University of Miami Athletics

Julia Koch

position

Cross Country

Class

Freshman

Hometown

New Monmouth, N.J.

High School

Mater Dei Prep

2015 Outdoor: Participated in the 1500m at the Hurricane Invitational and at the Hurricane Alumni Invite…

2014 Cross Country: Opened the season with a time of 20:19.12 at the Mountain Dew Invitational 5K … Posted a time of 24:50 at The Paul Short 6K Run … Placed 14th in the women’s 5K (21:39.66) at the Westminster Academy Invitational.

2014 Outdoor:  Finished sixth in the women’s 5000m with a personal-best time of 19:24.62 at the Hurricane Invitational. 

2013 Cross Country: Competed in three races for Miami … Opened season with a 16:17.04 at the WA Collegiate Invitational (8/31) …  Posted a time of 27:22.85 at the UF Mountain Dew Invitational 6K (9/14) … Recorded a time of 22:07.25 at the Disney Cross Country Classic 6K (10/12)

2012 Cross Country: Kicked off the season with a 22:08.72 finish at the USF Bulls Cross Country Invitational… Ran the Mountain Dew invitational 8k in 21:15.86… Finished with a 25:34 mark at the Paul Short Run… Finished the regular season in the UCF Black and Gold Invitational 6k in 25:12…Finished the ACC Championship 6k race in 26:00.0

2011 Cross Country: Recorded a season-best and personal-best time of 19:58 at the FGCU Invitational

High School: Lettered four years in spring track at Mater Dei Prep under coach Kevin Attridge… Recorded personal bests of 12:16 in the 3200m and 5:40 in the 1600m… Helped team win division championship in senior season… Also competed in soccer in ’07 and ’10… Played Ice Hockey at Navesink Country Club all four years of high school

Personal: Majoring in Nursing… Daughter of Paul and Patricia Koch… Has one brother Paul and two sisters Lillian and Katherine… Enjoys playing ice hockey, soccer, golf, and competing in triathlons