Tara Smurla
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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Hometown:
- Cedar Grove, N.J.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Cedar Grove
Bio
2024: Smurla competed in 5k and the 6k for the Hounds. Smurla competed in the 2024 NCAA DIII Cross Country championships, she finished 29th of 290 runners with a time of 21:37.6 on the 6,000-meter course.
2023: Smurla competed in the 6k for the Hounds. Smurla competed in the 2023 NCAA DIII Cross Country championships, she finished 271st of 292 runners with a time of 23:56.8 on the 6,000-meter course.
2022: Smurla competed in both the cross country and track and field seasons for the Hounds. Smurla competed in the 6k for cross country and participated in the 4x400 Relay, 5000m, 3000m, Mile, 4x800 Relay, 10k, 1500m, and 800m events during the track and field seasons.
Personal: Daughter of Annmarie and Michael Smurla...Majoring in Elementary Education and Special Education
Academic: Dean's List
Accolades: 2024 NCAA DIII All-American, 2024 USTFCCCA Metro Regional Women's Athlete of the Year, 4x 2024 Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week
News mentions
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country team had junior Tara Smurla earn All-America honors at the 2024 NCAA Division III National Championships hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center Saturday morning.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Junior Tara Smurla of Moravian University’s women’s cross country team has been named the Moravian Student-Athlete of the Week Fueled by Honey Stinger for her performance last week.
GALLOWAY, N.J. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country squad finished fifth of 25 teams in the 2024 NCAA Division III Metro Regional Championship hosted by Stockton (N.J.) University Saturday morning.
LEBANON, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country team finished as the runner-up by one point at the 2024 Landmark Conference Championships hosted by Elizabethtown College Saturday at Union Canal Tunnel Park.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country squad finished 12th of 29 teams in the 43rd Annual Mike Woods Invitational hosted by SUNY Geneseo at the National Warplane Museum Saturday morning.
TOWSON, Md. --- Moravian University junior Tara Smurla has garnered her fourth Landmark Conference Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor of the 2024 season for her performance last week.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's cross country squad finished 32nd of 46 in the Paul Short Run White race.
TOWSON, Md. --- Moravian University junior Tara Smurla has earned the Landmark Conference Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor for the third straight week for her performance last week.
GALLOWAY, N.J. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country team placed fourth of 20 teams at the Stockton University Osprey Open Saturday on the course that will be used for the NCAA Division III Metro Regional later this season.
TOWSON, Md. --- Moravian University junior Tara Smurla has been repeated as the Landmark Conference Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week for her performance last week.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Junior Tara Smurla from Moravian University’s women’s cross country squad has been honored the Moravian Student-Athlete of the Week Fueled by Honey Stinger for her performance last week.
LEBANON, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country squad finished as the runner-up in the Lebanon Valley College Invitational Saturday at Union Canal Tunnel Park, the site of the 2024 Landmark Conference Championships in November.
TOWSON, Md. --- Moravian University junior Tara Smurla has been honored as the Landmark Conference Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance last week.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s cross country team opened the 2024 season with a fourth place finish at the Lehigh University Invitational run Friday evening at the Goodman Campus.
