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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Shea Cushing

  • Events Distance
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Wilmington, Mass.
  • Highschool Wilmington

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

CAREER HONORS
• America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (2024-25)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)


JUNIOR OUTDOOR SEASON (2025): Opened her season coming in 20th in the 10k at the Black and Gold Invitational (Mar. 28) … Finished 23rd in the 1500 at the Jim Boulanger Invitational (Apr. 5) … Came in 30th in the 5000 at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (Apr. 12) … Placed 25th in the 3000 at the George Davis Invitational (Apr. 19) … Recorded a fifth place in the 5000 at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet (Apr. 25) … Earned 30th in the 5000 at the NEICAAA Championships (May 10).

JUNIOR INDOOR SEASON (2025): Started at the Early Bird Invite (Dec. 7), placing 46th in the 3000m. Next, she ran in the Middlebury Winter Classic (Jan. 18)… she scored 13th in the 1000m and 20th in the 1-mile. At the Scarlet Knight Open (Jan. 31) she scored 28th in the 5000m with a time of 19:56. At the Big Apple Invitational she scored 19th in the 3000m. Most recent, she competed in the New England Championships on March 7 where she placed 17th in the 5000m.

SOPHOMORE OUTDOOR SEASON (2024): Opened the season with a 10th place finish in the 10K at the Black & Gold Invitational (Mar. 29) … Logged third and eighth in the 4x400 relay and 1500 at the Jim Boulanger Invitational (Apr. 7) … Earned 12th in the 5K at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (Apr. 13) … Finished sixth in the 3000 at the George Davis Invitational (Apr. 20) … Placed fourth in the 5K at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (Apr. 27) … Came in 10th in the 10K at the New England Championships (May 10-11).

SOPHOMORE INDOOR SEASON (2024): Opened her indoor season with a 12th place finish in the 3000 at the Dartmouth December Invite (Dec. 9) … Placed third in the 5000 at the Middlebury Winter Classic (Jan. 20) … Came in 50th place in the 3000 at the Riverhawk Invitational (Jan. 26) … Recorded a 33rd place finish in the 3000 at the Scarlet Knight Open (Feb. 3) … Claimed seventh place in the 5000 at the Middlebury Field and Track Meet (Feb. 10) … Logged a 16th place finish in the 3000 at the NEICAAA Championships (Mar. 2) 

FIRST-YEAR OUTDOOR SEASON (2023): Began the season with a 3000m time of 11:13.39 at the UMass Lowell Invite (Mar. 24) ... Placed sixth in the 10,000m at the UVM Quad Meet (Apr. 8) ... Was 12th in the 5000m at the George Davis Invite (Apr. 21 & 22).

FIRST-YEAR INDOOR SEASON (2023): Opened the season with an 18th-place finish in the mile at UNH (Dec. 4) ... Was eighth in the 3000m at the Dartmouth Quad Meet (Dec. 10) ... Placed fifth in the 3000m at New Hampshire with a personal-best time of 11:12.13 (Feb. 9).

BEFORE VERMONT: Attended Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Massachusetts … Lettered in Field Hockey, Track, and Cross Country … 2020-21 Track Coach’s Award … 2021 Spring Track League Champions … 2021 Cross Country MVP … 2021 Cross Country League Champions … 2021-22 Winter Track League Champions … 2021-22 Winter Track Captain … 2021-22 Winter Track Coach’s Award … 2022 Spring Track Captain … 2022 Spring Track League Champions … 2022 Spring Track State Relay Champions … 2022 Spring Track State Champions … 2021 Spring Track League All-Star … 2021 Cross Country League All-Star … 2021-22 Winter Track League All Star, 2022 Spring Track League All Star … Hold her school’s Cross Country Home Course Record (19:13)
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jennifer and Eric Cushing … Has two brothers Owen and Luke … Chose UVM because of its nursing program and the welcoming environment of the cross country and track teams ... Her biggest influence as an athlete are her teammates because they always push her to do her best … Lists her favorite movie as 10 Things I Hate About You, favorite artist as Lana Del Rey, favorite athlete as Elle Purrier St. Pierre, and favorite team as the Boston Bruins … Majoring in Nursing

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance