Congratulations to Jolena Quarzo for finishing third in the 6k at the USATF Cross Countru Championships and earning a spot on the 2024 USATF Women's U20 Cross Country team!

Making the Pack proud‼️

Congratulations to Jolena Quarzo for finishing third in the 6k at the USATF Cross Countru Championships and earning a spot on the 2024 USATF Women’s U20 Cross Country team! pic.twitter.com/QTiwka3ydz

— Pack Track & Field and Cross Country (@Wolfpack_TFXC) January 20, 2024

Will be a huge experience for her. I like that Henes is open to this event. A lot of college coaches don't like their athletes doing races like because a) the scholarship is for them to run for the school not on their own, and B) the timing of the event kills much of the indoor season to race it and kills all of indoors and some of outdoors if you qualify for Worlds.

But if an athlete isn't needed by the team for scoring purposes at ACC's then i'm a fan of letting them have the experience. Racing against some of the world's best young athletes can only be a positive for the rest of her career.