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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Theo Smith, CMU Athletics
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John Moore/LCU Athletics

Autumn McQuitty

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Alamosa, Colo.
  • High School Alamosa

Biography



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Career Honors
  • NCAA Championship Qualifier (2024 XC)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® (2024-25)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2024 XC)
  • RMAC First Team All-Academic (2024 XC)
As a Sophomore (2024): Member of the team’s top seven in all six meets… Placed 53rd overall and fourth on the team at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships, helping the Mavs qualify for the national meet for the first time in ten years and second time overall… Was 54th at the RMAC Championships with a career-best 6K time of 22:19.9… Finished 186th at nationals… Recorded a career-best tenth place finish at the Mountaineer/Cowboy Invite before taking 38th at the Roadrunner Invitational and 98th at the Lewis Crossover Invite… Was third on the team at the first two meets and fourth at the Lewis meet… Was voted on to the RMAC Frist Team All-Academic Team as one of only seven CMU women to ever earn that accolade... Also named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District@ Team for cross country/track & field.

As a Freshman (2023): Ran in four meets as the Mavs’ top freshman… Finished 56th at the RMAC Championships as the Mavs’ third finisher… Went on to place 76th at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional as the Mavs’ fourth finisher… Set a career-best 6K time of 23:07.7 at the regional… Was also the Mavs’ fourth finisher at the Lewis Crossover, placing 165th overall in 23:37.9… Placed 20th with a 5K time of 19:45.7 in her collegiate debut at the Mountaineer Invite.

Prep: 2023 graduate of Alamosa High School, where she ran for the Mean Moose… Coached by her mother Jennifer… Finished 24th at the 3A State Cross Country Championships as a senior in the fall of 2022… Had placed fifth at the Region 2 Championships… Recorded four top-10 finishes throughout the season… Took 125th at the Team Southwest Regional Championships and 104th at the Garmin RunningLane Championships at the end of the season… Had placed 17th at state and fifth the Region 1 Championships as a junior before running a 5K XC PR of 19:34.10 at the NXR Southwest Regional, where she finished 107th… Set track PRs of 2:24.95 (800), 5:13.82 (1600) and 11:37.46 (3200) as a senior in the spring of 2023… Qualified for state in all three events placing seventh in the 3200 and eighth in the 1600 with her PR times… Was 13th in the 800… Also qualified for state in the 1600 and 3200 as a junior in 2022… Had an indoor PR of 5:38.55 in the 1600 to finish third at the Great Southwest Indoor Classic in 2023.

Personal: Is majoring in mass communications and business marketing… Wants to become a film editor or producer in the marketing field … Daughter of Jennifer and David McQuitty… Younger sister is Elizabeth… Enjoys reading, building Legos and painting with friends.

Why I Chose CMU: “I chose CMU CMU because of the awesome team and the beautiful mesas surrounding the town."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2025Junior

    5'3"