2021 Cross Country Roster
Zimmermann, Isabel
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NC State Cross Country – 2022 National Champions
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Isabel Zimmermann
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Clemmons, N.C.
- High School:
- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Bio
1x All-ACC Performer:
2x All-Region Cross Country Team (2018, 2019)
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team
Collegiate-Best Marks
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:
2021 Cross Country:
2021 Outdoor Track & Field:
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:
2020 Cross Country:
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field:
2019 Cross Country:
2019 Outdoor Track & Field:
2018-19 Indoor Track & Field:
2018 Cross Country:
2018 Outdoor Track & Field:
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:
2017 Cross Country:
Prep/Personal:
- 2019 Cross Country
- 2019 Cross Country
- 2018 Cross Country
- 2017 Cross Country
2x All-Region Cross Country Team (2018, 2019)
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team
Collegiate-Best Marks
2022 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Ran a 17:19.53 at Raleigh Relays in the 5000m
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:
- Ran in the 5000m at the ACC Championships, finishing 21st in 16:59.26
- Competed for NC State at the Camel City Invite and the Darius Dixon Memorial Invite
2021 Cross Country:
- Raced unattached at the adidas XC Challenge, finishing in 12th place (17:38.6)
- Competed in the B races at the Joe Piane Invite (fifth place) and the Nuttycombe Invitational (ninth place)
2021 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Posted a PR in the 10000m at the ACC Championships, placing 29th with a time of 35:06.06
- Competed in the 1500m, 5000m and 10000m during the season
2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2020 Cross Country:
- Did not compete
2019-20 Indoor Track & Field:
- Placed 19th at the ACC Championship in the 5000 with a 16:48.92 mark
- Ran the 3000 at the Camel City Invite, finishing 8th in 9:49.08
2019 Cross Country:
- Earned second-straight All-Region honors with a 24th-place finish (20:56.2)
- Represented the Pack at the ACC Championships, where she finished 35th overall in 21:42.1
- Also raced in all three regular-season meets for the Wolfpack
2019 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Ran a season-best 16:43.59 in the 5,000m at Raleigh Relays
- Finished the 1,500m at the Charlotte Invite in 4:39.62, good for a 27th-place finish
- Placed 27th in the 5,000m at the Virginia Challenge, crossing the finish line in 16:44.19
2018-19 Indoor Track & Field:
- Notched a 10th-place finish at the ACC Championships in the 3,000m, finishing in 16:49.22
- Earned a bronze-medal finish at the Camel City Invite with a time of 9:43.00
2018 Cross Country:
- Competed in all five meets for the Wolfpack during the 2018 season
- Gained All-Region status at the NCAA Southeast Regional where she finished 21st in 20:34.5
- Represented the Wolfpack at the ACC Championships (21:16.1 for 29th place) and the NCAA Championships (21:40.5 for 179th place)
2018 Outdoor Track & Field:
- Did not compete
2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:
- Redshirted the season
- Competed unattached at two meets
- Placed 16th in the Mile at the UCS Invitational with a personal best of 4:54.86
- 3rd Place finish at Camel City Invitational in the 3000m
2017 Cross Country:
- Competed at five meets in her first season with the Pack
- Finished 169th at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 21:14.63
- Crossed the line 40th with a mark of 21:35.3 at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
- Posted her fastest 6K of the season at the ACC Championships, clocking in at 21:14.0 to place 35th
- Ran the "B" race at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite, placing 27th with a time of 21:43.8 in her first collegiate 6K
- Made her in-uniform debut at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite, finishing with a personal-best 5K at 17:53.2
- Raced unattached at the adidas XC Challenge, placing 17th at the home meet in 17:53.8
Prep/Personal:
- Full name is Isabel Marie Zimmermann
- Daughter of Matthias and Deborah Zimmermann
- Attended Ronald W. Reagan High School in Pfafftown, N.C. where she ran under head coach Eric Fritz
- 3x NCHSAA 4A State Champion
- 2016-17 Indoor: 1,600m
- 2017 Outdoor: 1,600m, 3,200m
- Named the Conference Runner of the Year for cross country two years in a row (2016-17), leading her team to back-to-back conference titles
- Conference Runner of the Year for track her junior year
- 3x Conference Champion in 2016 (800m, 1,600m, 3,200m)
- 4x Team MVP (2015 Track, 2016 XC, 2016 Track, 2017 XC, 2017 Track)
- Earned all-state honors in the outdoor 1,600m and 3,200m
- Finished second at the 2017 XC Regional and third at the 2017 State XC Championships
- Named Conference Runner of the Year for track her senior year, taking home conference titles in the 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m
- Member of the National Honor Society and Crosby Scholars
- Has been out of the country nine times, visited 34 states and eight national parks