2022 Track & Field Roster

Meredith Corda

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Last School(s) Monte Vista
  • Hometown Danville, Calif.

Biography

CROSS COUNTRY
2021: Competed in five meets… at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships, crossed the finish line in 22:05.5… finished ninth at the Sacramento State Invitational with her 6k time of 21:32.2… took ninth place at the USF Invite, finishing the 6k race in 21:53.4.

2020-21: Competed in two meets for the Bears… finished the 6k in 21:27.6 at the Pac-12 Championships, a personal best.

2019: Appeared in six meets for Cal… posted a time of 22:33.7 at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships… achieved a time of 21:34.9 at the Pac-12 Championships… at the Capital Cross Challenge, finished the 6k in 21:30.2… her 6k time of 22:10.3 at the USF Invitational was good for 10th place out of 93 competitors and helped Cal to a team title.

2018: Competed in five meets… appeared at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships, finishing the 6k in 22:43.9… at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships, posted a time of 21:40.5… finished the Capital Cross Challenge in 22:07.7.

2017: Raced in one meet… posted a 6k time of 24:08.6 at the USF Invitational.

TRACK & FIELD
2022 (Outdoor): Competed in five meets… finished the 3000m run in 9:56.10 at the Big Meet… posted a personal-best 1500m time of 4:27.70 at the Bryan Clay Invitational… set a new personal-best 5000m time of 17:01.96 at the Cardinal Classic… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Indoor): Competed in one meet for Cal… posted a personal-best time of 10:08.40 in the 3000m run at the Pac-12 Invitational... named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Appeared in three outdoor meets for the Bears… won the 1500m race at the Cal-USC Dual, posting a time of 4:35.55… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Did not compete.

2019: Competed in seven outdoor meets… raced to a personal-best 5k time of 18:03.96 at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships… finished second in the 1500m at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, finishing the race in 4:35.93… set a new personal best in the 1500m with a time of 4:35.66… at the Cal Opener, placed third in the 1500m run with her time of 4:43.82.

2018: Competed in seven outdoor meets for Cal… competed in the 1500m (4:47.81) and the 5000m (18:18.55) runs at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships… posted a personal record of 2:19.43 in the 800m run at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… had a time of 4:40.68 in the 1500m at the Cardinal Classic… at the Big Meet, set a new PR in the 3000m, finishing the race in 10:29.18.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was MVP and Team Captain for Monte Vista High School’s track & field and cross country teams in her senior year… Monte Vista won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) North Coast Section (NCS) Cross Country Championships each year from 2013-15 and placed second in 2016… in the 2017 track & field season, finished second in the 1600m run at the NCS Meet of Champions after placing first in that race at the East Bay Athletic League (EBAL Championships… also placed second in the 3200m run at the EBAL Championships… invited to the 2017 Arcadia Invitational, where she competed in the 4x1600m and distance medley relays… placed seventh at the 2016 CIF State Cross Country Championships… finished first in the NCS Championships that year… competed in the two-mile run at the 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor… placed third in the 1600m run at the 2016 NCS Meet of Champions… at the 2016 EBAL Championships, took third place in the 3200m run… placed 25th at the 2015 CIF State Cross Country Championships after finishing third in the NCS Championships… competed in the 3200m run and the distance medley relay at the 2015 Arcadia Invitational… in the 2014 cross country season, she finished 27th at the CIF State Championships and first in the NCS Championships… the previous year, she competed at the CIF State Championships after placing seventh in the NCS Championships.

PERSONAL: Double majoring in rhetoric and German… daughter of Courtney and Gary Corda… mother is a Cal alumna.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

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  • 2019Sophomore

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  • 2020Junior

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  • 2021Senior

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  • 2022Graduate Student

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