2020-21 Tartan Women's Cross Country News

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Four Athletes Honored as Andrew Carnegie Society Scholars

January 21, 2021

Every year beginning in 1975, Carnegie Mellon University has honored a select number of undergraduate seniors as Andrew Carnegie Society (ACS) Scholars. This year, four athletes are included on the list of 40 honorees who represent the top two percent of their graduating class – Stefanie McMillan (Vancouver, Wash./Skyview) of women’s swimming and diving, Parvathi Meyyappan (Cupertino, Calif./Monta Vista) of women’s cross country and track and field, Nicole Shi (Hong Kong, China/Phillips Exeter Academy) of women’s cross country and track and field, and Chloe Yan (Singapore/Hwa Chong Junior College) of women’s basketball.

Thirty-Four Tartans Honored as Top Academic Athletes
Thirty-Four Tartans Honored as Top Academic Athletes

December 09, 2020

Although the traditional fall and winter seasons haven’t been on display for Carnegie Mellon University this year, the excellence of the university’s student-athletes is still impacting the entire community. Each winter for the past six years, the CMU Department of Athletics has celebrated its top academic athletes at the Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Celebration during finals week. And while an in-person celebration is on hold for now, the highest-performing junior and senior student-athletes in each undergraduate college and on each team are still being recognized for their academic performance.

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127 Carnegie Mellon Student-Athletes Earn Fall Academic Honors

December 02, 2020

A total of 127 Carnegie Mellon University student-athletes were named to the University Athletic Association’s (UAA) All-Academic Recognition list for the fall sports teams, as announced Wednesday, December 2.

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Athletics Celebrates Fall Senior Student-Athletes

October 20, 2020

Despite not being able to compete this semester, the Carnegie Mellon University Athletics Department paused to celebrate its seniors on Saturday, October 17, as the program recognized the career accomplishments of fall senior student-athletes. Forty-six seniors were recognized from men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. The athletics department hosted a celebration in conjunction with the university’s 2020 Virtual Homecoming.

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Tartan Careers - Kristen Seballos

October 12, 2020

Women's cross country and track and field athlete Kristen Seballos spent the 2020 summer as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University's Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab.

Tartan Women’s Cross Country Releases 2020 Roster
Tartan Women’s Cross Country Releases 2020 Roster

September 16, 2020

While the 2020 season has been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Carnegie Mellon University head cross country coach Tim Connelly, in his sixth year at the helm of the Tartans, has released the women’s roster for the 2020-2021 academic year.