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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 1500m - 4:34.45, 5000m - 16:00.10, 10,000m - 33:22.91
CAREER RECORDS
RECORDS: Ranks third all-time in the 10,000m in Penn State history (33:22.91)…Ranks sixth all-time in Penn State history in the 5000m race (16:00.10).
ON A NATIONAL STAGE
Track & Field
NCAA Championships (6/5-8/19): Competed in the 5000m race as a true freshman.
NCAA East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Ran 16:29.56 to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 5000m.
Cross Country
NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/9): Ran 21:17.4 to finish 135th.
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9): Placed 35th at the regional meet, running 22:02.8.
AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Track & Field
Big Ten Championships (5/10-12/19): Ran 33:22.91 for a personal-best in the 10,000m…Third all-time in Penn State history in the 10,000m.
Cross Country
Big Ten Championships (10/28): Finished 10th with a time of 20:22.9...Earned All-Big Ten second team honors.
TRACK AND FIELD
2019 Outdoor
Season: Ranks third all-time in the 10,000m in Penn State history…Ranks sixth all-time in Penn State history in the 5000m race...Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
ASU Invitational (3/22-23): Ran a collegiate-best 4:34.45 in the 1500m. Virginia Challenge (4/19-20): Ran a collegiate-best 16:00.10 in the 5,000m. Ranks sixth all-time in Penn State history with her 5,000m time.
CROSS COUNTRY
2018
Season: Won three of races during her true freshman season in seven meets during the 2018 season...Earned second team All-Big Ten honors by finishing 10th at the Big Ten Championships.
Dolan Duals (8/31): Won her first collegiate meet in a time of 13:54.5. Spiked Shoe (9/7): Won the 6k race for second collegiate win in second career race. Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Ran a collegiate-best in the 6k race with a time of 20:22.7. Penn State National (10/12): Won her third race of the year, running 20:29.9.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 3000m: 9:23, 1500m: 4:29
Attended Hills Road Sixth Form College...Member of Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club...Awarded National Cross Country Team U17 bronze medal (2016)...Won English school 3000m Senior Girls championship (2017-18)...Finished 2nd place at Intercounties cross country (2018)...Earned a silver medal in the U-20 3000m...Won British Cross Challenge series championship (2017-18)...Won Home Countries International cross country championship (2018)...Won Westminster mile and British Road One mile championship (2017)...Earned a second-place finish at the British Three Mile Road Championships (2017).
PERSONAL
Daughter of Graciela Muniz and Gabriel Paternain...Intends to major in political science...Plans on attending law school after graduating...Chose Penn State because “Of the team atmosphere, the coaches and the facilities.”
Julia Paternain Season 2018
ClassFreshman
HometownCambridge, England
MajorLiberal Arts
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Run to Fifth Consecutive Top-20 Finish
Cross Country
Women's Cross Country Competes at NCAA Championships
Cross Country
Women's Cross Country Wins Mid-Atlantic Regional
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Head to Big Ten Championships
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Host National Open
Cross Country
Women's Cross Country Ranked No. 22
Cross Country
Cross Country Set To Host Spiked Shoe Invitational
Cross Country
Cross Country Begins 2019 Season at the Dolan Duals
Cross Country
Rivers Finishes Season In NCAA Semifinal
Cross Country
T&F Preview: NCAA Outdoor Championships
Cross Country
Paternain Qualifies for NCAA Championships in 5000m
Cross Country
T&F Preview: NCAA East Prelims
Cross Country
T&F Preview: Jim Thorpe Open
Cross Country
T&F Preview: Penn Relays
Cross Country
T&F Preview: Bison Outdoor Classic
Cross Country
T&F Preview: Battle on the Bayou
Cross Country
Track & Field/Cross Country Hosts Annual Banquet
Cross Country
Track & Field Season Preview: Coach Reckart
Cross Country
No. 22 Women's Cross Country Places 20th at NCAAs
Cross Country
No. 22 Women's Cross Country Heads to NCAAs
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Compete at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Host Mid-Atlantic Regional Friday
Cross Country
No. 13 Nittany Lion Women Finish Fourth at Big Tens
Cross Country
Cross Country Travels to Big Tens
Cross Country
No. 19 Women's Cross Country Wins National Open
Cross Country
Cross Country Set to Host National Open Friday
Cross Country
No. 13 Nittany Lion Women Finish 13th at Wisconsin
Cross Country
Cross Country Toes the Line at Wisconsin
Cross Country
Nittany Lions Sweep Weekly B1G Awards
Cross Country
Abert, Paternain Win Titles at Spiked Shoe
Cross Country
Cross Country Hosts Spiked Shoe Friday
Cross Country
XC Sweeps Titles at Dolan Duals
Cross Country
Gondak Welcomes Incoming Class
Cross Country
Gondak Welcomes Incoming Class
Cross Country