Sadie Carey-Tharp

Class:
Junior
High School:
Weatherford
Hometown:
Weatherford, TX

2024 Outdoor: Appeared in three regular season meets...recorded a new personal best of 4:34.38 in the 1500m at the USF Bulls Alumni Championship...had a top-20 finish in the 10,000m with a time of 34:17.74 at the Raleigh Relays...ran at the Wake Forest Invitational for a personal best in the 5000m of 16:32.81.

2023-24 Indoor: Did not compete.

2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven meets... Won first and set a personal record in the 3000m at the UCF Black and Gold Invite, crossing the line in 9:52.67... Recorded another personal best a week later, this time in the 5000m with a time of 17:00.29... Finished with a 10:31.64 time in the 3000 Steeplechase at the Bison Outdoor Classic, taking 4th place... Solidified thirteenth place in the 3000 Steeplechase at ACC Championships, earning her a spot in the NCAA East Preliminary Round, where she would go on to take thirty-sixth overall at the event.

2022-23 Indoor: Appeared in four meets for the Panthers... Recorded a personal best and her highest placement of the indoor campaign in the mile at the Nittany Lion Challenge, finishing in ninth place with a time of 5:13.61.

2022 Outdoor: Appeared in three meets for the Panthers. Competed in the WVU Stan Romanoski Open (Mar. 18-19), placing third in the 3000m race with a time of 10:26.10 and took third in the 4x400 of 4:22.49…Took first place in the 5000m race at the Carnegie Mellon University Invitational (Mar. 25-26) with a time of 17:28.99…Set a career best at the Duke Invitational (Apr. 7-9) for the 5000m race with a time of 17:25.65

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in one meet as a sophomore … Finished eighth in the 3000m at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet with a time of 10:45.93 (Feb. 4).

2021 Outdoor: Competed in four outdoor meets during her freshman campaign… Placed second in the 3000m at the Stan Romanoski Open (Mar 20) with a time of 10:14.03 which was a career-high for her… Competed in the 5000m at the Tennessee Relays (April 8-10) and placed 11^th with career time of 17:50.38… Placed 47^th in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge (April 16-17) with a time of 17:57.98… Also competed in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays (Mar 25-27) and placed 33^rd with a career time of 38:28.19 … Earned a spot on the ACC Honor Roll.

2020-2021 Indoor: Competed in one indoor meet during her freshman year… Placed third in the 3000m at the Virginia Tech challenge (Feb 19-20) with a career time of 10:29.33.

High School: Four-year track & field and cross country letter winner at Weatherford High School for head coach Tyrone Comstock… two-time Texas 6A Region 1 District cross country champion (2019, 2018)… took home fourth place at the Texas 6A XC Region 1 Championships and sixth place at the Texas 6A State Championships in 2019… posted a third place finish at the Texas 6A XC Region 1 Championships in 2018… two-time Texas 6A Region 1 District 3 Track Champion in the 1600m and 3200m (2018, 2019)… posted a 3-mile personal best time of 17:30 at the 2018 Texas 6A Region 1 Cross Country Championships… has a 5k personal best time of 17:50 which she posted at the 2019 Texas 6A State cross country Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Staci and Jamie Tharp… has one sister, Abby… she enjoys watching gymnastics and football… lists her favorite athletes of all-time as Steve Prefontaine, Sonya Richards-Ross, and Shawn Johnson East… enjoys all music from the 1950-1980’s, especially Elvis Presley… her favorite TV shows are Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Friend’s and Little House on the Prairie… history and philosophy of science major at Pitt.