2014 Women's Cross Country
Roster
Cameron Chaplen
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Thomaston, CT
- High School:
- Thomaston
- Two-Time MAAC All-Academic Team (2014-15)
AS A JUNIOR IN 2015:
- 2015 MAAC All-Academic Team
- Helped lead the Bobcats to their first ever MAAC Championship, dethroning the 10-time defending conference champs Iona
- Made six appearances in the 2015 season
- Enters her senior year with the most career appearances (18) of any runner on the 2016 roster
- Took her first career Top 10 finish and placed first on the team for the first time in her career as she placed eighth at the Stony Brook Invitational (9/5) with a time of 15:20
- Placed 16th overall out of 140 at the Rider Invitational (9/19) with a time of 22:54
- Appeared in the Paul Short Women’s Gold Run (10/2) where she clocked in at 22:44 to place 191st overall out of 313
- Came back with a 79th place finish (fifth on the team) at the New England Championships (10/10) with a time of 18:54
- Helped lift the Bobcats to a MAAC Championship, placing 20th (fifth on the team) at the conference title race as she came through with a time of 22:20
- Placed 171st overall (sixth on the team) with a time of 23:34 at the NCAA Northeast Regional
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014:
- 2014 MAAC All-Academic Team
- Tied for the most appearances of any Bobcat, competing in seven meets in 2014
- Started the season off with a 17th place finish (3rd on the team) at the Stony Brook Invitational (8/30) with a time of 18:56.2
- Placed 22nd overall (6th on the team) with a time of 19:41.1 at the Monmouth Invitational (9/20)
- Ran the Paul Short Run (10/4) in 22:57
- Improved significantly in the CCSU Mini Meet (10/24) from her freshman season, posting a 36-spot improvement as she took 29th place (2nd on the team) with a time of 10:46.82
- Posted a strong 21st place finish (5th on the team) in her first career MAAC Championship event (10/31) as she crossed the line in 22:30.37
- Finished the season placing 182nd (6th on the team) at the NCAA Regionals (11/14) with a time of 23:12.4
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013:
- Competed in five meets for the Bobcats
- Started the year off with a 15th place overall finish, seventh-best on the team, at the Stony Brook Invitational as she crossed the line in 16:23.02
- Placed 49th overall at the Bryant Invitational with a time of 20:07.4
- Navigated her way through a talented field of runners at the Iona Meet of Champions to finish with a time of 26:39.04
- Placed 65th overall, seventh-best among Quinnipiac runners, at the CCSU Mini Meet with a time of 11:04.01
- Participated in her first MAAC Championship meet and finished in 64th place with a time of 25:14.42
BEFORE QUINNIPIAC:
- Attended Thomaston High School and lettered 12 times throughout her career in three different sports (cross country, indoor and outdoor track)
- Helped lead a dominate Thomaston squad to a 60-0 record throughout her four-year career in the Berkshire League
- Also helped guide her team to two Class S State Championships in 2010 and 2011
- She was named to the All-Berkshire League all four years at Thomaston
- Also named to the All-State team in cross country in each of her four years
- Distinguished as an All-New England runner her senior season in 2012 after winning the Class S State Championship finishing in first place
- She finished her career with a best time of 18:59 in the New England Cross Country Championship Race from North Scituate, R.I.
PERSONAL:
- Born in Meriden Conn. and raised in Thomaston, Conn.
- Daughter of Craig and Sherre Chaplen
- Majoring in Legal Studies
