2017 Merrimack College Women's Cross Country Roster

Hannah Tavares

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cumberland, R.I.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Cumberland
  • Major Sports Medicine

Biography

2017-18

Cross Country

  • Appeared in four events
  • Placed 94th at the NE10 Championship (25:48.63)
  • Had two top-40 finishes to start the year

Indoor Track & Field

  • Competed at four meets as a senior
  • Posted a new personal-best mile time (5:32.62) at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-1/27)
  • Highest finishes of the season were two 4th place finishes. One came in the 1000m (3:18.65) at the UMass Boston Winter Open (12/2), the other at the Bowdoin College Invitational (1/20) in the 4x800 event (10:27.57)

Outdoor Track & Field

  • Competed in six meets as a senior
  • Was on the fifth-place 4x800 relay team at the NE10 Outdoor Championships (5/4-5/5)
  • Her highest finish was a fifth place finish in the 1500m at the Merrimack Invitational (4/21)
  • Her fastest 1500m time was 5:09.78 at the Coach Pollard Invitational (4/13-4/14)

2016-17

Cross Country 

  • Competed in three meets as a sophomore.
  • Ran her season best time of 22:00 at the New England Championship Meet (10/8) 
Indoor Track & Field
  • Placed 4th in the 4x4 relay and 3rd in the 800 meter dash at the 2017 Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Competed in eight events

2015-16

Cross Conutry
Ran in three of seven races as a sophomore … Posted a 56th-place finish at Kirsh’s Cup (10/16).

Indoor Track & Field
Competed in five meets as a sophomore … Placed third as part of the 4x800m relay at the NE10 Championships

Outdoor Track & Field
Competed in six meets as a sophomore … Placed fourth as a part of the 4x800m relay at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational

2014-15

Cross Country
Competed in five of seven events as a freshman ... Posted a career-best 48th-place with a time of 21:36 at the Codfish Bowl (9/27).

Indoor Track & Field
Competed in three meets in her freshman season … Placed first with the relay team in the 4x400m at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/14) … Finished sixth with the relay team in the 4x800m at the Tufts Invitational (1/17).

Outdoor Track & Field
Did not complete in any outdoor meets as a freshman.

Before Merrimack: Four-year letterwinner at Cumberland ... Earned all-division honors ... Qualified for New England's in three seasons ... Also lettered in track & field and earned all-state honors as a senior ... Also recruited by Stonehill.

Personal: Born Sept. 17, 1996 ... Daughter of Louis and Brenda ... Has one sibling, Abigail ... Sports Medicine major at Merrimack.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2016Junior

    5'5"
  • 2017Senior