Sophie Atkinson
Sophie Atkinson Pronunciation
NCAA East Preliminary Round
2025 Outdoor: 10,000m
2023 Outdoor: 10,000m
All-ACC
2025 Indoor: 5000m (Second Team)
2022 Cross Country
All-Southeast Region
2024 Cross Country
2022 Cross Country
TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
2025 Outdoor
• Competed in the 10,000m at the NCAA East Regional
• Placed eighth in the 10,000m at the ACC Outdoor Championships and competed in the 5000m
• Recorded a huge personal-best of 33:29.46 for 10,0000m at Raleigh Relays, moving up to the No.5 all-time in program history
• Finished sixth in the 1500m at the Virginia High Performance
• Competed in five meets this season
• All-ACC Academic Team
2025 Indoor
• Notched fifth place in the 5000m at the ACC Indoor Championships, bettering her Virginia N0.3 all-time mark by 7 seconds
• Ran 15:58.02 over 5k at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, the third-best performer in program history
• Secured the win and Ott Center facility record with a 9:14.22 in the 3000m race at the Penn 10 Elite Meet, moving into No. 2 in Virginia history
2024 Cross Country
• Named to the 2024 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
• Finished 196th at the NCAA Championship race in Madison, Wis.
• Raced to 24th in the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in Rock Hill, S.C. earning All-Region honors
• Finished 47th at the ACC Cross Country Championships in Cary, N.C.
• Took home silver at the Panorama Farms Invitational, helping the team win the meet
• Placed 97th at the Nuttycombe Invitational, helping the team to an 11th overall finish
• Finished sixth in the Virginia Invitational at Panorama Farms
• Placed fifth at the Spider Alumni Open, running 13:49.4 over 4k
2024 Outdoor
• Competed in two meets this season
• Ran the 5000m at Raleigh Relays and the Virginia Challenge
• Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll
2023 Cross Country
• ACC SAAC Representative
• Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
• Competed at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships at Panorama Farms
• Finished 51st at the Virginia Invitational running a 17:10.6 in the 5k race
• Placed 31st at the XC23 Pre-National running 6k in 20:43.5
• Placed sixth in her season-opener at the Spider Alumni Open
2023 Outdoor
• Named to 2022-23 ACC Honor Roll
• Placed 18th at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 10,000 meters
• Finished 8th in the 10k at the NCAA East Regional Championships as the 44th seed running a personal-best time of 33:53.56
• Placed 10th in the 10,000 and 11th in the 5,000 at the 2023 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
• Ran a a personal-best in the 5000 meters at Penn Relays clocking 16:12.68
• Placed third in the 5000 meters at the Virginia Challenge running 16:14.53
• Ran a personal-best in the 1500 meters (4:27.50) at the Virginia Grand Prix
2023 Indoor
• Placed 13th at the 2023 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 3000m with a personal best time (9:20.87)
• Ran the 3000 meters at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, Mass.
• Placed third in the 3000m at the Penn State National Open
2022 Cross Country
• Ran a PB 6k time at the NCAA Championships with her time of 20:15.9 placing 46th overall (11/19/22)
• Led the Cavaliers at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships where she earned All-Region honors placing 13th overall (11/11/22)
• Picked up All-ACC honors at the ACC Cross Country Championships (10/28/22)
• Spurred UVA to a third-place finish at the ACC Championships with a 22nd-place finish (10/28/22)
• Helped Virginia to a win at the Panorama Farms XC23 Invitational placing ninth overall (10/15/22)
• Took seventh place at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/23/22)
• Placed 13th at the Virginia Invitational helping Virginia to a team victory (9/16/22)
2021 Cross Country
• Was fourth at Virginia Invitational (5k/17:38.2)
• Placed 29th at XC23 Invitational (5k/18:28.8)
• Posted time of 17:49.1 at Joe Piane Invitational
• Ran 23:04.5 at the ACC Championships
• Posted 6k PB at the Southeast Region Championships (22:19.2)
Background
• Three time UIL state runner-up
• 2021 Adidas Dream Mile Champion
• 2020 All-Greater Houston Girls Runner of the Year
• Set the UIL Region 3 1600m record
• No. 4 all-time in Texas for the 1600m and 3200m events
• 2020 VYPE Houston Cross Country Athlete of the Year
Personal
• Daughter of Benjamin and Erica Atkinson
• Has a brother, Charlie, and sister, Ella
• Both parents were college athletes, Benjamin Atkinson played tennis at East Carolina and Erica Atkinson played tennis at Belmont University
• Pursuing a degree in Economics and American Studies