Bio

Overview: Tessa has competed in 22 events in her career, finishing first among ONU runners in 15 of them and among ONU's top seven in 21 of them ... She is a two-time national qualifier, having competed in the 2019 and 2021 NCAA Division III Championships ... Finished 77th nationally in 2019 with a time of 22:40 ... Finished 139th nationally in 2021 with a time of 22:41 ... She is a three-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference (2018, 2019, 2021) and Academic All-OAC honoree (2019, 2020, 2021) and two-time All-Great Lakes Region honoree (2019, 2021) ... Earned NCAA Elite 90 award in 2021 ... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Cross Country and Track and Field Second Team and All-District 7 First Team in 2021 ... Named the 2021 All-Ohio Female Runner of the Year for NCAA Division III ... Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic status in 2021 ... Named OAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week on 10/4/21 ... Owns the fourth-best 6k time in program history at 22:08, which she ran at the 2021 NCAA Great Lakes Regionals on 11/13/21 ... Owns the 10th-best 5k time in program history at 18:45, which she ran at the Polar Bear Invitational on 9/4/21 ... Her time of 22:25 at the Oberlin Rumble on 10/19/19 ranks third in program history among sophomores.

Career Performances - | TFRRS Link |

Senior Year (2021): Competed in seven events, finishing as ONU's top runner in all of them ... Finished in the top five overall in three events and in the top 10 in two others ... Earned NCAA Elite 90 award ... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Cross Country and Track and Field Second Team and All-District 7 First Team ... Named the All-Ohio Female Runner of the Year for NCAA Division III ... Earned All-Region status with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regionals with a career-best 6k time of 22:08, which ranked fourth all-time in program history ... Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference status with a second-place finish at the OAC Championships with a time of 23:17 ... Named Academic All-OAC and USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Named OAC Runner of the Week on 10/4/21 ... Finished 139th with a time of 22:41 at the NCAA Division III Championships national meet in Louisville, Ky. ... Ran a career-best 5k time of 18:45 at the Polar Bear Invitational on 9/4/21, which ranked 10th-best in program history.

Junior Year (2020): Canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic ... Named Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference.

Sophomore Year (2019): Competed in eight events ... Earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference, All-Great Lakes Region and Academic All-OAC honors ... Qualified as an individual for the NCAA III Championships, finishing 77th in 22:40 ... Was 13th at the NCAA III Great Lakes Regional Championships in 21:47 and was ninth at the OAC Championships in 23:27 ... Ran a season-best 22:25 at the Oberlin Rumble on 10/19/19 ... That 22:25 was the third-fastest by an ONU sophomore ... Led the Polar Bears across the finish line in six races and was second across the line in the other two races.

Freshman Year (2018): Earned Second Team All-OAC honors as a freshman ... Competed in all seven varsity races and was a top-seven finisher on the team at six meets ... Led the team across the finish line twice ... Set a season-best in 5k races with a 19:27 (51st place) at the Calvin (Mich.) Knight Invitational, while adding a season-best mark in 6k races with a 23:37 (69th place) at the NCAA Regionals. 

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