Gigi Clifford
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Academic Honors
• 2023, ’24 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
As a Senior (2024-25)
Cross Country
• Competed in all six meets, including the SEC and NCAA South Region Championships, scored at two
• Fifth Vanderbilt, 76th overall finisher in the 6k NCAA South Region Championships
• Recorded a personal-best in the 6k (21:05.1) at the SEC Championships
• 120th and a personal-best in the blue 5k (17:45.7) at the Joe Piane Invitational
• Third Vanderbilt, sixth overall finisher (18:40.5) at the 5k Belmont Opener
As a Junior (2023-24)
Track & Field
• Third in the 10,000 meters (35:54.67) at the Lee Fast Break Athletics Invitational
• Recorded a 24-second PR in the 5,000 meters (17.19.45) at the Music City Challenge
• Personal best in the 3,000 meters (10:00.04) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White
Cross Country
• Competed in three meets
• Recorded a personal best (18:23.2) in the Blue 5K at the Joe Piane Invitational
• 33rd overall (18:08.1) at the 3M Mountain Dew Invitational
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
Track & Field
• Eighth in the 3,000 meters (10:01.32) at the outdoor Music City Challenge
• Eighth in the 1,500 meters (4:52.70) at the Island Relays Bahamas
• Personal best in the mile (5:14.22) at the Vanderbilt Invitational
Cross Country
• Competed in three meets
• Personal best at the 6K SEC Championships (22:59.6)
• 62nd overall in the Open 5K (19:12.2) at the Joe Piane Invitational
As a Freshman (2021-22)
Track & Field
• Competed in four meets
• 44th in the 1,500 meters (4:55.91) at the Black and Gold Invite
• 37th in the 3,000 meters (10:31.27) at the Music City Challenge
• 21st in the 1,000 meters (3:13.18) at the Commodore Indoor
Cross Country
• Competed in two meets
• 39th overall at the 5K Mizzou Opener (18:52.3)
The Clifford File
• Letterwinner in cross country, track and field and soccer at Marin Park Catholic under head coach Tim Fitzpatrick and Wayne Patton • Three-time competitor at the state championships, qualifying individually in 2019
• 2021 Marin County Athletic League Cross Country Athlete of the Year
• 2019 Marin County Runner of the Year
• 2019 all-county
• Lifetime Dean’s List member in high school
• Received an award for outstanding accomplishment and excellence in campus ministry
• Two-time Cornerstone Scholar Award recipient
• National Honor Society
Personal
• Born in San Francisco, California
• Parents are Catherine and Chris Clifford
• One of four children. Her siblings’ names are James, William and Caroline.
• Her brother, William, played lacrosse at Columbia
• Her other brother, James, skied at Middlebury
• Aunt was on the track team at Bowling Green
• Since she was five years old, Gigi has ski raced
• Outside of athletics, she is a passionate chef and an avid yogi.
