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Julia Somers
Senior
Haverford, PA/Haverford

At Delaware: Has earned two letters in cross country...Colonial Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll....2004-05 Season: Cross Country - Earned letter as a freshman...competed in all seven races and led team with 26th place finish at ECAC Championships...had three top-10 finishes with a third place at Delaware Invitational #2, sixth place at UNC Wilmington Invitational, and eighth place at Delaware Invitational #1...2005-06 Season: Cross Country - Earned second letter...raced in all but one meet all season, including CAA's, NCAA's and ECAC's...won the Delaware Invitational #2 and had two other top-10 finishes.

High School: Standout at Haverford High School...one of the top distance runners in school history...captured the Delaware County outdoor 3,200m title and placed eighth in that event at the state championships as a senior....part of 4 x 800m relay team that won the state title her junior year...also won Central League cross country individual title as a senior...set school record in 5,000m outdoors...played trumpet in marching band and French horn in concert band...National Honor Society.

Personal: Julia Marie Somers...daughter eof Michael and Mary Mellon Somers...mathematical education major with a minor in philosophy at Delaware...honor student.