Sarah Naticchia '21 Recruiting Profile

I am now committed to continue my academic and running career at Harvard. Thanks to my coaches, teammates, teachers, family, and friends!

My name is Sarah Naticchia pronounced nuh TEA KEY uh. If you have heard of Erin Donohue, Marielle Hall, Greta Feldman, or Brianna Gess, you know the tradition of women's track and field in Haddonfield NJ and the high school & NCAA champions it produces! I am hoping to carry this tradition forward. 

View recent South Jersey sectional championship interview @ https://nj.milesplit.com/videos/408099/sarah-naticchia-sj-group-2-winner

Outdoor Highlights (rookie running season):

• 1600 4:55.90 (top 10 in NJ; finished 6th at MOC with another sub 5 performance)

• 3200 10:48.87 (top 10 in NJ)

• Only NJ 2021 RANKED IN THE TOP TEN FOR BOTH 800 and 1600 and XC 5K in the state of NJ
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• 800 2:15.79 (top 30 in NJ; I have not run this as recently as the 1600 and 3200)

• In addition, I received over 7000 votes statewide at nj.com as NJ's top sophomore. Again, that was quite an accomplishment having never competed in track and field prior!

XC and Indoor Highlights:

• In my first ever non-paced XC race on 9/17/19,  I finished first with a time of 18:41 

• Attended Nike and RunningWorks XC camps in summer to prepare for my inaugural XC season (played field hockey in prior years)

• In first ever XC races, finished 4th at Bowdoin Park and 3rd at Shore Coaches Invitational at Holmdel with the 7th fastest time in Haddonfield history. Anchored team's first win at Shore in 11 years!

• Colonial Conference 5k meet champion on 10/24 with #10 time in State of NJ @ 18:10, shaving 31 seconds off prior PR

• South Jersey Group 2 Sectional Champ and #3 in Group 2 State Meet At Holmdel advancing to the Meet of Champions

• Led Haddonfield in Meet of Champions as podium/lead runner, helping HMHS to its highest ever finish in NJ (4th overall and 2 spots ahead of NJ Group 2 champ)

• Currently #10 in NJ & #24 in USA for indoor 1600 for class of 2021 (current juniors) with time of 5:14.54

• Posted mile PR indoor at Millrose trials at 5:08.38 and NJ #9, US #97

• Led Haddonfield as anchor legs in DMR and SMR winning the Group 2 State Championship on 1/17/2019

• Anchor in US#2 indoor 4x800 with 2:18 split (non chase time)

• NJ #2 / US #28 indoor 2 mile (first time ever running this distance indoors)

  • https://sjtrackblog.com/2020/01/26/haddonfields-sarah-naticchia-runs-u-s-16-in-first-lifetime-indoor-2-mile-race/

• NJ#5 / US #60 800m indoor time of 2:17

• NJ#6 / US #55 1600m indoor time of 5:06.90

• NJ#5 / US #50 1500m indoor time of 4:47.03

My goal is to compete in middle distance /distance and XC in college. My priority is to join a high achieving track and XC program but also attend a university/college that is academically rigorous. Pursuing the best academic school is critical to me. I am ranked #4 in my class (out of 212) and have a GPA of 103.24 and my SAT is 1380 (700 Math/680 Verbal)

Lastly my oldest sister Natalie is a sophomore playing D1 field hockey at Davidson College so my parents and I are very experienced in the recruitment process. My father played D1 college baseball and my aunts ran in high school and then played collegiate D1 field hockey, one of which who also ran the 800m at one of the top Ivy programs.

I can be reached at [email protected] or via text 856-304-3938

Please view my race history and video at https://nj.milesplit.com/athletes/8587320