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UC San Diego

2025 Cross Country Roster

David Bernal/UC San Diego

Sylvana Northrop

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Major Cognitive Science
  • Hometown Cupertino, Calif.
  • High School Monta Vista HS
  • College Muir

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2024
Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Nov. 4) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Oct. 21) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 2) ... Named to Big West Fall All-Academic List ... Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, with highest honors ... Big West All-Conference ... Named to CSC Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team ... Competed in six meets including the Big West 2024 Cross Country Championships and the NCAA DI West Region Cross Country Championships ... Won the Highlander Invitational with a time of 20:27.7 (10/19) ... Ran her fastest race at the conference championships with a time of 20:04.1 to finish 6th ... Finished 29th at the NCAA DI West regionals with a time of 20:23.4.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Cross country redshirt.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
Fall Big West All-Academic Team ... Competed at the UC Riverside Invitational, Paul Short Run, and Santa Clara Bronco Invite … Posted a Triton best time at Paul Short with a time of 21:11.3 (9/30) … Posted the second fastest times at the Riverside Invite and Bronco Invite.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll... Finished 14th overall (20:41.6) and was the second Triton to finish at the UC Davis Stump Invite (9/10)... Was 62nd overall (22:33.8) and the first Triton to finish at the Roy Griak Invite (9/24)... Placed 56th overall (23:20.1) at the Princeton Invite (10/16).

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino ... Freshman: Cross Country team Rookie of the Year ... Sophomore: Cross Country Central Coast Section Medalist, Track & Field Most Valuable Distance Runner, SCVAL 3200 Champion, CCS 3200 top 10 ... Junior: Cross Country team Most Outstanding Runner, Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete ... Senior: Cross Country team Most Outstanding Runner, Track & Field Most Valuable Distance Runner, CCS 3200 Champion, 3200 2nd Place at States ... Sophomore: Cross Country Central Coast Section Champions ... Senior: 1600 School record, 3200 School record.

PERSONAL
Born September 15 in Cupertino ... Majoring in cognitive science machine learning with an emphasis in computer science at Muir College ... Plans to pursue a career in data analysis for a renewable energy company after graduating from UC San Diego ... Enjoys backpacking, playing guitar, and swimming in the ocean in her free time ... Her favorite moment as an athlete is racing the 5k at Triton Stadium in 2022 and celebrating with her teammates afterward ... her favorite athlete is Meriah Earle ... Listens to Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, and Fleetwood Mac ... About Time is her favorite movie ... Most people don't know that she used to run a bakery in high school out of her garage and would sell items at farmer's markets.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior

  • 2025Redshirt Senior

    5'1"

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