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2014 Women's Cross Country Roster

Harper Cleves

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rancho Buena Vista
  • Hometown Oceanside, CA
  • Major International Studies

Biography

2011 Second Team All-Liberty League, Cross Country
2011 All-Seven Sisters, Cross Country
2011 Liberty League Rookie of the Week, Cross Country


PERSONAL BESTS:
5k XC: 19:14.6 at the 2013 Saratoga XC Invitational
6k XC: 23:31 at the 2011 Liberty League Championships
800m: 2:32.61 at the 2013 Ramapo College Roadrunner Invitational
1500m: 5:11.31 at the 2013 Monmouth Season Opener
3000m: 11:09.03 at the 2013 Upstate Track and Field Classic
5000m: 19:57.58 at the 2013 Liberty League Championships

2014-15:
XC:
Ran 19:37 for 5k at the Saratoga Invitational, finishing seventh for the Brewers...placed fourth for Vassar and 32nd overall out of 424 at the James Earley Invitational, helping the Brewers place second as a team with a 5k time of 19:27.

2013-14:
XC:
Had a very solid season as a junior for the Brewer women's cross country team...tied for the team lead in races run, starting and finishing in eight competitions...finished in the VC top 10 in all but one of her eight starts...started the year with a 28th place finish at the Marist Invite, posting a 22:10.58...had her best race of the season at the Saratoga XC Invitational, placing sixth for VC and 39th overall out of 173 runners with a personal-best time of 19:14.6...posted a 24:32 at the Liberty League Championships, finishing seventh among Brewer finishers.

2012-13:
XC:
Saw action in only one race as a sophomore in cross country...ran a 21:58.49 in the Vassar Invitational, finishing 51st in the event.
TRACK: Competed for the track team in her second season with the Brewers, as she ran the 800, 1500, 3000 and 5000...ran the 1500 in the Monmouth Season Opener Mar. 29, crossing the line in 5:11.31...posted a 2:32.61 in the 800 meter run at the Ramapo College Roadrunner Invitational, finishing 23rd...placed fourth at the Upstate Track and Field Classic in the 3000 Apr. 13, booking a time of 11:09.03...broke 20 minutes in the 5000 at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships Apr. 20, as she rank a 19:57.58 for eighth place.

2011-12:
XC:
Scored points for Vassar in 5 races... ran 18:52 for 3 miles at the RPI Invitational in her first collegiate appearance... placed 108th out of 385, 3rd for Vassar, at the Paul Short Run in 24:02... finished 40th out of 217 at the St. Lawrence Pre-Regional with a time of 23:52... helped Vassar capture its second-straight Seven Sisters Championship and earned Liberty League Rookie of the Week honors with her 8th place overall (3rd for Vassar) finish in a personal-best 5k time of 19:47... ran a personal-best 23:31 at the Liberty League Championships to place 12th overall and 3rd for Vassar... finished 85th out of 256 at the Regional Championships.

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Lettered all four years in cross country and track at Rancho Buena Vista High School for head coach Tom Lux... named All-League three years, All-CIF two years, and All-Academic CIF as a junior and senior... ran on school-record setting 4x800m Relay as a senior... helped team qualifiy for California State Championship three times... ran personal bests in the 1600m Run (5:13) and 3200m Run (11:35) as a junior. 

PERSONAL: Daughter of Bill Cleaves and Erica Glennon...has three sisters, Kylee Wiens, Amber Wiens, and Sarah Weins...majoring in international studies...was a student fellow in 2012-13...chose Vassar College over Cal-Berkeley, Lewis and Clark College, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Santa Cruz and UC-Davis.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011First Year

  • 2012Sophomore

  • 2013Junior

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    2014Senior

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