2024 Cross Country Roster
Quarzo, Gionna
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Gionna Quarzo
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Brownsville, Pa.
- High School:
- Brownsville Area
Bio
1x All-American:
Collegiate-Best Marks
2024 Outdoor Track & Field:
2023-24 Indoor Track & Field:
2023-24 Indoor Track & Field:
2023 Cross Country:
2023 Outdoor Track & Field:
2022-23 Indoor Track & Field:
2022 Cross Country:
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:
2021 Cross Country:
2021 Outdoor Track & Field:
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:
2020 Cross Country:
Prep/Personal:
- 2022 - 10,000m (Second Team)
- 2023 Cross Country
- 2023 Outdoor - 10,000m (2nd place)
- 2022-23 Indoor - 5000m (6th place)
- 2022 Cross Country
- 2022 Indoor - 5,000m (4th place)
- 2021 Outdoor - 10,000m (5th place)
- 2024 Outdoor
- 2023-24 Indoor
- 2023 Cross Country
- 2023 Outdoor
- 2022-23 Indoor
- 2022 Cross Country
- 2021-22 Indoor
- 2021 Outdoor
- 2023 Cross Country
- 2023 Track & Field
- 2022 Cross Country
- 2022 Track & Field
- 2021 Track & Field
Collegiate-Best Marks
2024 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Opened the season with a personal best of 33:02.14 in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays, finishing 12th
- Ran 16:16.92 in the 5000m at the Wake Forest Invitational
- Closed out the season at the NCAA East Regional with a 34:15.49 in the 10,000m
2023-24 Indoor Track & Field:
- Opened the season at the Camel City Invitational, finishing 4th in the 3000m with a time of 9:32.05
- Ran a season-best 16:05.88 in the 5000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational
- Placed 8th in the 5000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 16:20.30
2023-24 Indoor Track & Field:
- Opened the season at the Camel City Invitational where she finished fourth in the 3000m with a time of 9:32.05
- Clocked a 16:05.88 season best in the 5000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational
- Finished eighth in the 5000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 16:20.30
2023 Cross Country:
- Ran a time of 20:41.4 in the 6k at the 2023 National Championships
- Named to the All-Region team after finishing 12th in the 6k at the NCAA Southeast Regional with a time of 20:05.4
- Helped lead NC State to its seventh consecutive women’s NCAA Southeast Regional Championship
- Established herself as an All-ACC runner with a 14th-place time of 20:19.6 in the 6k at the ACC Championships that helped lead the Pack to its eighth-straight women’s ACC Cross Country Championship
- Finished 14th in the 5k at the Joe Piane Invitational with a time of 16:51.0
2023 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Finished fifth in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays with a PR time of 33:06.47, the ninth-best time in school history
- Placed second at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m with a time of 33:13.15
2022-23 Indoor Track & Field:
- Set a PR in the 3000m at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 9:24.44 to finish second
2022 Cross Country:
- Opened the 2022 campaign with a PR time of 06:35.4 in the 2k at the adidas XC Challenge
- PRed in the 5k at the Joe Piane Invitational with a time of 16:42.3
- Ran a time of 20:05.9 in the 6k at the ACC Championships to set a new PR
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Attained her first career All-America honors with a 16th-place finish in the 10000m at the NCAA Championships (33:46.78)
- Placed fifth in the 10000m at the NCAA East Regional with a time of 34:26.27
- Clocked a PR of 15:56.55 in the 5000m at the Virginia Challenge
- Registered a 13th-place finish in the 5000m at the ACC Championships
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:
- Ran a personal-best 16:15.67 at the ACC Championships to place fourth and garner Second Team All-ACC honors
- Posted a Mile PR of 4:57.45 competing at the Hokie Invitational
- Tabbed a personal record in the 3000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invite of 9:24.78
2021 Cross Country:
- Finished 14th at the adidas XC Challenge with a time of 17:43.6
- Competed in a pair of B/Open races during the season, placing ninth in the Joe Piane Invite B race and seventh at the Nuttycombe Invitational B race
2021 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Placed fifth in the 10000m at the ACC Championships, running a 33:24.87 for Second Team All-ACC honors
- Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 10000m, finishing just outside the qualifying range at 13th
- Raced in the 1500m, 5000m and 10000m throughout the course of the year
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:
- Finished in the top 10 in every meet she competed in, including a fourth-place finish in the 5000m at the Virginia Beach Invitational (16:35.03)
- Represented NC State at the ACC Championships in the 5000m, finishing 10th with a time of 16:35.08
2020 Cross Country:
- Represented NC State at all three meets of the regular season
- Finished in the top 25 in all of her regular-season meets: 11th in a meet at Wake Forest (21:48.21), 16th at the Wolfpack Invite (18:00.0) and 24th at the Virginia Tech Invitational (22:26.6)
- Placed 42nd at the ACC Championships with a time of 21:07.8
Prep/Personal:
- 2019 WPIAL Cross Country Champion
- 2x PIAA Class AA 3200m Champion (2018, 2019)
- 2x WPIAL AA 3200m Champion
- National Honors Society member