Chelsea Bishop
Chelsea Bishop
Height: 5-7
Year: Sr
Hometown: Suffield, Conn.
High School: Suffield
Major: Biology

Career Bests:
5K:18:04 (3rd overall) Northeast-10 Championships (10/27/13).
6K: 21:47.3 (36th overall) NCAA DII Championships (11/23/13).

2013: NCAA Division II All-American. NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference first team. NE-10 Commisioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Athletic Director's Honor Roll both semesters. NE-10 Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week (10/1). Ran in six of Stonehill's seven meets during her senior campaign. Finished first among Stonehill participants in all six races, posting three top-5 efforts. Opened her season by earning a time of 23:02.4 at the 6k Division II Challenge, good for 12th place. Finished third overall at the Codfish Bowl on 9/28, completing the 5k course in 18:45. Turned in a 44th-place effort in 18:36 at the 5k New England Championships (10/12). Collected All-Conference honors for the fourth time in her career after placing third in 18:04 at the NE-10 Championships (10/27). Earned All-East Region honors for the third consecutive year and registered her second straight top-5 finish after crossing the finish line fourth in 22:23.2 at the East Region Championship (11/10). Became the fifth All-America performer in Stonehill Women's Cross Country history in her last collegiate race, as she placed 36th in 21:47.3 at the NCAA DII Championships in Spokane, Washington (11/23).

2012: NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference First Team. NE-10 Commisioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Athletic Director's Honor Roll for semesters. Finished in 98th place and ran a time of 22:18 at the NCAA Division II Championships 6k race. Posted a career-best 22:09 time and earned 11th overall in the 6-kilometer race at the NCAA East Regional Championships. Earned sixth place with a time of 18:56 in the NE-10 Championships 5k race. Registered a new career-best time of 18:09 and finished 34th in the 5-kilometer race at the New England Championships. At the Paul Short Invitational 6k she earned a 22:14 time and 110th place. Placed 20th overall with a 19:11 time at the Minuteman Invitational 5k. Bishop Named To NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. Bishop Earns NE-10 All-Conference First Team Honors.

2011: NCAA Division II All-East Region Team. NE-10 All-Conference Second Team. NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters. Athletic Director's Honor Roll fall semester. Ran a season-best time of 18:27.94 for a ninth place finish at the NE-10 Championships. Finished tenth overall at the NCAA Division II East Regionals covering the 6-kilometer course in 23:17.5. Placed 113th overall at the NCAA Division II National Championships (6-kilometers, 24:08.8). Finished 108th overall on the 5-kilometer course at the New England Championships in 19:38. Posted a time of 19:51 at the Codfish Bowl (5k, 26th overall). Ran a time of 19:51.7 at the Shacklette Invitational (5k, sixth overall). Bishop Earns All-East Region Honors.

2010: NE-10 All-Conference Third Team. Finished 18th overall (19:14.3) in the NE-10 championships. Finished 44th overall (24:18, 6k) in the NCAA Division II East Regionals. Came in 142nd place in the NCAA Division II championships (24:17, 6k). Placed 25th overall in a time of 24:07 (6k) in the Kutztown University Division II Challenge. Finished 108th overall at the 37th Lehigh Paul Short Run in 23:42. Placed 181st overall in the New England Championships (20:08, 5k)

High School: 2010 graduate of Suffield High School. Four-year letterwinner and two-year captain. Four-year conference championship MVP selection. Also a four-year letterwinner and one-year captain in outdoor track; member of conference championship team. Also a letterwinner and captain in indoor track; member of conference championship team. Three-year letterwinner and two-year captain in basketball.

Personal: Born May 8, 1992, Hartford, Conn. Daughter of Paula and Brett Bishop of Suffield, Conn. Two sisters, Brianna (17) and Haley (15). Father, Brett, played football and basketball at Springfield College. Majoring in biology. Women's Cross Country team's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative.