Career Highlights: -Bronze Medalist, 2020 Olympic Games Marathon -Runner-up, 2020 USA Olympic Team Trials – Marathon -4-time NCAA Champion (3,000 and 5,000m indoor, 10,000m, cross country)

After struggling with injuries and illness her first two years at Notre Dame, Molly Seidel in 2015-2016 won four individual NCAA titles in less than a year – at 10,000m, cross country and then indoor at 3,000 and 5,000 meters – before a sacral stress fracture caused her to miss her senior outdoor season. Her first couple years as a pro brought modest success, but it was a 1:10:27 win at the San Antonio Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in December 2019 that put Seidel on the path to history, qualifying her for the 2020 Olympic Team Trials – Marathon. On February 29 in Atlanta, Seidel became the first woman to make the Team USA in her marathon debut when she finished second (2:27:31). In 2021, she lowered her PB to 2:25:13 in London before winning a surprise bronze medal at the Games – the first for U.S. women in the marathon since Deena Kastor in 2004. Three months after Sapporo, she finished fourth in the TCS New York City Marathon in 2:24:42, another PB and the fastest time there ever by an American woman. After battling a stress fracture in 2022, Seidel bounced back with a 2:23:07 at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon last October. Early in 2022 was diagnosed with ADHD, after years of dealing with disordered eating, OCD and depression … Was 2011 Foot Locker Cross Country Champion … At a rooftop party in Boston in December 2019 her sister, Izzy, said out of the blue, “You should run the Olympic Trials;” at the time Seidel was working three jobs: barista, babysitter and Instacart shopper … She and Izzy recently began hosting a podcast , “I Hate My Thoughts,” and have a joint Instagram, sadgirlstrackclub … Is known for her FTK (fastest-known turkey) for running Thanksgiving Day 10K in costume.