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Natalie Varela

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Distance

Class

Senior

High School

Gulliver Prep

Hometown

Miami, Fla.

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@natalievarelaa

Natalie Varela - Cross Country - University of Miami Athletics

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2026 Outdoor
  • Did not compete.
2026 Indoor
  • Set the school record in the 1000m at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational with a time of 2:44.90.
  • Finished second in the Razorback Invitational 800m, posting a 2:01.82, the second-best time in program history.
2025 Cross Country
  • Competed in the Southern Showcase 5K.
2025 Indoor & Outdoor
  • Did not compete.
2024 Cross Country
  • Did not compete.
2024 Outdoor
  • Earned sixth place finishes in the 4x400m relay and the 400m to kick off the outdoor season.
  • Finished third in the 4x400m relay at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational.
  • Placed fifth in the 800m at LSU Alumni Gold before winning the event at East Coast Relays with a time of 2:07.48.
  • Added two fourth place finishes at East Coast Relays, the 4x400m relay and the 1500m.
  • Represented the Hurricanes in the 800m at the ACC Championship and the NCAA East First Round.
2024 Indoor
  • Started the season with two top ten finishes at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet; seventh in the 4x400m relay and fifth in the mile.
  • Finished second overall in the Corky Classic 800m.
  • Member of the 4x400m winning relay at the KSU DeLoss Dodds Invite. Also added a second place finish in the 800m.
  • Competed in two events at the ACC Championship.
2023 Cross Country
  • Competed in four meets for the Hurricanes.
  • Best performance was a personal best 21:25.1 5.846K at the Alabama Crimson Classic.
2023 Outdoor
  • Earned two personal bests in one day at the Pepsi Florida Relays (4/1) in the 800m with 2:05.05 and in the 1500m with 4:20.04. Her 800m time notches fifth in the outdoor top-five record book, while her 4:20.04 in the 1500m was a new program record.
  • Finished ninth at the 63rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays (4/15) in the 800m with 2:05.60.
  • Placed first at the UNF East Coast Relays as part of the 4×400 relay team with a time of 3:35.42.
  • Placed ninth at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 800m with 2:06.14.
2023 Indoor
  • Started her indoor season at the Louisville Cardinal Classic (1/14), placing second in the 800m with 2:09.43.
  • Earned third at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic (2/3) with 2:06.52 in the 800m…earned a personal best and the second-best time in school history of 4:50.46 in the mile and placed ninth in the 800m at the Music City Challenge (2/10).
  • Placed fifth and scored for the women’s team at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25) in the 800m, finishing fifth with 2:06.01 and cementing her name at number two in the program indoor top-five record book.
2022 Cross Country
  • Began her cross country season at the UCF Cross Country Invite (9/2), placing tenth in the 5K with 18:54.9.
  • Placed 16th at the Virginia Invitational (9/16) with a time of 18:14.8 in the 5K, a time 40 seconds faster than her previous appearance.
  • Placed eighth at the FSU Invitational (10/7) with a personal best of 17:38.6 in the 5K, a time that also stands at fifth in the program cross country record book.
2022 Outdoor
  • Made her 2022 outdoor season debut at the Miami Hurricane Invitational (3/19), placing second in the 1500m with 4:33.85.
  • One week later placed second in the same event, but three seconds faster at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/26) with 4:30.11.
  • Placed third at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/9) in the 800m with 2:06.80.
  • Earned fifth in the 800m with 2:11.36 and the 1500m with 4:31.31 at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/23).
  • Earned her first finals appearance at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/14), placing third in the 800m prelims with 2:06.39, then scoring in the 800m final with 2:06.13, good for sixth place and a point towards the 2022 conference championship team.
2022 Indoor
  • Broke the 1000m indoor program record at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/14) with 2:52.44, also placed second with the 4×400 B team with 3:49.23.
  • Placed second at the Carolina Challenge (1/22) in the 800m with 2:09.33.
  • Placed third at the Meyo Invitational (2/5) in the 800m with 2:10.73.
  • Earned first place and cemented the program record as part of the DMR team at the Tiger Paw Invite (9/12) with a time of 11:27.44.
  • Placed eleventh with the same DMR team at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26) with 11:51.72
2021 Cross Country
  • Posted the ninth fastest 5K time in program history at the XC23 Invitational, 18:19.6.
  • Recorded the seventh best 6K time in Miami history of 21:38.3 at the Paul Short Run.
  • Opened the season in the 5K at the FAU Invitational with a finish of 18:35.42.
  • Crossed the finish line in the 6K at the FSU XC Open in 23:10.8.
  • Ran a 6K time of 22:43.7 at the ACC Championships.
  • Finished the season with a time of 22:28.45 in the 6K at NCAA South Regionals.
2021 Outdoor
  • Finished second in the 1500m with a personal best time of 4:38.73 in the Hurricane Invitational and helped an all-freshman 4×400 relay team win the event with a time of 3:45.74.
2021 Indoor
  • Made her collegiate debut at the Bob Pollock Invitational in the 800m running a time of 2:19.77 and the mile in 5:17.91.
  • Ran a collegiate-best time of 2:15.73 in the women’s 800m and ran the mile in 5:06.82 at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2020 Cross Country
  • Made her Hurricanes debut at the Mountain Dew Invitational in the 6K with a time of 23:44.9.
  • Competed in her first 5K with the Hurricanes at the FSU Invitational, running a time of 19:09.6.
  • Ran at the ACC Cross Country Championships in the 6K with a time of 23:47.9 to end the season.
Personal
  • In her junior year at Gulliver Prep, Varela was a two-time State Champion in the 800 and the 1600 in 2019. She boasted two personal best times of 2:09.82 and 4:57.64, respectively.
  • Was a gold medalist in the judo Junior Olympics and was a national champion in jiu-jitsu.
  • Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in sports administration
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