VMI Athletics

Sara Belamarich at TFFRS

2021: Finished the Southern Conference championship 5k race in 47th place in 21:04.00 as the third VMI runner to cross the finish line … opened the season placing 40th overall at the Navy XC Twilight with a 6k time of 26:20.94 … finished 49th at the Winthrop Invitational with a 5k time of 22:47.07 … achieved a 86th-place finish at the VertCross Invite with an 5k time of 21:41.60.

2020: Helped VMI to an eighth-place finish at the SoCon Championships by placing 38th overall in 19:52.80 … led the Keydets to a third-place finish at the Tom Scott Open by placing eighth overall with a 5.6k time of 22:45.

2019: Finished third for VMI at every race during the season … placed 58^th overall at the Southern Conference Championships with a time of 20:35.83 … came in 29^th overall in 17:55 at the Liberty Challenge … arrived in 49^th at the JMU Open in 25:12 … ran a time of 23:55.1 at the Paul Short Run … placed 79^th overall in 24:50.81 at the HPU VertCross Invite.

2018: Finished third for VMI at every race to score team points … placed 35^th overall at the Virginia Tech Invite with a time of 16:04 … came in 18^th place in 21:17 at the JMU Open … ran a time of 24:58.1 for 19^th place at the George Mason Invite … arrived in 40^th overall at the HPU VertCross Invite in 19:49.65 … placed 45^th overall at the Southern Conference Championships in 19:52.21.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at Western Branch...finished seventh in the 3,200-meters at the state championships...was 13th, earning all-state honors, in this past season's XC state championships...VHSL Academic Excellence Award...National Honor Society...received superior ratings in orchestra district assessments...also lettered one year in soccer and played for multiple clubs...intends to major in mechanical engineering.

Personal Bests:
1,600-meters - 5:19.95
3,200-meters - 11:32.86
5K - 18:55