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University of North Florida Athletics

2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Smilla Kolbe

  • Year Senior
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Hanover, Germany
  • High School Freie Waldorfschule Hannover Maschsee
  • Previous School Southern Miss

Biography

Smille Kolbe TFRRS Profile
  • 2024 ASUN All-Academic Team (XC)
  • 2024 All-ASUN First Team (XC)
  • 2024 CSC Third Team Academic All-America
  • 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
  • 2024 All-American Honorable Mention (Outdoor: 800m)
  • 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Qualifier (800m)
  • 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Region First Round Qualifier (800m)
  • 2024 ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Outdoor)
  • 2024 ASUN All-Academic Team (Outdoor)
  • 2024 All-ASUN First Team (Outdoor: 800m)
  • 2024 ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Indoor)
  • 2024 ASUN All-Academic Team (Indoor)
  • 2024 All-ASUN Second Team (Indoor: 800m)
  • 2023 All-ASUN Third Team (XC)
  • ASUN Meet Record-Holder (Outdoor: 800m)
  • ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
College XC PR | 5k: 16:47.6#
College Indoor Track PR | 400m: 55.95; 600m: 1:36.67; 800m: 2:07.21; Mile: 4:49.71
College Outdoor Track PR | 400m: 55.66; 800m: 2:01.63#; 1500m: 4:21.99

High School XC PR | 5k: 17:39.7
High School Track PR | 400m: 55.66; 600m: 1:36.67; 800m: 2:04.60; 1500m: 4:25.74
# - program record

2024-25: XC - Was the top overall finisher to debut the season at the Duval 5K XC Challenge (18:37.9)...helped the Osprey squad to a first-overall team finish in season-opening home meet...led all Ospreys once again recording a top-five individual finish for First Team All-ASUN honors at ASUN XC Championship (16:47.6)...set program record for fastest 5k race in D-I history...helped UNF to runner-up team finish in conference meet.

2023-24: XC - Made her Osprey debut in her lone cross country appearance earning Third Team All-ASUN honors for 17th overall in the 5k at the ASUN XC Championship (17:42.1)...Track (Indoor) - Took the runner-up position in the mile in the indoor opener at the RADD Track & Field Invitational (4:49.71)...placed first overall in the 800m (2:07.21), followed with a runner-up finish with the 4x400m relay (3:51.13) at the Celebration Pointe Classic...earned Second Team All-ASUN honors in the 800m (2:09.03), while finishing fifth in both the 400m (55.95) and with the DMR (12:02.46), as well as sixth with the 4x400m relay (3:51.07) at the ASUN Indoor Championship...Track (Outdoor) - Debuted outdoor season in seventh in the 800m at the Pepsi Florida Relays (2:03.29)...went 11th overall in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (2:04.23)...put up Osprey bests for both her third-place finish in the 1500m (4:21.99) and 15th-place finish in the 400m (55.70) at the Georgia Tech Invitational...was First Team All-ASUN in the 800m with a program record and conference meet record time (2:01.63), along with being seventh with the 4x400m relay (3:47.08) at the ASUN Outdoor Championship...advanced to NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship after placing 11th (2:02.36) and 16th (2:04.59) in the 800m at NCAA East First Round...earned All-American Honorable Mention honors after going 17th overall in the 800m semifinals at the NCAA Track & Field Championship (2:03.21)...was named ASUN Indoor & Outdoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year and selected twice to ASUN All-Academic Team...named CSC Third Team Academic All-America and selected to CSC Academic All-District Team as well.

PRIOR TO UNF
Went to Freue Waldorfschule Hannover Maschsee and transferred in from Southern Miss...set track personal bests in the 400m at 55.66 and 1500m at 4:25.74...most recently set a new lifetime mark in the 800m at 2:04.60 back home in Germany...had four first-place finishes at Southern Miss this past season, including the top spot in the 4x400m at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships...also placed top three in the 800m at the Sun Belt meet.

PERSONAL
Born on Mar. 1, 2002...daughter of Florian and Elke Kolbe...has two siblings, Jette (18) and Oskar (16)...Jette is also her twin sister...plans to major in psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior

  • 2025Senior

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