Sarah Harden

Bio

2019-20 at Taylor:

Indoor: Automatically qualified for the NAIA National Championships in the 3,000-meters and 5,000-meters … Placed 17th at nationals in the 3,000-meters … Earned All-League honors in the 5,000-meters after placing second in 18:15.07 … Recorded her fastest 5k of the season at the IU Gladstein Invite in 18:02.02 … Finished fourth in the 3k at the Crossroads League meet … Set a season-best mark of 10:12.91 in the 3k and finished in first at the Mastodon Invite … Named Crossroads League Track Athlete of the Week January 13-19 … Named USTFCCCA and NAIA Scholar-Athlete … Honored as Academic All-Crossroads League … Member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District team.

Outdoor: Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19.

2018-19 at Taylor:

Indoor: Finished fifth overall in the 3,000-meters at the NAIA National Championships earning All-American honors with a season-best time of 10:17.58 … Earned All-Crossroads League honors in the mile placing third overall with a season-best time of 5:12.46 … Finished third in the 3,000-meters at the Crossroads League Championships and earned All-CL honors … Part of the distance-medley relay team that placed second and claimed All-CL honors.

Outdoor: Claimed All-American honors in the 5,000-meters with a seventh place finish at the NAIA National Championships … Set a new Taylor program record in the 5,000-meters at the North Central Invite with a time of 17:17.26 … Claimed the Crossroads League title in the 5,000-meters and earned All-CL honors … Placed second in the 10,000-meters with a season best time of 38:55.22 to earn All-CL honors … Named to CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District team and earned USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2017-18 at Taylor:

Indoor: Raced to NAIA All-American honors with seventh-place finishes in the mile and distance-medley relay at the NAIA Indoor National Championships … Set the TU record in the mile at the NAIA Indoor National Championships with a time of 5:02.05 … Tabbed the Crossroads League Track Athlete of the Week for the week of February 5-12 … Earned All-Crossroads League honors in the mile, 3,000-meter race and distance-medley relay by winning each event.

Outdoor: Posted the second-best time in school history in the 5,000-meter run, by clocking a time of 17:37.29 … Named NAIA All-American after a seventh-place mark in the 5,000-meters … Finished second in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter races at the Crossroads League Championships to garner All-League honors in both events … Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

Prep: Ran three seasons of track and cross country at Hersey High for Danielle Freeman … Garnered All-Mid-Suburban League honors in cross country … Named team Most Valuable Player … Raced to all-sectional and all-regional honors … On the track, claimed All-Illinois honors in 1,600-meter run … Named All-Mid-Suburban League honors in 1,600 and 4x800-meter relay … Set HHS record and qualified for Illinois State Meet in 1,600-meter run … Competed for Team Illinois in the Mid-East Cross Country Championships … Member of Academic Honor Roll … Member of National Honors Society.

Personal: Daughter of Greg and Shelly Harden … Brother, Josh, currently runs for Taylor men's cross country and track and field ... Brother, Seth, previously ran for Taylor men's cross country and track and field … Majoring in exercise science.