Sarah Hurst

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Ardmore, PA
High School:
Lower Merion

2024-2025 Indoor: Appeared in three meets for the Panthers…Hurst recorded a personal best in the mile (5:11.21) at the Nittany Lion Challenge…Placed third in the 3000m race (9:57.01) at the PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge…Outran her previous 3000m time, earning a personal best of 9:55.10 at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational.

2024: Participated in all six meets for the Panthers... Began the season with an 8th place finish at the Panthers Opener (Aug. 30)... Recorded a 21:48.6 time in the 6k, which is a personal best, at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Oct. 5)... was the sixth Panther to cross the line at ACC Championships (Nov. 1) and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (Nov. 15), recording times of 21:53.9 and 21:50.1, respectively.

2023: Did not compete.

2022: Did not compete.

2021: Competed in four meets… Opened her Pitt career with a 17^th place finish in 15:36.10 at the Yinzer Classic (Sept. 3)… Finished 8^th in the RMU Colonial Invitational (Sept. 17) with a time of 24:10.70… Posted a time of 18:23.3 and a 48^th place finish in the Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1)… Wrapped up the year with a 22:57.80 finish in 83^rd place at the Penn State National Open (Oct. 15).

High School: Ran cross country and track at Lower Merion High School for head coach Dennis Hagan… three-time state qualifier in cross country and posted a career-best 27^th place finish during her sophomore season… helped lead the cross country team to the Central League Championship in 2019 and 2020… on the track, she owns the school record in the 1600m (2021) and 3200m (2019)… finished in ninth place at the State meet in the 3200m run during her senior season (2021)… posted two undefeated seasons in the Central League in the 1600m and 3200m (2019, 2021)… named Most Impactful Athlete at Lower Merion as a senior (2021)… earned Most Dedicated Award as a sophomore and senior (2019, 2021).

Personal: Daughter of Richard Hurst and Jutta Vogt… has two siblings, Kai and Jayson… lists her favorite athletes as Emma Coburn, Cole Hocker and Simone Biles… her favorite TV shows are Friends, Gossip Girls and Stranger Things… enjoys listening to music and some of her favorite artists are Chance the Rapper, Kanye West and Post Malone… majoring in biological sciences at Pitt.