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2020-21 Cross Country/Track & Field Roster

Bob McCool, Coastal Athletic Media Relations

Sydney Swanker

  • Class Freshman
  • Event Cross Country/Distance
  • Hometown Broomfield, Colo.
  • High School Broomfield

Biography

    CCU Personal Bests     
 Indoor
 3000-meters  10:44.39    
 5000-meters  18:30.57


SYDNEY SWANKER TFRRS PAGE

2021 (Freshman)
Outdoor Season

  • No Competition
  • Spring of 2021 President's List (4.00 or better GPA)


Indoor Season

  • Competed in three meets on the indoor season
  • Recorded two top-five performances
  • Recorded a first-place finish in the 3000-meters at the Gamecock Opener with a time of 10:44.39
  • Finished fourth in the 5000-meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a season-best time of 18:30.57
  • Placed 15th in the 3000-meters with a time of 11:27.68 at the Liberty Elite Invitational


2020 (Freshman)
Cross Country

  • Finished 35th overall with a time of 19:18.8 at the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships
  • Competed for the Chanticleers at the 2020 Chanticleer Challenge (5K), but did not finish
  • Named to the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2020 fall semester


High School

  • Lettered in both cross country and track & field at Broomfield High School
  • Two-time team captain
  • Named the team's MVP for cross country in 2018
  • Earned all-state cross country team honors in 2018
  • Was the league champion in cross country in 2019
  • A regional champion in cross country in 2018
  • Was a state champion in the 4x800 in 2018
  • Guided her cross country team to a 5A state championship in 2015 and 2016
  • Led her track & field team to league championships in 2017 and 2018
  • Broke 18 minutes in the 5K and won the Pat Amato Classic cross country meet
  • A member of the National Honor Society
  • Also a four-year member of the honor roll
  • Graduated high school with over a 4.0 grade-point average
  • A member of the Women's Leadership, Student Council, Crochet Club, and Environment Club
  • Father ran track & field at Syracuse University from 1994-98
  • Mother lettered in cross country (1993), soccer (1994), and track & field (1994-96) at Moravian University