Both teams enter the meet looking to secure an automatic spot in the NCAA Championships.
2012 Cross Country Season:Turned in impressive first year with the Irish, competing in six of the seven meets including BIG EAST, regionals and NCAAs ... one of five Irish women's runners to earn NCAA Great Lakes all-region honors after finishing 19th out of 217 runners on the 6K course (20:50) to help Notre Dame qualify for the NCAA Championship meet with a third place showing out of 32 teams ... finished 22nd out of 126 runners on the 6K course at the BIG EAST Championship meet (20:41) as the Irish finished fifth out of 15 teams ... opened year with a fourth place finish out of 266 runners at the National Catholic Championship (17:22.9) ... third Irish runner to cross the line on the 5K course ... took 31st out of 145 runners in the 5K blue race at the Notre Dame Invitational (17:17) ... placed 78th out of 327 runners on the 6K course at the Wisconsin Invitational (20:41) in the final tune up to the BIG EAST Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Graduated from University Lake School (Wis.) in the spring of 2012 ... etterwinner in cross country (four times), track and field (four times), alpine ski race (three times) and field hockey (twice) ... selected as an Adidas Cross Country All-American (`11) ... named Gatorade National Female Cross Country Runner of the Year and Gatorade Wisconsin Female Cross Country Runner of the Year (`11) ... helped the USA Junior National Cross Country team win the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country - International Challenge by finishing third ... named to the Wisconsin Track Coaches Association's all-state team and as the overall female athlete of the year (`12) ... earned first team all-state honors for cross country from the Wisconsin Coaches Association three times (`08-'10) ... won the Wisconsin DIII cross country meet and was the DIII record holder all four years ... named as an all-division state cross country record holder ('10-'11) ... joined Suzy Favor as the only female to win four state individual titles ... named the Foot Locker National and Midwest champion senior year ... named asthe Brooks Border War Champion ('10-'11) ... selected as a New Balance Nationals mile and two-mile All-American junior year ... won the 1,600m and 3,200m races at the state meet all four years ... was the all-division state record holder twice in the 3,200m ('11-'12) and once in the 1,600m ('12) ... selected as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Cross Country Runner of the Year on three occasions ('09,'10 and '11) ... named the Midwest Distance Gala Mile champion junior and senior seasons ... earned the national Merit Scholarship and named to The Cum Laude Society ... aunt, Kathleen, rowed crew for Saint Mary's College ('74-'75) and Notre Dame ('75) ... aunt, Molly, rowed for Notre Dame ('85-'86) ... mother, Anne, graduated for Saint Mary's College in '87 ... full name is Molly Elizabeth Seidel ... born in Brookfield, Wis. to Fritz and Anne Seidel ... has one younger brother and one younger sister ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.
