Gemma Goddard

Photo by: Aiden Shertzer

COLLEGE STATION, TX - September 01, 2021 - Gemma Goddard, Maddie Livingston during the Cross Country Meet in College Station, TX. Photo By Aiden Shertzer/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Aiden Shertzer

COLLEGE STATION, TX - September 01, 2021 - Maddie Livingston, Julia Black, Gemma Goddard during the Cross Country Meet in College Station, TX. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Class:
Junior
High School:
Vandegrift
Hometown:
Austin, Texas

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 11/14/2022

TAMU All-Time Top 12 Performer List
#2 Indoor DMR - 11:06.62 (2/25/2022)
#3 Outdoor DMR - 11:27.18 (3/24/2022)
#4 Indoor 3000m - 9:27.87 (2/5/2022)
#7 Outdoor 3000m Steeple - 10:43.99 (4/2/2022)
#11 Indoor Mile - 4:51.27 (2/12/2022)

All-SEC
2021 Cross Country All-Freshman Team

Weekly Honors
SEC Women's Co-Freshman Runner of the Week (9/7/21)

Academic Accolades
2021-22 SEC First-Year Honor Roll

2022-23: Cross Country - Competed at the OSU Cowboy Preview 3k, clocking an 11:39.3 to finish 39th... Registered a time of 24:37.8 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 6k...

2021-22: Cross Country - Made her Aggie debut winning the Aggie Opener 4.1k with a time of 14:26.8, for her efforts she was named the SEC Women's Co-Freshman Runner of the Week. The first female Aggie athlete to earn the accolade since 2016...Placed 7th at the Texas A&M Invitational 5k with a time of 18:00.5…Was the second Aggie to cross the finish line at the Gans Creek Classic 6k with a time of 21:17.3, finished sixth overall...Finished 38th at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 6k at 21:33.1...Led Texas A&M as the first Aggie to cross the finish line at the SEC Championships, was the second fastest overall true freshman with a time of 21:32.4. Earned All-SEC Women's Freshman Team honors for her efforts... Indoor- Opened her season at the Aggie Invite with a 4:51.67 mile, making her the 12th fastest performer in A&M all-time history... Finished the 3000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 9:27.87 which puts her #4 all-time in the Aggie record book... Improved her personal best in the mile at the Music City Challenge with a 4:51.27, making her the 11th best miler in school history...Ran the 1200 leg of the DMR that placed 5th at the SEC Indoor Championships in a time of 11:06.62 which is the 2nd fastest DMR in school history, ran the 3000m (9:32.36) to place 20th... Outdoor - Clocked a 4:33.56 at the Baldy Castillo Invite... At the Texas Relays, she ran as part of the DMR team that finished in 11:27.18, the third fastest time in school history... Finished second in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Texas A&M vs Texas Dual meet with a time of 10:43.99, making her the seventh fastest performer in school history... Competed in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invite, clocking 4:31.20... Ran the 3000m Steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays, clocking 10:58.30.

High School/Personal: 2021 graduate of Vandegrift High School...Varsity lettered all four years and was coached by Colin Sully...Also played basketball three season and lettered as a junior...Was a four-time cross country Academic All-District and track & field Academic All-District...As a senior she won the regional 3200m title and finished runner-up in the 1600m, before finishing seventh in the 3200m (10:48.85) and ninth in the 1600m (5:04.00) at the state championships...She claimed the 3200m and 1600m UIL 6A-District 25 titles...In the fall of 2020, she won the district cross country title, finished eighth at the UIL Region 4 cross country championships and placed 27th at the state championship meet...As a junior she was a region 2-6A qualifier in the 1600m and triple jump, won the district 13 triple jump title...Was a cross country team captain and team MVP in 2019 after claiming her first district title...Earned cross country team Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman in 2017...Personal bests: 800m - 2:14.65, 1600m - 4:56.69, 3200m - 10:48.85, 5000m (xc) - 17:47.53...Was a member of National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Spanish National Honor Society...Plans to major in computer science.