Marissa Farago
Marissa Farago
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Salisbury, Mass.
  • High School:
    Triton
  • Major:
    Health Sciences

Bio

Full Career Results (TFRRS)

As a Freshman in 2017: Competed in six events for the Ravens...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Made her collegiate debut, ran a 5k time of 19:19.2, and finished 35th at the season-opening Mount St. Mary's Duals on 9/1...Posted her first career top-10 with a 5k run of 20:07.7 to finish sixth at the Smith College Invitational on 9/9...Made it back-to-back top-10s with a 6k time of 24:14.0 to finish third at the Bruce Kirsh Cup on 9/16...Ran a 5k time of 21:13.6 to finish 162nd at the NEICAAA Championship on 10/7...Posted a 6k time of 24:45.4 to finish 75th at the Northeast-10 Conference Championship on 10/22...Ran a 6k time of 25:03.9 to finish 56th at the NCAA Championship East Regional on 11/4.

Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field at Triton High School (Mass.)...In cross country, All-State selection, All-League selection, Team MVP and team captain as a senior...Two-time Newburyport Daily News All-Star selection...Three-time qualifier for the state championship...Named team's Hardest Working Teammate as a junior...In indoor track & field, three-time All-League selection, three-time qualifier for the state championship and two-time Daily News All-Star selection...Twice named team's Outstanding Distance Runner, and earned Coaches Award as a sophomore...Team captain as a senior...In outdoor track & field, three-time All-League selection and three-time qualifier for the state championship...All-State selection in the two-mile as a senior...Newburyport Daily News All-Star selection as a senior and Honorable Mention selection as a junior...Team captain as a senior...Named team's Unsung Hero as a junior.

Personal: Daughter of Jim and Robin Farago...A health sciences major...Has three brothers: Nicholas, Anthony and Michael.

 

News Mentions

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Women’s Cross Country Finishes Program-Best 12th at NCAA Championship East Regional

AMHERST, N.Y. (November 4, 2017) – It was a high-water mark in the history of the Franklin Pierce University women’s cross country...

November 4, 2017

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Women’s Cross Country Piles Up PRs to Finish 11th at NE10 Championship

WESTFIELD, Mass. (October 22, 2017) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s cross country team saw each of its top-three finishers...

October 22, 2017

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Women’s Cross Country Competes at NEICAAA Championships

BOSTON (October 7, 2017) – Sophomore Julia Cormier (Northwood, N.H.) led the way in 158th place on Saturday, as the Franklin Pierce...

October 7, 2017

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Women’s Cross Country Places 18th at Paul Short Run

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (September 29, 2017) – It was three runners in the top 100 on Friday afternoon for the Franklin Pierce University women&rsquo...

September 29, 2017

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Women’s Cross Country Takes Third at Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup

HOPKINTON, N.H. (September 16, 2017) – Freshman Marissa Farago (Salisbury, Mass.) led the way with a third-place finish on Saturday, as the...

September 16, 2017

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Two in Top 10 for Women’s Cross Country in Third-Place Finish at Smith College Invitational

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (September 9, 2017) – Freshman Marissa Farago (Salisbury, Mass.) led the way for the second straight week for the...

September 9, 2017

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Women’s Cross Country’s Farago Named NE10 Rookie of the Week

RINDGE, N.H. (September 6, 2017) – Freshman Marissa Farago (Salisbury, Mass.) of the Franklin Pierce University women’s cross country...

September 6, 2017

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Farago Shines as Women’s Cross Country Opens Season at Mount St. Mary’s 5K Duals

EMMITSBURG, Md. (September 1, 2017) – Freshman Marissa Farago (Salisbury, Mass.) ran the second-fastest time in program history on Friday...

September 1, 2017