Lauren Selkin
Lauren Selkin
Height: 5-0
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Greenwich, Conn.
High School: Byram Hills
Position: Distance
Major: Neuroscience & Behavior

Career Bests


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2021-22: Qualified for and competed at the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships (11/20) as an individual for the first time in program history ... Named NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week three times ... Collected two first-place finishes at the Wellesley Invitational (9/3) and the James Earley Invitational (10/9), clocking in at 18:30.4 and 18:02.2, respectively ... Recorded a cross country career-best 5k time of 17:41.2 at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational placing second overall (9/18)... Placed fourth at the NEWMAC Cross Country Championship (10/30) with a time of 22:15.5, earning All-Conference Honors ... Placed fourth at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships (11/13) with a time of 22:00.7, earning All-Region Honors ... Recipent of the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honors for fall.

2020-21: Member of Mount Holyoke All Lyons team ... Recipient of the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference honors for fall and spring ... 

2019-20: Named NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Rookie of the Year after leading the Lyons to a second-place finish at the conference championships, the program's highest finish since 1992 ... Posted a career-best 5k time of 19:10.0 in first-ever 5k race at the Jim Sheehan Invitational (9/7) ... recorded a career-best 6k time of 22:57.0 at the Western New England Invitational (10/19) ... Earned All-Conference accolades with a 16th-place finish at the NEWMAC Championship meet with a 6k time of 23:34.3 ... competed in the NCAA Division III New England Region Championships and clocked in at 22:57.9 on the 6k course ... Member of the USTFCCCA Academic Team Award ... Named Mount Holyoke's Rookie Athlete of the Year.

Before Mount Holyoke: 2018-2019 Byram Hills High School Scholar Athlete ... 2018-19 Track and Field Outstanding Performer ... 2018-19 Section One All-League 3k Run ...  2018-2019 Honorable Mention All-League 1,500 meters ... 2017-18 Byram Hills High School Golf Team Most Valuable Player ... 2017 & 2018 Section One All-League Award ... Two-time Byram Hills High School Girls Golf Coaches Award, Two-time Byram Hills High School Most Improved Player 2017-2019 ... Byram Hills four year Varsity Tennis team member. 

Personal: Majoring in Neuroscience & Behavior at Mount Holyoke College ... Mount Holyoke College Leadership Award recipient ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team ... 

Favorite MHC Tradition: Mountain Day

Why Mount Holyoke?: The beautiful small suburban setting with great caring professors 

Outside of cross country, my favorite thing to do at Mount Holyoke is: Eat!