2020 Cross Country Roster
Marianne Abdalah
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Vincentian Academy
2019 (r-So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished 27th overall at the Big 12 Championship with a 6k time of 21:39.9
- Placed 38th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (6k) after crossing the finish line in 22:04.1
- In WVU’s first trip to the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, she finished 51st after posting a 5k time of 17.45.6
- Earned her second top-10 finish of the season with a ninth-place finish (21:25.8) at the Lock Haven Invitational
- Finished 30th at the Spiked Shoe Invitational (6k) with a time of 22:45.2
- In her season debut at the Lehigh Invitational (6k), she tallied a top-five finish after crossing the line in fourth place with a time of 22:18.23
2018 (r-Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished 51st overall at the Big 12 Championship with a 6k time of 22:02.0
- Logged matching times of 22:22 at the Paul Short Invite and Penn State National Open
- Earned a sixth-place overall finish at the Lock Have Invite, posting a season-best time of 21:58.1 (6k)
- Placed 42nd at the Spiked Shoe Invitational in 22:41 (6k)
- Began the campaign with an 18th-place finish at the Charlotte Opener (5k) with a time of 19:10.1
2017 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Redshirted
High School
- Ran at Vincentian Academy for coach Erika Suhy
- Became second athlete in WPIAL history to win four cross country championships
- Led Vincentian Academy to two WPIAL team titles
- Three-time PIAA cross country champion
- Won three WPIAL Class AA championships and two PIAA championships in 3,200-meter run
- Held WPIAL record for 3,200-meter run (10:45.54)
- High school valedictorian
Personal
- Daughter of Marvin and Kim Abdalah
- Won USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championship in 2013 (13-14 Division)
- Has two brothers
- Birthday is April 27
- Majoring in biology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Dean’s List
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