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2025 MIT Women's Cross Country Roster

Liv Girand

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • High School Bronx High School of Science
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2023 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
  • 2x NEWMAC All-Conference (2023, 2024) 
  • 2024 NEWMAC Academic All Conference
  • 2023 USTFCCCA All-Region
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete

2024: 

  • Competed in five events, earning 3 top 20 finishes 
  • Ran a career best 21:34.0 6k to earn a 13th place finish at the Conn. College Invitational on Oct. 19 
  • Placed 15th at the NEWMAC Championships with a time of 22:26.9 
  • Earned a 47th place finish and a time of 21:54.2 at the NCAA DIII Championships 

2023: 

  • Competed in six events with five top-20 finishes 
  • Made her debut in the 4k event at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invite where she finished 16th in 16:56.4 
  • Finished ninth at the NEWMAC Championship in 23:41.6 and seventh at the NCAA East Regional in 22:21.4 
  • Placed 186th at the NCAA DIII Cross Country Championship with a time of 23:02.5 

Before MIT: 

  • Captain of Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track teams,
  • All-New York State Federation in 3000m and 4x800m
  • Team MVP for Outdoor Track as a junior and Cross Country as a senior
  • School record holder in 1500, 3000, 1 Mile, 2 Mile, 2k steeplechase, 4x800, XC 4K, and XC 5k
  • Four-time PSAL City Champion and six-time Runner-up
  • PSAL two-mile record holder
  • National Honor Society member
  • National Organization for Women Club Co-President
  • Ambassador of Letters for Rose (service org) chapter
  • Summer volunteer at Bellevue Hospital women's health clinic + OBGYN dept.
  • Intern for TREEage (youth-led climate change org)
  • Math and reading tutor
  • Member of School Senate, Nutritional Health Council, and Key Club

Personal:

  • Favorite Sports Memory: "One of my favorite sports memories is doing rose/bud/thorn with my teammates on recovery trail runs."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023First Year

    5'6"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2025Junior

    5'6"