2023: Competed in each race for the Sharks this season …  Ran the Suffolk Short Course Classic 3K with a time of 17:16 (9/1/23) … Ran the 2023 Codfish Bowl 5k with an average mile time of 8:59 (9/23/23) … Ran the NEICAAA Cross Country Championship 5K with a time of 27:36.5 (Oct. 7) … Ran the Suffolk Invitational Women 6K with an average mile time of 8:49 (Oct. 14) ... Placed 40th at the GNAC Championship Meet (Nov. 4) finishing with a time of 32:52.0 ... Ran personal-best time of 30:41.2 at the NCAA Regional Championships (Nov. 11).

Before Simmons: 
Two-sport Varsity letterwinner at Shawnee High School (N.J.) ... Ran cross country in the fall and captained the squad as a senior in 2022 ... Also a member of the spring outdoor track program ... Also played soccer ... Excelled and enjoyed psychology, biology and sports medicine in high school ... Enjoys reading, hiking, surfing, and snowboarding ... Duaghter of Carl and Margo Pellegrino ... Fun fact she was a sprinter through middle school before switching to distance running in high school ... Enjoys watching the X-games, F1 Racing and WSL  as well as playing volleyball.