Furman University

Tessa Walter's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2025 SoCon Runner of the Year (Cross Country)
2025 SoCon Freshman of the Year (Cross Country)
2025 All-SoCon First Team (Cross Country)
2025 SoCon All-Freshman Team (Cross country)
2026 SoCon Freshman of the Year (Indoors)
2026 SoCon All-Freshman Team (3,000m & 5,000m Indoors)
2026 SoCon Freshman of the Year (Outdoors)
2026 SoCon All-Freshman Team (5,000m & 10,000m Outdoors)
 
Freshman Year (2025-26):  Became the first person honored as the SoCon Female Freshman of the Year for cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field since 2003-04…named the SoCon Runner of the Year and Freshman of the Year after winning the individual title at the SoCon Cross Country Championship…won the meet with a personal-best 5K time of 17:07.7 to lead Furman to its 13th-straight league title…went on to place 27th at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Championships with a 6K time of 20:13.5…won the 3,000m (9:44.20) and 5,000m (16:37.92) at the SoCon Indoor Championships to claim SoCon Freshman of the Year accolades…placed second in both the 5,000m (17:27.83) and 10,000m (PR of 35:00.73) at the league outdoor meet to claim the freshman of the year trifecta...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll.

High School
1600m – 4:56
3200m – 10:40
XC 5K – 16:55

Runner-up at state cross country meet (2024), placed 29th at Nike Cross Country Nationals (2023), lead team to the cross country national championship (2023)