Sarah Hurst

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Lower Merion
Hometown:
Ardmore, PA

2024 Outdoor: Appeared in four meets for the Panthers, competing in the 1500m event in all of those meets... Collected 10th at the Carnegie Mellon Track & Field Invitational in 4:51.03... Notched a personal best of 4:42.84 at the Benson/Hodge Memorial Invitational to secure 4th place.

2023-24 Indoor: Participated in three meets... Finished 24th in the mile at the Nittany Lion Challenge, with a pace of 5:15.36... Recorded a personal best in the mile one week later at the Hokie Invitational, stopping the clock in 5:14.23... Competed in the 1000m race for the first time of her career at the Penn State National Open, finishing 10th in 3:04.37.

2023 Outdoor: Competed in four meets for the Panthers... Competed in the 5000m at the Duke Invitational, finishing with a time of 18:38.90... Earned third place in the 1500m at the Carnegie Mellon Last Chance Meet with her 5:01.16 pace.

2022-23 Indoor: Did not compete in any indoor events.

2022 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2021-22 Indoor: Did not compete in any meets.

High School: Ran cross country and track at Lower Merion High School for head coach Dennis Hagan… three-time state qualifier in cross country and posted a career-best 27^th place finish during her sophomore season… helped lead the cross country team to the Central League Championship in 2019 and 2020… on the track, she owns the school record in the 1600m (2021) and 3200m (2019)… finished in ninth place at the State meet in the 3200m run during her senior season (2021)… posted two undefeated seasons in the Central League in the 1600m and 3200m (2019, 2021)… named Most Impactful Athlete at Lower Merion as a senior (2021)… earned Most Dedicated Award as a sophomore and senior (2019, 2021).

Personal: Daughter of Richard Hurst and Jutta Vogt… has two siblings, Kai and Jayson… lists her favorite athletes as Emma Coburn, Cole Hocker and Simone Biles… her favorite TV shows are Friends, Gossip Girls and Stranger Things… enjoys listening to music and some of her favorite artists are Chance the Rapper, Kanye West and Post Malone… majoring in biological sciences at Pitt.