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2012 Women's Cross Country Roster

Georgina Norton

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Major Psychology (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown North Reading, MA
  • High School Phillips Academy

Biography

2011-12: Ran a 6K cross country season-best time of 23:07 at the NCAA Division III Championship (11/19)…ran a 5K season-best time of 20:13 at the Metro Championship (10/7)…member of the Violets’ distance medley relay that set a tem record (12:04.49) at the UAA Championships (2/25-26)…also ran a season-best mile time of 5:10.68 and finished sixth at that meet…member of the Violets’ distance medley relay that placed third (12:10.72) and ran a season-best 3:01.10 in the 1,000 meters at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (2/11)…ran an outdoor season-best 2:25.56 in the 800m at the Monmouth Season Opener (3/24)…member of NYU’s 4x1,500m relay that set a new team record (19:21.98) and finished sixth at the NC State Raleigh Relays (3/30-31)…ran season-bests in the 1,500m (4:46.25), which was also a career-best and as a member of the 4x400m relay team (4:15.16), while finishing fifth and sixth, respectively, at the UAA Championships (4/28-29)…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Fall and Spring Honor Rolls…UAA Fall, Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic. 2010-11: Member of the Violets’ 4x800m indoor relay team that set a new school record (9:51.14) at the NYC Metro Indoor Championships (1/29)…contributed to a record-breaking performance by the 4x1,500m relay team (19:25.67) at the Raleigh Relays (3/25-26)…won the 1,000m (3:03.24) at the NYU Team Challenge (2/19), where she also helped the distance medley relay to a first-place finish (12:35.65)…ran a personal-best time (3:00.46) in the 1,000m at the ECAC Indoor Championships (3/5-6)…contributed to a sixth-place finish by the 4x800m relay team (9:48.76) and a seventh-place finish by the 4x400m relay team (4:25.30) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/22-23)…posted a personal-best time of 4:53.44 in the 1,500m at the Swarthmore Last Chance Invitational (5/14). Pre-NYU: Attended Rice University…competed for the cross country and track & field teams during the 2009-10 season…red-shirted during the 2010 Fall semester before transferring to NYU…earned Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades in ’09-10…ran career-best marks of 5:28.51 in the mile at the Houston Indoor Invitational (1/30) and 4:54.31 in the 1,500m at the Michael Johnson Classic (4/17). High School: Four-year member of the track & field and cross country teams…placed fourth in the New England Prep School Outdoor Championships in the 3,000m as a sophomore and eighth at the Cross Country Championships as a senior…helped her teams win four New England Prep cross country championships…served as a student tutor…attended The Oxbow School in Napa, CA, during the 2007 Fall semester.Personal: Minoring in child and adolescent mental health studies…volunteers at the East Harlem School and in the Conceptual Development and Social Cognition Lab at NYU…has British parents and holds a dual citizenship…plans to work with children in a school or family counseling setting.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Junior

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    2012Senior

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