{"id":321215,"date":"2020-04-17T06:04:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=321215"},"modified":"2020-04-17T06:04:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:04:53","slug":"tough-rookie-season-for-tan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tough-rookie-season-for-tan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough rookie season for Tan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tania Tan races in the 2019 Metropolitan Cross Country Championship at the Van
Cortlandt Park in New York. (Fordham University)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Micronesian Regional Championship gold medalist Tania Tan acknowledged and welcomed a challenging rookie season with Fordham University\u2019s cross-country team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I <\/p>\n

\u201cMy freshman season was good. It was a bit tough at first, because I had to get used to the trainings, as we ran more miles and faster paces than I\u2019m used to (which resulted to me getting injured toward the end of cross country in the fall). But I had fun and I\u2019m glad it gave me a challenge,\u201d said Tan, who counted competing in about seven or eight events for the Rams in the fall and spring seasons.<\/p>\n

Of these races, Tan saved the best for last, as she posted a personal best time when she participated in the Armory College Indoor Track Meet held at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York, New York in February this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was my first time running on an indoor track and I set a new personal record in the one-mile race,\u201d said Tan, who won the 3,000m and 5,000m events in the 2018 Micronesian Regional Championship that took place on Saipan.<\/p>\n

She completed the race in 6:02.33 and though the CNMI does not keep records in indoor events, Northern Marianas Athletics secretary general Robin Sapong acknowledged that Tan\u2019s mark was a fast time. <\/p>\n

Tania Tan, third right, joins her Fordham University teammates as they head out to the course during the 2019 Fordham Fiasco\/Ed Joyce Memorial held at the Van Cortlandt Park in New York. (Fordham University)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few months before her record debut in an indoor track meet, the 2018 Northern Marianas Sports Association\/Tan Siu Lin Foundation Female Student Athlete of the Year joined the Rams in the ECAC\/IC4A Cross Country Championship at Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the most memorable event in my first year with the team because it was our last cross country meet of the season held at the end of November and cross country is a long season (from August to November). That race was also the most challenging because I was injured, but I insisted on running, so I had to push through the pain and run,\u201d the Saipan International School graduate said.<\/p>\n

Despite her handicap, Tan still finished the five-mile course with a respectable time (23:57) and later joined the Rams\u2019 farewell celebration for the team\u2019s senior members.<\/p>\n

Tan and company also ended the fall season by earning academic recognitions from the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association. The Rams were one of the eight Atlantic 10 schools to have both their men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams qualified for the All-Academic distinction (cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, including the most recent grading period). Fordham had the second-highest GPA among the women\u2019s teams at 3.62, just slightly behind Virginia Commonwealth University (3.65). The Fordham men topped the field with a 3.31 team GPA.<\/p>\n

After completing her freshman season, Tan is looking forward to suiting up for the Rams anew.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to continue to train hard and get faster, break my PRs, and have fun,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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