Gia Comerford's TFRRS Profile (Top Performances and Meet Results)
2024 Outdoor (Junior): Placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12) with a 10:45.42 time… Named All-NEC first team for first-place 3,000m steeplechase (10:57.69) and 4x800 relay (9:11.75) at the NEC Championship (5/4-5), also running a college-best 17:51.61 in the 5,000m to finish fourth… Ran a 9:09.52 as part of 4x800 relay team at the Penn Relays (4/25-27)… Named NEC Track Athlete of the Week (4/17) for taking seventh place in 3,000m steeplechase at the Larry Ellis Invite (4/12-14) with a 10:33.30 time… Part of second-place distance medley relay team (11:58.81) at the Colonial Relays (4/4-6), also finishing eighth in the 1,500m invite with a 4:36.32 time… Earned third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Sam Howell Invitational (3/30) with a 10:47.32 time… Opened the season at the UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23) with a tenth-place finish in the 1,500m (4:35.49) and a 16th-place finish in the 800m (2:16.89).
2023-2024 Indoor (Junior): Named All-NEC second team as part of second-place distance medley relay team (12:06.40) at the NEC Championship (2/18-19), in addition to fourth place in the 3,000m (9:53.25) and fifth place in the mile (5.58.16)… Finished 12th in the mile at the Scarlet Knight Open (2/2-3), logging a 5:01.30 time… Ran a 10:06.36 time in the 3,000m at Boston University’s John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26-27)… Finished 14th in the 3,000m at the Penn Select 10 (1/13) with a 10:15.75 time… Earned second in the mile at the Wagner Invitational (1/5), running a 5:04.01 time… Opened the season with fifth place in the 3,000m (10:21.61) at the Wagner College Shootout (12/8).
2023 Outdoor (Sophomore): Named All-Conference Second-Team for 3000m steeplechase after winning silver in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:36.41) at the NEC Championship (5/6-7)... Logged a 2:24.26 800m at the Rutgers Relays (4/22)... Ran an 11:15.39 time in 3,000m steeplechase at the Bucknell Invite (4/15-16)... Opened the season with 12th-place finish in 3,000m steeplechase (11:19.38) at the Colonial Relays (3/31-4/1), also running with 13th-place distance medley relay team (12:36.41).
2022-23 Indoor (Sophomore): Won bronze with distance medley relay team (12:25.33) and placed fifth in the mile (5:11.15) at the NEC Championship (2/19-20)... Ran a 10:48.95 time in the 3,000m at METS (2/3-4)... Landed seventh in the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Invite (1/27-28) with a 5:12.01 time... Placed fourth in 1,000m (3:0051) at the Gotham Cup (1/20)... Ran a 10:27.23 3,000m at the Penn Select 10 (1/14) to finish 11th... Placed eighth in the mile at the Wagner College Invitational (1/6) with a 5:15.50 time, also running fifth-place 4x400 relay (4:17.37)... Part of first-place sprint medley relay team (4:10.20) at the Seahawk Shootout (12/9)... Opened the season with a seventh-place finish in the 3,000m (10:45.23) at the FastTrack Season Opener (12/2).
2022 Outdoor (Freshman): Comerford participated in the 3000m Steeplechase and on the 4x800m Relay team at the NEC Championships. her 3000m Steeplechase time was 12:06.36 for a sixth place finish, while her 4x800m Relay team came in second with a time of 9:45.68. Â
2021-22 Indoor (Freshman): Comerford set her personal best in the 800m at the NEC Championships. She finished the event in 2:21.92 for seventh place overall. Also at the Championships, Comerford ran as a part of the Distance Medley Relay in 12:23.41 for a team finish of third place.
Before Wagner: Four-year member of the Notre Dame Academy cross country and track and field teams… Indoor Intersectional champion in both 1000m and 1500m in 2021… Outdoor Intersectional champion in the 2000m Steeplechase in 2021… Outdoor Staten Island champion in the 2000m and 1500m in 2018… Most Outstanding Track Performer at the City/Sectional championships in 2021. Comerford plans to major in Nursing... Daughter of Sandra and Owen Comerford... Occupational plans after college include working in the nursing field as a doctor of nursing practice.Â
