#NookNotes
- All-GNAC Finisher (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- All-West Region Finisher (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2021 GNAC Freshman of the Year
-Two-Time GNAC Runner of the Week (Aug. 21-27, 2023; Oct. 3-8, 2023)
- GNAC All-Academic Selection (2022, 2023, 2024)
Top Times
5k: 18:10.5 (Aug. 26, 2023 at Seawolf Throwdown)
6k: 19:52.7 (Nov. 9, 2024 at NCAA DII West Region Cross Country Championships)
2024 | Senior
Raced in seven competitions for the Nanooks, including the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships ... Began the season by taking second at the Seawolf Throwdown at Alaska Anchorage on Aug. 31, finishing in 20:55.1 ... Followed that by winning the Blue & Gold 6k two weeks later, crossing the line with a time of 21:59.0 ... Placed fourth at both the Bill Roe Classic on Sept 28 and Lewis Crossover on Oct. 12, posting finishing times of 20:45.9 and 21:05.2, respectively, in the two races ... At the GNAC Championships on Oct. 26, completed the race in 20:54.3, earning All-GNAC honors as she took second ... On Nov. 9, competed in the NCAA DII West Region Championships, where she posted a career-best time in a 6k of 19:52.7 ... This gave her the race victory and NCAA DII West Region Runner of the Year honors ... Raced for the Nanooks at the NCAA DII Cross Country Championships on Nov. 23, where she crossed the line in 20:43.7 to take eighth place at the race ... Received All-American honors
2023 | Junior
Fordham raced in six competitions for the Nanooks in her junior year, including the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships ... Ran her best 5k in the first meet of the season, the Seawolf Throwdown ... Took first with a time of 18:10.5, her best 5k time of her career ... Fordham went on to place no lower than sixth until Cross Country Championships ... She took third at the WWU Bill Roe Classic 2023 on Sept. 23, 2023, with a time of 21:40.2 in the 6k ... She then won the San Francisco State Invitational on Oct. 6, 2023 with a time of 21:25.9 in the 6k ... At the GNAC Championships in Anchorage, Ak., Fordham finished in second-place, earning All-GNAC honors with a time of 20:55.5 ... She took sixth at the NCAA DII West Region Cross Country Championships, finishing in 20:57.3 ... That time and placement earned her All-West Region Honors and an individual qualification to the 2023 NCAA DII Cross Country Championships ... At the 2023 NCAA Championships she finished 36th with a time of 20:40.3
2022 | Sophomore
Fordham raced in six competitions for the Nanooks in her sophomore year ... Ran her best 5k in the first meet of the season, the Blue and Gold Race ... Took second with a time of 18:39.0, her best 5k time of the season ... Fordham went on to place in the top five five times ... She took second at the Seawolf Throwdown on Sept. 3, 2022 with a time of 22:19.0 in the 6k ... She then took fifth at the MSUB-hosted Yellowjackets/Battlin’ Bears XC Open on Oct. 7, 2022 with a time of 17:34.2 in the 5k ... At the NCAA DII Pre-Nationals, Fordham took 18th with a time of 21:40.9 in the 6k … At the GNAC Championships in Monmouth, Ore., Fordham finished in fifth-place, earning All-GNAC honors ... She took fourth at the NCAA DII West Region Cross Country Championships, finishing in 21:06.2 ... That time and placement earned her All-West Region Honors and an individual qualification to the 2022 NCAA DII Cross Country Championships ... At the 2022 NCAA Championships she finished 43rd with a time of 21:27.1
2021 | Freshman
Fordham raced in all six competitions for the Nanooks in her freshman year ... Ran her best 5k in the first meet of the season, the Blue and Gold Invitational ... Took second with a time of 18:41.0, her best 5k time of the season ... Fordham went on to place no lower than fourth in all regular-season races ... She took second at the Seawolf Throwdown on Sept. 4, 2021 with a time of 23:22.2 in the 6k ... She then took fourth at the WWU-hosted Bill Roe Classic on Oct. 9, 2021 with a time of 22:06.6 ... At the GNAC Championships in Lacey, Wash., Fordham finished in second-place, earning All-GNAC honors and the 2021 GNAC Freshman of the Year award, given to the top-finishing freshman in the field ... She took fourth at the NCAA DII West Region Cross Country Championships, finishing in 21:34.4 ... That time and placement earned her All-West Region Honors and an individual qualification to the 2021 NCAA DII Cross Country Championships ... At the 2021 NCAA Championships she finished 61st with a time of 21:44.9 ... Fordham was the highest-finishing GNAC women's racer at Championships.
Prior to Alaska
Abbotsleigh School
Ran at Abbotsleigh School in Sydney, Australia ... Two-time Abbotsleigh Sportswoman of the Year (2018, 2020)
Personal
Daughter of Michael Fordham and Georgina Haysom ... One sibling, Jack ... Majoring in Chemistry
