UMD Athletics

Wurl lettered four years each in cross country, track and field and basketball, and was bestowed with UMD's Outstanding Senior Female Athlete Award in 1979-80. Wurl competed in the AIAW II National Cross Country Championships in both 1976 and 1979, and exited UMD owning four individual indoor and outdoor track and field records. In Attempt to qualify for the Olympics, Wurl ran in a host of marathons after graduation, including the Boston Marathon.