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Bella Pendola, Madison Kile and Kelly Brennan all earned All-OAC honors to lead BW to a runner-up finish at the 2018 OAC Championships (Photos courtesy of Milton Woods)
Junior All-OAC performer Bella Pendola placed 16th in the Tommy Evans Invitational with a career-best 5k time (Photo courtesy of Milton Woods)
Bella Pendola

Bella Pendola

  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Warsaw
  • High School:
    River View
  • Major:
    Neuroscience & Psychology
2018
  • Earned first-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors
  • Earned All-Ohio honors (Top-35)
  • Earned All-Great Lakes Region honors (Top-35)
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week on September 10
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Team MVP
  • Placed fourth at All-Ohio Division III Championships with a season-best and career-best 6k time of 22:23.1
  • Finished sixth at OAC Championships with a time of 23:35.2
  • Placed 19th at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships with a time of 22:28.6
  • Finished 131st at NCAA Championships with a time of 22:46.7
  • Had a season-best 4k time of 15:26.6 at Wooster Invitational
  • Had a season-best and career-best 5k time of 18:49.0 at Tommy Evans Invitational
  • Earned third varsity letter
2017
  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second-team selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Earned first-career All-Ohio honors (Top-35)
  • Earned All-Great Lakes Region honors (Top-35)
  • Won her first individual title with a season-best 5k time of 19:35.0 at Hornet Harrier Invitational
  • Placed fourth at All-Ohio Division III Championships with a time of 22:49.7
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week on October 2
  • Finished 11th at OAC Championships with a time of 23:07.6.
  • Placed 32nd at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships with a time of 23:20.5
  • Had a season-best and career-best 4k time of 15:17.0 at Wooster Invitational 
  • Had a season-best 6k time of 22:39.8 at Inter-Regional Rumble
  • Earned second varsity letter
 
2016
  • Finished 24th at 2016 OAC Championship Meet with a time of 23:34.4
  • Placed 47th at All-Ohio Division III Championship Meet with a time of 24:30.1
  • Finished 79th at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championships with a time of 23:49.1
  • Had a season-best 4k time of 16:40.1 at Wooster Invitational
  • Had a season-best 5k time of 20:00.7 at Ohio Wesleyan Invitational
  • Had a season-best 6k time of 23:06.1 at Inter Regional Rumble
  • Earned first varsity letter 

Career Bests

  • 4k: 15:17.1 at Wooster Invitational on Sept. 1, 2017
  • 5k: 18:49.0 at Tommy Evans Invitational on Sept. 8, 2018
  • 6k: 22:23.1 at All-Ohio Championships on Sept. 29, 2018

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner 
  • First-team All-East Central Ohio League selection
  • Team Captain 
  • Earned four varsity letters in track and field
  • East Central Ohio League Most Vaulable Player
  • Division II All-Star team selection 
  • Three-year Student Government President
  • Vice President of Student Government
  • National Honor Society President
  • Vice President of Student Council
  • Council Vice President of Ohio Model United Nations 

Personal

  • Dean's List student and Jacket Scholar
  • Carries a 3.68 grade point average
  • Daughter of Jason and Jen Pendola
This page was last updated on January 3, 2019
Bella Pendola action photo 1 Bella Pendola, Madison Kile and Kelly Brennan all earned All-OAC honors to lead BW to a runner-up finish at the 2018 OAC Championships (Photos courtesy of Milton Woods)
Bella Pendola action photo 2 Junior All-OAC performer Bella Pendola placed 16th in the Tommy Evans Invitational with a career-best 5k time (Photo courtesy of Milton Woods)