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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sheila Purcell

  • Class Freshman
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Southborough, Mass.
  • High School Algonquin Regional

Biography

All Performances (TFRRS)

HONORS & AWARDS:

  • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Cross Country (2024)
  • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Track and Field (2024-25)

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025 OUTDOOR:

  • Did not compete

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25 INDOOR:

  • Did not compete

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024 CROSS COUNTRY:

  • Competed in all eight meets on the season
  • Crossed the finish at 12:24.24 in 27th place at the Wheaton & Babson Season Opener (Aug. 31) in her collegiate debut
  • Finished 16th in the JV 5k race (19:51.94) at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (Sept. 21)
  • Ran season-best 5k time of 18:57.70 for 41st place at the New England Championship (Oct. 11)
  • Placed 16th in 3k with a season-best time of 10:13.71 at the CCSU Mini Meet (Oct. 25)
  • Posted season-best 6k time (22:34, 54th) at the Patriot League Championship (Nov. 2)
BEFORE HOLY CROSS:
  • Four-year varsity member of the cross country and track and field teams at Algonquin Regional in Northborough, Mass. under head coach Patrick Galvin
  • Served as a team captain in 2023
  • 2022 and 2023 Midland-Wachusett League A Cross Country All Star
  • 2024 Midland-Wachusett League A Indoor Track and Field All Star
  • 2023 Midland-Wachusett League A Outdoor Track and Field All Star
  • 2022 and 2023 Central Mass Cross Country Champions
  • 2023 and 2024 Midland-Wachusett League A Cross Country Champions
  • 2024 Indoor Track and Field District Champions
  • 2023 and 2024 Midland-Wachusett League A Outdoor Track and Field Champions
  • 2023 and 2024 Outdoor Track and Field District Champions
  • Set the Algonquin Regional school record (all in 2024) in the indoor SMR, indoor DMR and the indoor 4x100m
  • Career PRs: Mile (5:18) and 1000m (3:04)
  • Three-time member of the National Honors Society and two-time member of the National English Honors Society
  • 2022 Midwatch A Academic Achievement Award Recipient
  • Member of the lacrosse team at Algonquin Regional
PERSONAL:
  • Her twin sister, Brigid, is also on the cross country and track and field team at Holy Cross (Class of ‘28)
  • Her dad, Tom, played lacrosse at Springfield College (Class of ‘86)
  • Majoring in psychology
  • Chose Holy Cross because when she visited, she immediately fell in love with the school and the team and it was a perfect academic and athletic fit
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