Bio

AS A SOPHOMORE...

CROSS COUNTRY

• Won the team's Most Improved Performer award

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

• Won the team's Most Improved Performer award
• 800m RUN
  • Finished tenth (2:36.68) at the UMass Boston Indoor Open
• 4x400m RELAY
  • Ran the third leg for the 13th-place relay team (4:29.63) at the UMass Boston Indoor Open
• LONG JUMP
• Finished 22nd (4.64m, 15'2.75") at the UMass Boston Indoor Open

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

• Won the team's Coaches' Appreciation award
• 200m DASH
  • Finished 21st (29.80s) at the Tufts Snowflake Classic
  • Finished 21st (29.22s) at the Smith College Pioneer Classic
  • Finished 33rd (28.61s) at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational
  • Finished 16th (29.23s) at the Regis Pride Classic
• 800m RUN
  • Finished 27th (2:49.49) at the Wesleyan Invitational
  • Finished 29th (2:39.30) at the Tufts Snowflake Classic
  • Finished 16th (2:27.97) at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational
• 1500m RUN
  • Finished 12th (5:17.77) at the Smith College Pioneer Classic
  • Finished 30th (5:16.61) at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational
• LONG JUMP
  • Finished 25th (3.63m, 11'11") at the Wesleyan Invitational
  • Finished 25th (3.88m, 12'8.75") at the Tufts Snowflake Classic
• 4x400m RELAY
  • Completed the final leg for the ninth-place relay team (4:20.69) at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational
  • Ran the second leg for the first-place relay team (4:23.29) at the Regis Pride Classic
• 4x800m RELAY
  • Ran the second leg for the first-place relay team (10:16.69) at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational
  • Ran the second leg for the 13th-place relay team (10:00.44) at the New England DIII Championships

 AS A FRESHMAN...

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

• 200m DASH
  • Finished 47th (31.24s) at the Fitchburg State Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational
  • Finished 37th (31.13s) at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational
  • Finished 21st (31.34s) at the Regis Pride Classic
• 400m RUN
  • Finished 29th (1:13.25) at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational
  • Finished 25th (1:07.38) at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational
  • Finished fifth (1:09.08) at the Regis Pride Classic
• 800m RUN
  • Finished 36th (3:00.53) in her Emmanuel debut at the Wesleyan Spring Invitational
  • Finished 55th (3:05.29) at the Fitchburg State Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational
• LONG JUMP
  • Finished 13th (4.07m, 13'4.25") at the Wesleyan Spring Invitational
  • Finished 13th (4.22m, 13'10.25") at the Fitchburg State Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational
  • Finished 13th (4.24m, 13'11") at the Connecticut College Silfen Invitational
  • Finished 18th (4.17m) at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational
  • Finished sixth (3.99m, 13'1.25) at the Regis Pride Classic
• 4x800m RELAY
  • Ran the third leg for the third-place relay team (10:47.32) at the MIT Sean Collier Invitational
  • Ran the first leg for the third-place relay team (11:34.55) at the Regis Pride Classic

BEFORE EMMANUEL...

• Varca was a three-sport athlete at Wethersfield High School (Wethersfield, Conn.)
• Ran four years of Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field
• Captained all three teams in her senior year.

PLAYER PROFILE

• Major: Secondary Education / History
• Career Aspirations: to become a high school history teacher
• Favorite Movie: Mean Girls
• Favorite Book: The Great Gatsby
• Favorite Pre-Race Meal: pasta
• Favorite Late-Night Snack: ice cream
• Favorite Spot on the EC Campus: Jean Yawkey Center
• Most Exciting Athletic Experience: breaking the 4x800m relay school record in senior year of high school
• Most Respected Professional Athlete: Steve Prefontaine