Julia Smith

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Pittsgrove, N.J.
High School:
Arthur P. Schalick

2024: Competed in a meet every race weekend… Was one of the top three Pirate finishers in every race this season… Finished ninth overall at the Salisbury Fall Classic with a time of 21:43.70 (8/31)… Finished second overall at the Osprey Open with a time of 22:36.80 (9/14)… Finished fourth overall at the Embry-Riddle Cross Country Classic (9/21)… Crossed the line as the first Pirate and finished third overall at the Metropolitan Championship with a time of 18:03.18 (10/12)… Was the highest Pirate finisher at the BIG EAST Championship (11/1).

2023: Finished first overall to open the season with a time of 21:58.30 at the Salisbury Fall Classic (9/2)… Finished first on the team and second overall at the Dutchmen Invitational (9/9)... Took second on the team and third amongst the field with a time of 19:32.19 at Embry-Riddle (9/16)... Crossed the line in first on the team at the Metropolitan Championships (10/7), IC4A/ECAC Championships (10/13), BIG EAST Championships (10/28) and NCAA Regionals (11/10).

2022: Opened the season with a third place team finish at the Fordham Fiasco (9/10)… Took fourth on the team and fifth overall at the Maryland-Eastern Shore Farm Run (9/24)… Place fourth both overall and on the team at the Highlander Invitational (10/8)… Was the second Pirate to complete the 5k course at the ECAC Championships (10/14).

Personal: Four-year letter winner in both cross country and track and field as well as three years of swimming at Arthur P. Schalick High School in Pittsgrove, N.J.... Was a Group 1 Sectional Championship winner in 2018, 2019 and 2020, finishing as a member of the All-South Jersey Team in 2020... Took home Group 1 Sectional Championships in the 1600m and 3200m in 2019 and 2021 with her 4x800m relay team earning back-to-back state titles in 2018 and 2019... Holds school records in the 5k, 3200m and as part of the 4x800 relay team... Part of the National Honor Society... Daughter of Kristy and Shawn Smith... Has two brothers, Benjamin and Nicholas... Born June 27, 2003.