UC San Diego

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

AS A SENIOR IN 2025
Set three school records in the 1,500m (4:22.52), 3,000m (9:24.62) and 5,000m (16:02.47) ... Qualified for the First Round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 5,000m, finishing 45th with a time of 17:12.80 ... Finished sixth at The Big West Championships in the 1,500m with a time of 4:41.02 ... Also finished sixth in the 5,000m with a time of 16:56.05 ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ... Earned team's Female Track MVP award ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete ... Named to UC San Diego's All-Triton Team ... Won the invitational mile event at UC Irvine's Steve Scott Invitational ... Won both the 5,000m and 1,500m at UC San Diego's Triton Invitational ... Named Big West Track Athlete of the Week (March 11) ... Won the 3,000m event at the Riverside City College Invitational.

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 Cupertino ... Parents are Michael Northrop and Vega Bluem ... Majoring in cognitive science with a specialization in machine learning and neural computation at Muir College, minoring in computer science and Chinese ... Plans to work for an environmental tech company doing data science ... Her favorite moment as an athlete is breaking 17 and the school record in the 5k at the 2023 Triton Invite with all her friends ... Her favorite UC San Diego moment is the women's cross country Judas Dance class party at Tubs ... Enjoys playing and hosting Survivor, backpacking, boogie boarding, singing and dancing ... Roots for SKO TONS ... Her favorite athlete is Charlie Frank ... Listens to Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac ... About Time is her favorite movie ... Favorite food is drunken noodles ... Favorite social media is Instagram ... Most people don't know that she is going to win Triton Tag 2026.