Bio

AS A SOPHOMORE...

CROSS COUNTRY

• Won the team's Most Improved Performer award
• 5K RUN
  • Finished 42nd (21:30.04) at the Roger Williams University Invitational
  • Finished 120th (20:49.34) at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational
  • Finished 49th (20:52) at the Codfish Bowl
  • Finished fifth (21:23) at the St. Joe's Maine Runnin' Monks Invitational
  • Finished 18th (21:30) at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championships
• 6K RUN
  • Finished 228th (25:36.3) at the New England DIII Championships

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

• Won the team's Most Improved Performer award
• 600m RUN
  • Finished third (1:45.36) at the Southern Maine Invitational
  • Finished fifth (1:46.89) at the Wesleyan Invitational
• 800m RUN
  • Finished 12th (2:31.78) at the Northeastern Carisella Invitational
  • Finished 13th (2:42.31) at the Tufts Invitational
  • Finished 14th (2:35.17) at the Smith College Beynon Invitational
  • Finished 166th (2:31.44) at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine's Invitational
• 4x400m RELAY
  • Ran the third leg for the 18th-place relay team (4:22.18) at the New England DIII Championships
• 4x800m RELAY
  • Ran the third leg for the third-place relay team (10:45.43) at the Wesleyan Invitational

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...

CROSS COUNTRY

• 3K RUN
  • Finished 26th (13:18) at the Emmanuel College Fens Opener
• 5K RUN
  • Finished 17th (22:05.5) at the Roger Williams University Invitational
  • Finished 76th (23:02) at the Codfish Bowl
  • Finished 14th (22:41) at the St. Joe's Maine Runnin' Monks Invitational
  • Finished 31st (21:56) at the Emmanuel College Saints Invitational
  • Finished 28th (22:48) at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championships
  • Finished 297th (27:56.7) at the NCAA DIII Regionals

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD

• 800m RUN
  • Finished 23rd (2:45.09) at the UMass Boston Indoor Open
  • Finished eighth (2:45.55) at the Roxbury Community College Relays
  • Finished eighth (2:40.51) at the Southern Maine Invitational
  • Finished 48th (2:37.00) at the Boston University Scarlet & White Invite
• 4x400m RELAY
  • Ran the final leg for the 16th-place relay team (4:37.75) at the UMass Boston Indoor Open
  • Ran the third leg for the fourth-place relay team (4:33.79) at the Roxbury Community College Relays
• 4x800m RELAY
  • Ran the third leg for the third-place relay team (10:53.13) at the MIT Gordon Kelly Invitational
  • Ran the third leg for the 16th-place relay team (10:12.42) at the New England DIII Championships
• LONG JUMP
  • Finished fifth (3.40m, 11'2") at the Roxbury Community College Relays
  • Finished 14th (3.91m, 12'10") at the Southern Maine Invitational
  • Finished 19th (3.47m, 11'4.75") at the MIT Gordon Kelly Invitational

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