2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Bella Walsh

  • Academic Year Sophomore
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Middletown, Del.
  • Highschool Middletown
  • INFLCR isabelle-walsh

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

In the midst of a breakthrough 2025-26 year of competition in which she has been part of a school record in the distance medley relay and surged into the top 10 in school history individually in both the 1000 meters and the 1500 meters ... Has recorded PRs at every distance from the 800 meters through the 3K during the year ... Ranks third in school history in the 1000 meters with a PR of 2:43.28 which is the fourth-fastest time in the Villanova record book ... Ranks eighth in school history in the 1500 meters with a mark of 4:13.56 ... At the Husky Classic in Seattle in February she led off the DMR with a split of 3:20.2 as the Wildcats set an indoor school record with a time of 10:49.98 ... Her split is the third-fastest known leadoff leg of the DMR in school hisotry ... Ran the 800 meter leg of the DMR outdoors at the Penn Relays with a split of 2:03.97 ... Qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary for the first time in her career in the 1500 meters ... Five-time All-BIG EAST performer and seven-time BIG EAST scorer through her first two collegiate seasons ... Qualified for the final of the mile indoors and the 800 meters outdoors in 2026 ... Recorded her 800 meter PR of 2:05.86 to finish fourth at the outdoor meet ... Ran legs of the bronze medal 4x800 meter relay both indoors and outdoors ... As a collegiate rookie in 2024-25 she was the bronze medalist indoors in the mile and a BIG EAST medalist in the 4x800 relay indoors and outdoors ... Her other PRs in 2025-26 have come in the mile (4:37.18), the 3000 meters (9:38.97) and a 400 meter relay split of 57.92 ... Made her collegiate debut during the 2024 cross country campaign and had five starts, including at the BIG EAST Championships.
 
 
SCHOOL RECORD
Distance Medley Relay (1200 Meter Leg - 3:20.2) (Indoor Record) 10:49.98 February 13, 2026 Seattle, Wash. (Husky Classic)
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
400 Meters (relay) 57.92 Penn Elite (1.24.2026)
400 Meters (open) 1:01.94 High School
600 Meters 1:39.55 High School
800 Meters (relay) 2:03.97 Penn Relays (4.24.2026)
800 Meters (open) 2:05.86 BIG EAST Championships (5.16.2026)
1000 Meters 2:43.28 Quaker Invitational (1.17.2026)
1200 Meters (relay) 3:20.2 Husky Classic (2.13.2026)
1500 Meters 4:13.56 Virginia Challenge (4.17.2026)
Mile 4:37.18 Penn Elite (1.24.2026)
3000 Meters 9:38.97 Penn Opener (12.6.2025)
3000 Meter Steeplechase 11:16.19 Larry Ellis Invitational (5.2.2025)
5000 Meters (XC) 17:36.5 Haverford Invitational (10.24.2025)
6000 Meters (XC) 22:20.0 Princeton Fall Classic (10.18.2024)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2026 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
2026 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor)
2025 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
2025 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST Mile
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2026 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 15 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:12.27 6th
May 16 800 Meters (Final) 2:05.86 4th
May 16 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 8:32.76 3rd
2026 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 27 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 4:45.18 1st
February 28 Mile (Final) 4:41.79 5th
February 28 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor) 8:42.78 3rd
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 16 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 4:26.49 6th
May 17 1500 Meters (Final) 4:31.05 11th
May 17 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 8:43.85 2nd
2025 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 28 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 4:48.41 4th
March 1 Mile (Final) 4:40.99 3rd
March 1 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 8:49.93 3rd
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (LEESBURG, VA. | MORVEN PARK)
Date Distance Time Place
November 1 6000 Meters 23:02.97 63rd
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA
 
Personal: Exploratory Sciences major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Distance

  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Distance