Julia Paternain Season 2019

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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.”