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Fiona Harrigian

She admits there is a lot more competition for her time, but Fiona Harrigian, a 2016 graduate of San Marino High School, has continued her fine running career at Wellesley College, where she is a couple months into her senior year.

Her teammates and coaches recently honored her dedication when the daughter of Karen and Mike Harrigian was selected as a captain of the Blue’s women’s cross country team.

“I was a little hesitant to be captain since I knew I would be busy this semester applying for jobs and therefore may not be able to invest as much time into being captain,” Fiona told The Tribune. “However, I was and am excited to help my team be the best that they can be. As a captain, I enjoy making sure everyone feels like they are essential to the team, that the first-years are finding their place at Wellesley, and the team is working well together.”

Harrigian ran both cross country and track all four years at San Marino High School, advancing to CIF in the 1,600-meter run her senior year.

“In cross country, my sophomore year may have been the best,” she recalled. “Our team came frustratingly close to going to state after winning the Rio Hondo League championships.”

Her personal bests include a 20:28.4 clocking in the 5K at the 2017 Wellesley Invitational and 26:45.5 in the 6K, which she accomplished at the 2016 Bowdoin Invitational.

Fiona Harrigian, a 2016 graduate of San Marino High School, has continued her outstanding running career at Wellesley College, where the senior was recently named captain of the Blues’ cross country team.

“From a physical standpoint, in college I run more each day and each week than I normally did in high school and most of my runs are at a faster pace,” Harrigian said. “We also lift weights more than we did in high school. Mentally, running does not change that much, although now I need to switch between a competitive mentality to an academic mentality much more quickly than I did in high school.”

Fiona is majoring in Biology and has spent the past few summers working in research labs; one for microbiology and another for nitrogen cycling. She studied abroad during the fall of her junior year in Bhutan, and though she lived at 8,000’ elevation, she continued to train. This past summer, Fiona spent three-and-a-half weeks in Siberia partaking in a class that was focused on Lake Baikal and its cultural and biological importance.

“I ran almost every morning along the lake shore,” she said. “It has to be one of the most beautiful places I’ve run.”

The daughter of Karen and Mike Harrigian, Fiona has a twin sister, Olivia, who attends Stanford. Aside from cross country, Fiona also competes for Wellesley’s indoor and outdoor track teams.

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