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2021 Women's Cross Country

Amanda Karch

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sandwich, Mass.
  • High School Sandwich

Biography

Career Achievements

• 2019, 2020, 2021 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

Career Highlights

2021: As a senior, competed in all six meets...finished the fall with an average time of 22:26 in two 5k races and 28:20 in three 6k events…placed 19th at the season-opening Wheaton Invitational with a time of 13:33 in the 2-mile race on September 3...ran a 22:11 in the 5K race at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 18...posted a 22:41 in teh Keene State Invitational 5K race on October 2...recorded a 28:19 in the first 6K race of the season at the Suffolk Invitational on October 16...crossed the finish line in a 6K season-best time of 28:09 at the NEWMAC Championships on October 30...wrapped up the season with a 28:32 in the 6k NCAA East Regional Championships on October 13.

2020: As a junior, season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: As a sophomore, competed in all six meets…finished the fall with an average time of 21:35 in two 5k races and 26:23 in three 6k events…finished 60th at the 5k Fitchburg State Sheehan Invitational with a time of 22:14 on September 8…recorded a season-best time of 20:55 at the 5k Keene State Invitational on October 5…placed 101st with a 6k time of 26:32 at the NEWMAC Championship on November 3 at Franklin Park…finished with a season-best 6k time of 26:02 at the NCAA New England Championship at Bowdoin on November 16.

2018: As a first-year, competed in five of seven races…finished the year with a 23:01 average time in the 5k…made her collegiate debut by placing 11th in a 2-mile dual meet at Wheaton on August 31…ran a season-best 21:31 at the 5k UMass Dartmouth Invitational on September 15…crossed the finish line with a time of 27:57 in her only 6k race of fall at the Connecticut College Invitational on October 13…finished with a time of 24:03 at the 5k NEWMAC Championships on October 27.

Top Times
5k: 20:55 – Keene State Invitational (10/5/19) 
6k: 26:02 – NCAA New England Championship (11/16/19)

Career History

2021 Race Location Distance Time Place
 9/3 Wheaton Inv. Highland Park, Attleboro, Mass. 2M  13:33 19th
 9/18 UMass Dartmouth Inv. Bob Dowd Course, Dartmouth, Mass. 5K  22:11 166th
 10/2 Keene State Inv. Cheshire Fairgrounds, Swanzey, N.H. 5K  22:41 79th
 10/16 Suffolk Inv. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 6K  28:19  108th
 10/30 NEWMAC Champ. Nehoiden GC, Wellesley, Mass. 6K  28:09 123rd
 11/13 NCAA East Reg. Champ. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 6K  28:32 149th
Average Time 5K  22:26
Average Time 6K  28:20
2019 Race Location Distance Time Place
 8/30 Wheaton Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. 2M  14:12 17th
 9/7 Fitchburg/Sheehan Inv. Doyle Conserv. Center, Leominster, Mass. 5K  22:14 60th
 10/5 Keene State Inv. Owl Athletic Complex, Keene, N.H. 5K  20:55 89th
 10/19 Western New Eng. Inv. Springfield, Mass. 6K  26:37 95th
 11/3 NEWMAC Champ. Franklin Park, Boston, Mass. 6K  26:32 101st
 11/16 NCAA New England Champ. Pickard Field Course, Brunswick, Maine 6K  26:02 249th
Average Time 5K  21:35
Average Time 6K  26:23
2018 Race Location Distance Time Place
 8/31 Wheaton Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. 2M  13:42 11th
 9/8 Smith Inv. Smith Course, Northampton, Mass. 5K  23:30 60th
 9/15 UMass Dartmouth Inv. Dartmouth, Mass. 5K  21:31  --
 9/29 Bowdoin Inv. Brunswick, Maine 6K  --  --
 10/13 Conn. College Inv Harkness Park, Waterford, Conn. 6K  27:57 274th
 10/27 NEWMAC Champ. Smith Course, Northampton, Mass. 5K  24:03 136th
 11/10 NCAA New England Champ. Pickard Field Course, Brunswick, Maine 6K  --  --
Average Time 5K  23:01
Average Time 6K  27:57

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior