

NOTE: Notre Dame was in the Big East in 2012–13, but moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference starting in 2013–14.

She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female cross country runner in 2016. Seidel was a six time Atlantic Coast Conference champion. Seidel won 10,000 meters title at 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Seidel attended the University of Notre Dame, and was the 2015 NCAA Division 1 national cross country champion and the 2016 NCAA Division I national indoor track and field 3000 meters and 5000 meters champion. Seidel was invited to the Bupa Great Edinburgh International Challenge in Scotland where she placed third (15:16) in the 4K and was the first USA high school finisher. Seidel earned New Balance Indoor Nationals mile and two-mile All-American honors in 2011. Seidel won Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association cross country, 1600m, and 3200m titles at the state meet all four years totaling 12 titles. Seidel won the 2011 national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, breaking the tape in 17:22. She also was named Gatorade Wisconsin Female Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2011. Molly won Gatorade National Female Cross Country Runner of the Year. Seidel grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin, and attended University Lake School. At the University of Notre Dame, Seidel was a 4-time NCAA champion, 6-time NCAA All-American, 6-time Atlantic Coast Conference champion and 2016 female ACC Athlete of the Year. Later, she went on to win the bronze medal in her third career marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

In her first-ever marathon, Seidel placed second at the 2020 U.S. Seidel represented the United States at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in 2012, 2013, and 2018. Molly Seidel (born July 12, 1994) is an American long distance runner.
