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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Niamh Durcan

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orangeburg, N.Y.
  • High School Pearl River
  • Major Business Management

Biography

2024-25 (Senior):
Outdoor: Did not compete.

Indoor: Opened the winter with a pair of top-five finishes in the 3000-meter in the Rutgers Holiday Classic (10:07.42) and the Ramapo College Season Opener (10:04.81)… Placed seventh in the mile (5:01.53) in the Fastrack National Invite… At the CAA Indoor Championships competed in the mile (5:38.38).

Cross Country: Had top-15 finishes in the 4K (14:52.20) in the Stony Brook Season Opener and in the 6K (22:00.80) in the Jasper Fall XC Invitational… Competed in the 6K at the CAA Championships (23:20.30) and the NCAA Northeast Regional (22:09.90).

2023-24 (Junior):
Outdoor: Earned a personal best 4:37.81 for second place in the 1500-meter at the Monmouth Season Opener… Recorded another personal best performance in the 5000-meter (17:30.82) at the Colonial Relays… Finished in second place at the Mark Young Invitational in the 1500-meter (4:41.59)… Had a first-place finish in the 3000-meter (9:57.28) at Yale Springtime… Concluded the season at the CAA Outdoor Championships, running in the 5000-meter (17:56.26) for 18th place. 

Indoor: Opened the season with a fifth-place finish in the 3000-meter (10:04.21) at the Rutgers Holiday Classic… Competed in the mile run (5:16.49) at the Villanova Invitational… Earned a personal best 9:56.07 in the 3000-meter at the Scarlet Knight Open…At the Fastrack National Invite, recorded another personal best 4:59.29 in the mile run… Competed in the distance medley relay (11:47.42) for third place at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships.

Cross Country: Finished 12th at The Stony Brook Season Opener… Placed 19th at The Friar Cross Country Invitational… Took 31st at The CAA Cross Country Championship… Competed at The NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships.

2022-23 (Sophomore):
Outdoor: Placed 12th overall in the 1500m (4:50.01) and set a new personal best in the preliminaries (4:38.97) at the CAA Outdoor Championships… Earned a fifth-place finish in the 1500m at the Mark Young Invite… Placed 10th in the 1500m at the Colonial Relays.

Indoor: Placed 16th and set a new personal best in the 5000m (18:10.96)… Earned a fourth-place finish and a new personal best in the 3000m (10:10.28) at the Fastrack National Invite… Secured a top-20 finish and a new personal best in the mile (5:08.46) at the Scarlet Knight Open… Placed 10th in the 3000m at the Penn 10-Team Select… Earned a sixth-place finish in the mile at the Wagner Invite.

Cross Country: Came in 20th place at the Stony Brook Season Opener with a final time of 15:13.80 (4K) and an average mile time of 06:07.00… Crossed the finish line in 29th place at the Providence Friar Invitational with a final time of 19:39.90 (5K) and an average mile time of 06:19.70… Earned 317th place at the Paul Short Run with a final time of 22:18.00 (Women’s College Gold 6K)… Came in 88th place at ECAC XC Championships with a final time of 22:54.80 (Women’s 6k) and an average mile time of 06:08.70… Earned a 51st-place finish at the CAA Cross Country Championships with a final time of 23:32.60 (6k) and an average mile time of 06:18.70.

2021-22 (Freshman):
Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 3000m at the Yale Springtime Invite with a final time of 10:41.58… Earned a sixth-place finish in the 1500m at the Mark Young Invite with a personal best time of 4:48.71… Crossed the line in 18:57.60 to secure a new personal best in the 5000m at the Colonial Relays… America East Spring Honor Roll. 

Indoor: Placed sixth in the 1000m at the Fordham Invite with a personal best time of 3:12.24… Earned a 10th-place finish in the 3000m at the Fastrack Last Chance with a final time of 10:33.70… Earned an 11th-place finish in the 3000m at the Great Dane Classic with a personal-best time of 10:27.37.

Cross Country: Made collegiate debut at Stony Brook Cross Country Invite ... Took 54th at the America East Cross Country Championships with a personal-best time of 18:53.9 (5K) ... Placed 60th at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships ... America East Fall Honor Roll

AT PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner, earning one year as captain… Five-time All-League… Two-time All-County Second Team… Three-time All-county First Team… Five-time All-Section One Team… Two-time all-State Honorable Mention… 2020 All-State Second Team… 2019 All-League… Two-time All-County Second Team… 2021 All-County First Team… Was on honor roll all four years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Christina and Eoin… Sister of Ailish, Hugh, Ciara, Aiden, and Maura… Twin sister, Ciara, is on the cross country and track and field team at St. Thomas Aquinas College… First one in family to be on a Division I sports team.



Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    5'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    5'0"
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