Sorcha Shiu - Women's Cross Country - Arkansas Razorbacks

Sorcha Shiu

So. | 5-8 | Distance | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Ernest Manning HS / Arizona

2024-25 (RS Freshman)

Outdoor (2025): Produced career best 4:26.77 in 1,500m at Stanford Invitational … Placed fifth in 800m (2:10.81) at Arkansas Spring Invitational … Finished eighth in 1,500m (4:30.31) at Florida’s Tom Jones Invitational … Placed 14th at LSU Invitational (2:11.05).

Indoor (2025): Razorback debut at Arkansas Invitational, placing sixth in 1,000m (2:49.93) … Posted a time of 2:10.32 to place 16th in 800m at Razorback Invitational … Improved to 2:09.29 in finishing 19th at Tyson Invitational … Established career best 2:08.06 to place 10th at Arkansas Qualifier … Member of distance medley relay that placed fourth (11:03.47) in SEC Championships (3:27.73 first leg 1,200m), and placed 17th in 800m prelims (2:10.00).

College | Arizona

2024
Outdoor: Competed unattached in two meets … Finished third in 800m with a 2:15.00 at Arizona Spring Break Fiesta … Placed ninth in 800m with a 2:15.06 at Willie Williams Classic.

2023
Cross Country: Raced in NCAA West Region, placing 163rd with time of 22:06.4 on 6k course … Finished 79th in Pac-12 Championships, 21:46.5 on 6k course … Opened season at UCR Invitational, placing 21st in 21:03.6 on 6k course … Finished 18th in Dave Murray Invitational with a time of 21:54.3 on 6k course.

High School
Attended Ernest Manning High School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada … Won both the U20 3000m steeplechase (10:42.78) and the U20 800m (2:07.17) at the 2023 Canadian Track and Field Championships … Also a member of the women’s U20 4 x 400m relay team that won at the 2023 Canadian Track and Field Championships … Competed at the 2023 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico for Team Canada where she finished second in the 800m and fourth in the 4 x 400m … Runner-up in 2023 Nike Indoor Nationals 800m with indoor best of 2:08.14 … Set outdoor career best of 2:05.29 in 800m … Won the 800m at the 2023 Alberta Provincial Championships … Won the 400m, 2000m steeplechase, 4 x 400m relay, and placed third in the 400m hurdles at the 2022 Canadian Legion Nationals … Calgary City High School Champion in the 400m, 800m, women’s 4 x 400m, and mixed 4 x 400m in 2023 … Won the Calgary City High School Cross Country Championship in 2022 and placed second in 2023 … Named as her high school’s team MVP in both cross country and track and field in 2022 and 2023 … Holds records in the ASAA Senior Girls Provincial 800m, Alberta U19 Provincial 800m, Alberta U19 Provincial 3000m steeplechase, and Alberta U19 Indoor 1000m.

Career best marks

Indoor

  • 800m | 2:08.06
  • Mile | 4:52.64

Outdoor

  • 800m | 2:05.29
  • 1,500m | 4;26.77
  • Steeple | 10:42.78