2018 Merrimack College Women's Cross Country Roster

Sophie Gorton

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Plymouth, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Plymouth North
  • Major Political Science

Biography

2018-19

Cross Country

  • Team captain
  • USTFCCCA All-East Region honoree
  • Competed in all eight events as a senior
  • Helped team qualify for the NCAA Championships for the second time in school history and finished the national final with a time of 25:30.6 (12/1)
  • Had two top-10 finishes and four top-15 finishes
  • Placed ninth at both Shacklette (9/1) and Kirsh Cup (10/20)
  • Ran a personal best 19:04.99 at UMass Dartmouth (9/15)
  • Placed 23rd out of 144 runners at NE10 Championship, just missing all-conference accolades (11/4)
  • Placed 20th at the NCAA East Regional (11/17)

2017-18

Cross Country

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic honors
  • Competed in all six events
  • Placed 61st at the NCAA East Regional Championship (25:14.4)
  • Also finished 43rd at the NE10 Championship (23:35.78)
  • Had a top-10 finish at the Bowdoin Invitational (19:43.3)

Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed at five meets her junior year
  • Her highest finish of the season was third place in the DMR event (14:17.32) at the USM Open III (1/27)
  • Posted a new personal-best in the 3000m (10:51.78) at the URI Coaches Tribute Meet (2/9)
  • Recorded three top-10 finishes over the course of the season
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Set a school record in the 3000 steeplechase (11:32.54) at the New England Outdoor Championships (5/11-5/12) 
  • Placed sixth in the 3000 steeplechase at the NE10 Outdoor Championships (5/4-5/5)
  • Finished second in the 3000 steeplechase at the Merrimack Invitational (4/21) and fourth at the Coach Pollard Invitational (4/13-4/14)
  • Set a personal-best in the 1500m race at the Black & Gold Invitational at Bryant (3/31) with a time of 5:03.36

2016-17

Cross Country 

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
  • Competed in six meets as a sophomore.
  • Ran her season best time of 19:52 at the New England Championship Meet (10/8)
  • Competed in Regionals finishing 51nd overall, 2nd for Merrimack. (11/5)
Indoor Track & Field
  • Competed in seven events

Outdoor Track & Field
  • Placed 2nd in the 3000 meter sprint at the 2017 UNH Wildcat Invitational

2015-16

Cross Country

  • Competed in six of seven races for Merrimack in breakout rookie season
  • Recorded three top-40 finishes
  • Season-best 26th-place finish at the Shacklette Invitational (9/5)
  • Placed 52nd at NE-10’s (10/25).

Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed in six meets as a freshman
  • Finished eighth in the mile at NE10’s running her PR of 5:27.39

Outdoor Track & Field

  • Competed in five meets as a freshman
  • Won the 3000m Steeple at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational 

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner for the cross country and track & field teams at Plymouth North ... Four-time Conference All Star for cross country and three-time Conference All Star for track & field teams ... Team Rookie of the Year ... Set school records as a sophomore and junior ... Captain of cross country and track & field teams as a junior and senior ... Also recruited by American University and Regis College.

Personal: Born October 4, 1996 ... Daughter of Robert and Diane ... Has two siblings: Daniel and Briane ... Political Science major at Merrimack.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Junior

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    2018Senior

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