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2025-26 Track & Field Roster

Penelope Salmon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Auckland, New Zealand
  • High School Baradene College
  • Position Distance

Biography

Junior Year (2024-25)

Indoor: All-America First Team honoree in the distance medley relay … Ivy League champion in the distance medley relay … Helped the Crimson take seventh in the distance medley relay (11:02.26) at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Won the distance medley relay (11:16.49) and third in the 3000m (9:24.08) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships … Helped Harvard finish in fourth with a new NCAA record in the distance medley relay (10:47.92) at the Boston University DMR Challenge … Recorded a 30th place showing with a personal-best in the mile (4:38.43) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational … Began the year with a 11th place finish and a personal-best in the 3000m (9:12.56) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite.
Outdoor: Ivy League champion in the 5000m … All-Ivy League First Team selection in the 5000m … Finished in 28th in the 5000m (16:01.63) at the NCAA East First Round … Won the 5000m (16:18.97) and placed fifth in the 1500m (4:26.33) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Championships … Placed 23rd with a personal-best in the 1500m (4:17.92) at the Wake Forest Invitational … Started the season with an eighth place showing and a personal-best in the 5000m (15:48.88) at the Raleigh Relays.

Sophomore Year (2023-24)

Indoor: Did not compete during the 2023-24 indoor season.
Outdoor: Won the 1500m with a time of 4:21.23 at Yale Twilight … Helped Harvard place 6th in the 4x800m relay (8:46.88) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships … Also finished in 14th in the 1500m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships with a time of 4:30.73 … Began the season with a 30th place showing in the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational, posting a time of 4:19.96.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-Year

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Junior

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  • 2025-26Senior

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