2025-26 Cross Country Roster

Siona Chisholm 2024-25 Cross Country Roster

Class Graduate Student/Senior

Hometown Antigonish, Nova Scotia; Canada

High School Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional H.S

Bio

HONORS AND AWARDS

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2025-26)

Finished 52nd at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (19:32.8)
Placed fifth at the Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Championship (20:01.09)
Finished 19th and earned All-ACC honors at the ACC Championships (20:00.5)
Placed eighth in the blue division of the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (16:12.9)

AS A SENIOR (2024-25)

Tallied a PR and the fourth best time in program history in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships (9:01.04)
Logged a PR and the second best time in program history in the 5000m at the BU Valentine Invitational (15:23.37)
Recorded a PR and the tenth best time in program history in the mile at the Notre Dame Invitational (4:40.50)
Finished third with a PR in the 6k at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (19:35.1)
Posted a PR in the 5k at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (16:15.0)
Earned All-ACC Academic honors

AS A JUNIOR (2023-24)

Competed in the 5000m at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships (15:47.71)
Finished second with the fourth best time in program history in the 5000m at the 2024 ACC Outdoor Championships (15:32.93)
Posted the tenth best time in program history in the 1500m at the Wake Forest Invitational (4:16.94)
Finished in the top-7 in both the 3000m (9:19.66) and the 5000m (16:05.48) at the 2024 ACC Indoor Championships
Logged a first place finish and a PR in the mile (4:42.91) and a second place finish and the fourth best time in program history with a PR in the 3000m (9:03.21) at the Badger’s Windy City Invite
Posted a fifth place finish and a PR in the 5k at the Joe Piane Invitational (16:26.4)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

Took bronze in the 5000M (15:57.74) at 2023 Outdoor ACCs
Finished second in the 1500M (4:20.91) at the 2023 Jim Freeman Louisville Invitational
Finished seventh in the 3000M (9:13.90) at 2023 Indoor ACCs
Won the 3000M (9:04.48) at the 2023 Meyo Invitational
Won the 3000M (9:16.46) at the 2023 Notre Dame Invitational
Finished 81st in the 6K (20:30.4) at the 2022 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Finished fourth in the 6K (20:06.9) at the 2022 NCAA Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships

PREP AND PERSONAL

Attended St. Francis Xavier University before attending Notre Dame
St. Francis Xavier University Indoor Track and Field record holder in the 1500m and 3000m.
Academic All-Canadian Honors, and earned top freshman student in Bachelor of Arts and Sciences for the health program
AUS Conference 8km Cross Country, and Indoor 1500m and 3000m Gold Medalist and 2021 AUS Cross Country Female Rookie of the Year, and the 2021 USports Cross Country All-Canadian honoree
Was a member of Team Canada at the 2022 U20 World Athletic Championships in California
Attended Dr. John High Gillis Regional High school and was a two time high school cross country individual provincial champion and three time team champion
Recorded a personal best in the 5000m in 2022 at Stellarton, Nova Scotia with a time of 16:19
Named the 2020 and 2021 Athlete of the Year at Dr. JHG High School
Was the 2018 and 2021 Nova Scotia School Sport Scholar Athlete of the Year, and was named to the honor roll from 2018 to 2021.
Earned Runner of the Year from 2018 to 2021
Tallied PR’s in the 3000m with a time of 9:17 in 2022 at Langley, British Columbia.
Crossed the finish line for a personal best in 4:24 in 2022 at Guelph, Ontario
A six time high school provincial track and field champion in the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m
A three time cross country and track team captain
Daughter of Tommy and Ann Marie Chisholm, and has a brother, Mark, and four sisters, Tara, Ashley, Siobhan, and Meghan
Majoring in neuroscience and behavior