the 1600m … Was also a member of the soccer team.
Personal: Born April 20, 2001 … Daughter of Dana and John Abernathy … Has an older brother, Nathan … Her great grandfather, Donald Schmidt, pitched for the Yankees, while her uncle Pete Schmidt played at Notre Dame and for the Oneonta Yankees.
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