COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Mile – 4:58.26, 3K – 9:44.71, 5K – 16:54.63, 10K – 35:26.98, 4K (XC) – 15:03.6, 6K (XC): 22:19.3
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (’24)
2x Academic All-Big Ten (F ’23, Sp. ’24)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Achieved 5K and 10K PRs…Ran in five meets for the Nittany Lions.
Raleigh Relays (3/28-30): Clocked a 35:26.98 PR in the 10K for 45th overall. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Ran a 16:54.63 PR in the 5K to finish tenth. Big Ten Championships (5/10-12): At her first Big Ten Outdoor Championship meet, Costich ran a 36:04.38 in the 10K.
2024 Indoor
Season: Set PRs in the mile and 3K…Competed in her first Big Ten track & field championship meet.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Set her mile benchmark, going 4:58.26 for ninth. Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Posted a 9:44.71 PR in the 3K to claim third…Finished second in the 5K with a 16:58.80. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24): Ran a 17:14.31 in the 5K, placing 22nd in the conference.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Ran an incredible race at the Big Ten Championships, finishing as Penn State’s fifth finisher and helping her team to a fourth-place final standing in the conference.
Dolan Duals (9/1): Clocked a 15:03.6 over 4K in her first cross country race as a Nittany Lion. Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/8): Ran a 22:19.3 6K PR, finishing 27th overall in her first home meet in the Blue & White. Big Ten Cross Country Championships (10/27): Performed brilliantly, picking up her teammates to finish as Penn State’s fifth scoring finisher and helping the Nittany Lion women secure fourth in the Big Ten.
2023 Outdoor
Season: Entered the season as a mid-year freshman, competing in the 3,000, 5,000, and 10,000-meter runs for the first time in her collegiate career.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Ran a 16:57.85 in the 5K, finishing 11th overall. Virginia Challenge (4/20-22): Clocked a 35:41.68 over 10,000 meters in her first race at the distance. Jim Thorpe Invitational (5/5): Finished first in the 3,000-meter run in a personal-best 9:53.60.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Ran cross country and track & field at Clarence High School…Was a cross country state qualifier during her time at Clarence…Named a Buffalo Scholar-Athlete.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Theodore and Robin Costich…Has two brothers: Max and Sam, and one sister: Ella…Studying finance…Cousin Cara Costich runs track and cross country at Cornell, cousins Maggie and Molly Costich play soccer at the University of Chicago…Chose Penn State because “It is a great place with a great community and great education.”