Melia Chittenden

Duke Cross Country Headshots at Kennedy Tower in Durham, NC on September 1, 2021.

Height:
5-5
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Prev School:
Princeton

Honors: 2019 NCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Cross Country) … 2019 All-Ivy League (Cross Country) … 2018 NCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Cross Country) … 2018 All-Ivy League (Cross Country) … 2019 USTFCCCA Academic All-America (Cross Country), 2018 USTFCCCA Academic All-America (Cross Country)

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2021-22 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor

Ran 5000m personal best (16:38.03) at the ACC Championships
Competed in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge and Duke Invite
Ran 1500m personal best (4:37.88) to place seventh at the VertKlasse Meeting

Indoor

Did not compete

2020-21: Redshirt season

2019-20 T&F (Princeton): Set a new personal best in the mile with a time of 4:50.25 to take third place at the H-Y-P (2/8) … Placed 41st in the 3000m with a time of 9:35.26 at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14).

2019-20 XC (Princeton): Opened the season with a fifth place finish in the 5K with a time of 18:50.2 at Fordham Fiasco/Ed Joyce Memorial (9/7) … Won her first cross country event, taking first with a time of 18:09.8 in the 5K at the Henry Mercer Cross Country Invitational (9/21) … Set a new PR in the 6K, finishing eighth with a time of 20:01.3 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (10/8) … Took sixth with a 6K time of 21:16.6 at the Ivy League Championship (11/1) … Recorded her best regional finish, taking eighth in the 6K with a time of 20:28.7 to advance to the NCAA Cross Country Championship at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/15) … Finished in 120th in the 6K, with a time of 21:23.4 at the NCAA Cross Country Championship (11/23).

2018-19 T&F (Princeton): Won the first even of her collegiate career with a 3000m time of 9:47.52 at the Wesley Brown Invitational (1/11) … Finished fourth in the mile with a time of 4:52.67 at the H-Y-P (1/26) … Set a personal best in the 3000m with a time of 9:29.96 to take 22nd at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/8) … Followed it up with another personal best in the 5000m, taking fourth with a run of 16:33.14 at the Ivy League Indoor Championship (2/23 – 2/24) … Finished 16th in the 1500m with a time of 4:41.35 at the North Florida Spring Break Invitational (3/21) … Placed 43rd in the 5000m with a run of 16:48.19 at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) … Set a new personal best in the 1500m, taking 16th at 4:32.04 at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/6) … Won the 5000m with a time of 16:43.00 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20) … Took home a sixth place finish in the 5000m, clocking in at 16:35.33 at the Ivy League Outdoor Championship (5/4 – 5/5).

2018-19 XC (Princeton): Began the season with her first crack at the 5K, finishing fifth with a time of 17:56.6 at the Harvard vs. Yale vs. Princeton (9/14) … Placed 17th in the 6K with a time of 21:01.7 at the Penn State National Open (10/12) … Turned in an eighth place showing in the 6K with a mark of 21:06.3 at the Ivy League Championship (10/27) … Ran a qualifying time of 21:42.0 in the 6K to advance to the NCAA Cross Country Championship at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9) … Finished 147th in the 6K with a time of 21:25.4 at the NCAA Cross Country Championship (11/17).

2017-18 T&F (Princeton): Opened the indoor season with a fourth place finish and time of 9:46.10 in the 3000m at the H-Y-P (1/28) … Finished seventh in the 3000m with a time of 9:39.63 at the Fastrack National Invite (2/9) … Debuted in the 5000m with a eighth place finish, clocking in at 16:46.09 at the Ivy League Indoor Championship (2/24 – 2/25) … Earned her highest finish of the season with a third place mark of 16:45.87 in the 5000m at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/6) … Placed 10th in the 5000m with a mark of 16:57.63 at the Ivy League Outdoor Championship (5/5 – 5/6) … Recorded an eighth place finish in the 5000m, crossing the finish line at 16:59.12 at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships (5/13).

2017-18 XC (Princeton): Made her Princeton debut in the 4K, running a time of 14:09.1 to take seventh at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet (9/16) … Finished 45th in the 6K with a mark of 20:46.1 at the Paul Short Gold (9/29) … Took 27th in the 6K with a run of 21:07.8 at the Penn State Open (10/13) … Placed 39th in the 6K with a mark of 22:19.9 at the Ivy League Championships (10/27) … Competed in an NCAA event for the first time, finishing 38th in the 6K with a time of 21:06.9 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10).

High School: Lettered in track & field and cross country at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. … 2016 California D2 Cross Country State Champion … 2016 California Southern Section CIF Champion … 2016 NXN individual qualifier … Placed third in California for the 3200m in 2017) …. School record-holder in the 3200m … Holds the cross country 5k school record at Woodward Park … Two-time Team MVP … 2016-17 Scholar Athlete Award of Excellence … 2017-17 Mira Costa Athlete of the Year … National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist … National Honor Society member … Smith College Book Award winner … Charlaine Deatherage Award winner … Named to Principal’s Honor Roll

Personal: Daughter of David and Camille Chittenden … Has three siblings; brother, James, and sisters, Cara and Anna … Siblings, James and Cara, both compete in cross country and track & field at the University of Chicago … Graduated from Princeton with departmental high honors … Born on July 11, 1999.