UC San Diego

MEDIA
Sylvana Northrop chases postseason success after record-breaking year (5/5/25)

AS A SENIOR IN 2025
Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Mar. 3).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
Earned second place and set a personal best in the 3000 (10:12.08) at the Triton Invite (4/9) ... Placed second overall in the 3000 (10:22.07) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/11) ... Ran a personal best of 17:45.76 in the 5000 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/15) ... Finished third overall in the 5000 (17:50.86) at the Vince O'Boyle Classic (4/2) ... Recorded her personal best in the 1500 (4:45.60) at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/30). 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino ... Set school records in the 1600 (4:58) and 3200 (10:37) as a senior ... Two-time Monta Vista Track and Field Most Valuable Distance Runner honoree, named Most Valuable Athlete as a junior ... 2021 CIF Central Coast Section Champion in the 3200, second overall in California ... Helped the Matadors to the 2019 CIF CCS Cross Country team championship ... 2019 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Champion in the 3200 ... Earned Monta Vista Cross Country Most Outstanding Runner honors her junior and senior years ... Named Monta Vista Cross Country Rookie of the Year her freshman year. 

PERSONAL
Born September 15 in San Francisco ... The daughter of Michael and Sarah ... Has a younger sister, Narea ... Both her parents ran collegiate cross country and track at Tufts; her mom, Sarah, also ran cross country at the University of Delaware ... Majoring in cognitive science at Muir College ... Hopes to work at an environmental conservation company in programming upon graduation ... Likes hiking, reading, guitar, and watching Survivor ... Favorite moment competing was running her first sub-17 5k at the Triton Invitational ... Lists American Olympic distance runner Colleen Quigley as her favorite athlete ... Listens to Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Billy Joel ... Favorite movie is About Time ... One thing most people might not know about her is that she started running competitively after she got cut from her middle school soccer team ... Her favorite food is scallion pancakes, a popular Chinese street food.