Sara Freix Season 2018

HONORS
All-ACC (2018, 2019)
All-Southeast Region (2018, 2019)

2019: Came in 91st out of 254 runners at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (6K) with a time of 21:12.7 … Earned All-Southeast Region and All-ACC honors during the season … Finished seventh at the NCAA Southeast Region meet, running the 6K course in a career-best time of 20:14.5 … Earned the silver medal with a second-place finish at the ACC Championships … Ran the 6K course at the league meet in a time of 20:48.7 … Took 23rd at the Pre-National Invitational (6K) with a time of 20:40.9 … Won the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (6K) in a time of 20:45.8 — her first collegiate cross country victory … Was fourth in the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational (4K) with a time of 13:57.0.

2018: Earned All-NCAA Southeast Region and All-ACC honors for the first time in her career … Was eighth at the NCAA Southeast Region meet, running the 6K course in a time of 20:15.8 … Earned All-ACC honors at the ACC Championships after coming in 13th … Ran the 6K course at the ACC Championships in a time of 20:47.1 … Came in sixth at the Penn State National Open (6K) with a time of 20:44 … Finished 28th at the Paul Short Run, running the course in a time of 21:26 … Was third at the VT Alumni Invite in a time of 22:15.9.

2017: Earned a letter in cross country for the second consecutive year … Came in 31st at the NCAA Southeast Regional (6K) with a time of 21:18.9 … Finished 41st at the ACC Championships (6K) with a time of 21:19.3 … Was 77th at the Adidas Pre-National Invitational (6K) with a time of 20:59.4 - the best time of her career at this distance … Came in 79th at the Louisville Sports Commission Classic (5K) with a time of 17:46.17 … Finished sixth at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invite (6K) with a time of 22:19.8 … Was third at the Hokie Invite with a time of 14:53.7.

2016: Was 140th at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a time of 23:01.4 … Finished 54th at the ACC Championships with a time of 21:27.4 … Came in 80th at the Penn State National Open with a time of 21:53.0 … Was 54th at the Greater Louisville Classic with a time of 17:56.50 … Ran unattached and came in seventh at the VT Alumni Invite with a time of 21:56.10 … Ran unattached at the Hokie Invite (4K), finishing seventh with a time of 14:19.20.

High school: Four-time letterwinner in each of the three track disciplines (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track) with Coach Kelly Deegan at Westfield … A three-time All-Group 6A performer in cross country … A two-time All-Group 6A performer in indoor track … A three-time all-state performer in outdoor track … Finished fifth at the Group 6A cross country meet her senior year with a time of 18:18 … Was the state champion in the 3,200-meter run (10:54) and finished second in the 1,600 (5:04.24) at the Group 6A outdoor meet as a senior … Was part of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished fourth at the Group 6A outdoor meet … Came in fourth and sixth in the 1,600 and 3,200, respectively, at the Group 6A indoor meet … Was part of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished sixth at the Group 6A indoor meet.

Personal: Born May 3, 1998 in Fairfax, Virginia … Daughter of Mike and Laura Freix … Has three siblings, Matt, Andrew and Katie … Majoring in biological systems engineering … Wants to solve the world’s environmental problems.