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2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Abby Dalton

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Emmaus
  • Hometown Macungie, Pa.

Biography

Track & Field bio

TFRRS bio

Honors

• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2020 and 2021
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, 2019
• All-Metro Region, 2021
• All-Mideast Region, 2018
• All-Centennial Conference second team, 2019
• LVAIAW athlete of the year, 2018

Top Time
6K - 21:51.0 at NCAA Metro Regional, 2021

Top 10 Finishes
2nd - 2018 Bulldog Invitational
2nd - 2018 Paul Short Run
3rd - 2021 NCAA Metro Regional
3rd - 2021 Paul Short Run
3rd - 2018 DeSales Invitational
4th - 2019 Gettysburg Invitational
5th - 2019 Paul Short Run

Career Highlights
2021
• Had one of the best seasons ever by a Muhlenberg women's cross country runner
• Posted the best finish in program history (47th place) at the NCAA Championships
• Missed earning All-America honors by seven places and less than 10 seconds
• Also recorded the best finish by a Mule female at a regional meet, coming in third
• Finished in the top five at the Paul Short Run for the third straight time
• Placed 16th at the Centennial Conference Championships
• Top Division III finisher (21st overall) at season-opening Lehigh Invitational

2019
• Finished as the Mules’ top runner in every race as a sophomore
• Placed in the top five at Paul Short (fifth out of 370) and Gettysburg (fourth out of 259)
• Improved 17 spots to finish 13th at the Centennial Conference Championships
• Narrowly missed all-region honors, finishing 38th out of 349 runners at the NCAA Mideast Regional

2018
• Was Muhlenberg's top runner as a freshman
• Became the first freshman in program history to qualify for the NCAA Championships
• Posted the Mules' second-best finish ever (120th out of 279) at nationals, coming in 11th among Division III freshmen
• 12th-place finish at NCAA Mideast Regional was best ever by Muhlenberg freshman
• Came in second at Bulldog Invitational in first race of career
• Trailed only a Division II runner in finishing second at Paul Short

Personal
• Lettered in both cross country and track all four years at Emmaus High School
• Named East Penn Press female athlete of the year 
• Won a medal at the Pennsylvania state cross country meet in both 2014 and 2017
• Set conference record in the 3200-meter run, placing 13th in states
• Parents are Eric and Susan Dalton
• Born Jan. 13, 2000
• A neuroscience major and philosophy minor

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

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    2020-21Junior

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    2021Senior

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