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University of Rhode Island

2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Linsey Arends

  • Class Senior
  • High School Woodstock Academy
  • Hometown Brooklyn, Conn.

Biography

Personal Bests & TFFRS Results


2024 (Junior)

  • 17th at the Friar Invitational (15:33.77)
  • 40th at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational (18:54.04)
  • 23rd at the New England Championship (18:29.20)
  • 59th at the Atlantic 10 Championship (22:03.9)
  • 146th at the NCAA Regional Championship (22:20.84)

2023 (Sophomore)

  • Finished 31st at the Rothenburg Invitational (12:01.9).
  • Placed 85th at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championship (20:41.9).
2022 (Freshman)
  • Finished 28th at the Brown Cross Country Run (12:54.7).
  • Placed 35th at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championship (20:31.8).
  • Recorded a collegiate best while finishing 61st at the Ted Owen Invitational (20:09.7).
Before Rhode Island
  • Attended Woodstock Academy
  • Member of the cross country and track and field team all four years
  • Captained both the cross country and track team for two years
  • Her senior year, was the Eastern Conn. Conference Girls Varsity Cross Country Champion, 1600M Champion, 4x800M Relay Champion, and 4x400M Relay Champion
  • Named Outstanding Senior Athlete
  • Earned Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-State First Team Girls Cross Country Division MM her sophomore and senior year
  • Connecticut High School Coaches Association - Conn. Association of Schools - Scholar Athlete
  • Named to the Eastern Conn. Conference All-Star Team Award for Cross Country
  • Was the Eastern Conn. Conference Girls’ Athlete of the Week
  • Earned the Coaches Award  for Varsity Cross Country
  • Named Eastern Conn. Conference All-Star for indoor track & field
  • Earned Eastern Conn. Conference Sportsmanship Award for indoor track & field sophomore year
  • Named to the All-East Coast Indoor Track & Field Team
  • Rhode Island Track Coaches Association
  • Coaches Award Varsity Indoor Track & Field senior year
  • Eastern Conn. Conference Division 1 All-Stars
  • Eastern Conn. Conference All-Star Award Track & Field
  • Eastern Conn. Conference Scholar-Athlete Track & Field
  • Coaches Award Varsity Track & Field
  • 8+ Season Athletic Achievement Award
  • A member of multiple extracurricular activities, including:
    • National Honor Society Secretary
    • National English Honor Society Robert Holland Chapter President
    • Linda Stedman Chapter of the RHO KAPPA National Social Studies Honor Society
    • National Science Honor Society
    • National Chinese Honor Society President
    • Scholar-Athlete Honor Society
    • Brooklyn Family Fun Day Volunteer
    • Team Up to Clean Up Woodstock
    • Covenant Soup Kitchen
    • National English Honor Society Tutor
    • Putnam Town Hall Volunteer - Art exhibition
    • Thompson Turkey Trot 5k Trail Race & 3k Walk
    • Woodstock Academy International Relations Leadership Conference 
    • Woodstock Academy National Honor Society Leadership Conference
    • Woodstock Academy National English Honor Society Robert Holland Chapter College Essay Workshop
    • Woodstock Academy Trick-or-Treat Street
    • RiMaConn Relay
    • Student Council Carnival - National Chinese Honor Society booth
    • Friend of Assisi Food Pantry
    • Daily Bread Food Pantry
    • Roseland Cottage
    • Road Clean Up - Brooklyn - Creamery Brook Road
    • Medical Club Teddy Bear Drive
    • Vigil for Racial Justice public reading
    • Airline Trail Clean Up
    • Rise Up Against Injustice
    • Woodstock Academy Chips In - Trail laying
    • Woodstock Academy Track Team Road Clean Up
    • Woodstock Academy Tour Guide for Shadows 
    • Middle School Cross Country QVCC Championship Volunteer
    • Woodstock Academy Athletic Booth - Woodstock Fair
  • In the classroom, earned the Certificate of Congressional Merit - Commitment to Academic Excellence, Student Leadership and Volunteerism her senior year
  • National Model UN Conference - International Court of Justice - Award of Distinction her senior year
  • Earned the Helen and David Richardson Scholarship Robertson Essay 
  • President’s Award for Educational Excellence her senior year
  • Was an AP Scholar her sophomore and junior year
  • National Honor Society junior and senior year
  • Was the president and vice president of the National English Honor Society Robert Holland Chapter
  • Linda Stedman Chapter of the RHO KAPPA National Social Studies Honor Society junior and senior year
  • Member of the National Science Honor Society and National Chinese Honor Society 
  • Member of Class Council and Student Council for two years
  • Member of the Medical Club
  • Head of School’s Award her junior year
  • Was High Honor Roll all four years
  • Scholastic Art & Writing Awards & The CT Writing Project UCONN Silver Key - “Call of The Sea” short story her sophomore year
  • Freshman Scholar 
  • High Achievement in Introduction to Engineering CAD
  • Outstanding Achievement in Mandarin IV
Personal
  • Has one sister, Alyssa
  • Considered New Hampshire and Connecticut before deciding on Rhody
  • Chose Rhode Island because of the majors, cross country and track team, and location
  • Interests include running, mythology, the ocean, reading, video games, puzzles, making playlists, and sketching
  • Majoring in ocean engineering

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

  • 2023Sophomore

  • 2024Junior

  • 2025Senior