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2023 Women's Cross Country Roster

Brett Dunbar
Brett Dunbar
Brett Dunbar
Brett Dunbar

Cara Bodary

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Father Gabriel Richard
  • Hometown:
    New Boston, Mich.

Summary

Biography


Awards:

  • 2024 Denison President's Medalist
  • 2021-22 & 2022-23 NCAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021-22, 2022-23 & 2023-24 Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (2022 & 2023 Ted Barclay Top-Five Award; 2024 Lynn Schweizer Award for highest-ranking senior varsity female scholar-athlete, by GPA)
  • 2022-23 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee

2023 (Senior): 
  • Ran in seven races, including the NCAC Championships and the Great Lakes Region Championships
  • Ran a new career-best 6k time of 23:07.2 finishing 98th at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region Championships
  • Ran a new career-best 5k time of 20:59.8 finishing second at the Wooster Dual Meet (Sept. 21) marking her best finish of the season
  • Ran a new career-best 4k time of 16:07.4 finishing seventh at the Kenyon College Owls Opener (Sept. 1)
  • Finished 31st at the NCAC Championships with a time of 24:43.4
  • Was Denison's top performer in five out of seven races 

2022 (Junior): 
  • Ran in seven races, including the NCAC Championships and the Great Lakes Region Championships
  • Ran a career-best 4k time of 16:58.6 and finished 19th in the Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1)
  • Ran a career-best 6k time of 23:59.8 and finished 108th in the Great Lakes Region Championship (Nov. 12)
  • Had a season best finish (22:04.2; 3rd) at the Wooster Dual Meet (Sept. 22)
  • Finished in the top three performers for Denison in all seven races, including finishing as the best Denison performer at the Wooster Invitational (Sept. 1)

2021 (Sophomore):
  • Ran in four races in her first full season
  • Ran a career-best 5k time of 21:20.9 and had her best overall finish (7th) in her first collegiate race at the Kenyon Tri (Sept. 3)
  • Was the fastest Denison runner at Kenyon
  • Ran a career-best 6k time of 25:57.9 (31st) at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11)
  • Was the third fastest Denison runner at the NCAC Preview
  • Finished 10th (22:20.7) in the Wooster Dual Meet (Sept. 21)

2020 (First-Year):
  • Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Personal: 
  • Psychology major
  • Daughter of Jennifer and Peter Bodary
  • Member of the National Honors Society and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Father Gabriel Richard High School
  • Member of the Newman Catholic Club and Mission 34 Ambassador at Denison
  • Anderson Scholarship for Excellence in Science Recipient, Ted Barclay Top-Five Award, Dean’s List, Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society, Sigma Chi Honor Society, Psi Chi International Honor Society, Phi Society Chapter
  • Also a member of the Big Red women's track & field team

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  • 2020First-Year

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior

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