2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Three-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA national All-Academic team in 2022 and 2024. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2023 and 2024.
Junior (2024): Ran in all five meets. ... Scored No. 3 for the team in both postseason races and had highest-ever finishes in both: 16th in the GNAC Championships on Oct. 26 Sudden Valley and 49th at the NCAA Division II West Regionals on Nov. 89 at Amend Park. Her West Regional time of 22:17.91 was a personal-best for 6 kilometers, and came just two weeks after her previous PB of 22:22.7 at GNAC. ... In fact, had three 6K bests for the season. First one was 22:32.1 on Sept. 28 in the Bill Roe WWU Classic at Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale, where she scored No. 5 for the team and was 41st overall. ... Scored No. 4 (32nd overall) at the season-opening Green River Invitational on Sept. 14 and No. 5 (196th overall) at the national-caliber Lewis Crossover on Oct. 12 in Romeoville, Illinois.
Sophomore (2023): Ran in all six meets and was SPU’s No. 2 scorer in five of them, including both postseason races. … Was 28th overall at the GNAC Championships at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. … Placed 70th at the NCAA West Regionals at Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth. … Had three top-20 finishes during the regular season: 19th at the Puget Sound Invitational, 16th at the PLU Invitational, and 14th at the Emerald City Open.
Freshman (2022): Ran and scored in all six meets. ... Capped season by being the first Falcon across the finish line in the NCAA Division II West Regionals at Amend Park in Billings, finishing 59th overall in 22:37.27 on Nov. 19. ... Just two weeks prior to that at the GNAC Championships on Western Oregon University's Ash Creek Preserve course, ran a personal-best for 6 kilometers with her time of 22:33.0, making her No. 3 for the Falcons and 28th overall. ... Started her career at the season-opening Puget Sound Invitational on Sept. 3, and was No. 2 for the Falcons, part of a perfect score 1-2-3-4-5 finish at Fort Steilacoom Park. Her time on that 5K course was 19:09. ... Was No. 2 for Seattle Pacific and 6th overall at the Central Washington Invitational the following weekend. ... Also as No. 3 for the team (49th overall) at the Charles Bowles Invitational, and was No. 2 (89th overall) at the NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals The Pre-Nats was her first collegiate 6K, and she clocked 23:17.30.
Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) High School: Raced to a 3rd-place finish at the Class 1A (small school) Washington state meet as a senior in 2021, posting a season-best time of 19 minutes, 13.9 seconds. .... Just one week prior to state, won the district championship by 14 seconds. ... Of her 12 races as a senior, won eight, including six at the 5K distance. ... Placed 8th at state as a sophomore in 2019. ... Won two regular-season races that year, including the Moses Lake Invitational, her first high school victory. ... Posted a 5K personal best of 18:56.4 to take 4th place at the district meet as a sophomore. ... Placed 16th at state as a freshman. ... On the track, placed 4th in the 3200 and 5th in the 1600 at the Class 1A state meet as a senior in 2022, with personal-best times in both: 11:34.49 in the 32, and 5:15.23 in the 16. Also won the district title in both. ... Finished the state meert by anchoring the 5th-place 4-by-400 relay. ... Won 10 individual races and was on seven winning relays during her senior season. ... Had four individual wins (all in the 3200) and four relay wins (all in the 4-by-400) during the pandemic-abbreviated 2021 season, which did not have any postseason competition. ... Served as a track team captain and won team MVP award during her senior year.
Personal: Matise May Mulch. ... Mechanical Engineering major.
Fun facts: Got into cross country in grade school when her mom was the school's coach. ... If not for running, would do professional spikeball. ... Favorite sport to watch is basketball. ... Dumbest movie she has ever seen is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara. ... Favorite junk food is brownies. ... Favorite healthy food is raspberries. ... Favorite TV program is "Parks and Rec." ... Her dream car is a neon green Volkswagen bus. ... Loves to shop for anything "if it's in a thrift store." ... Favorite team is Gonzaga basketball. ... Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner / steeplechaser Colleen Quigley. ... Her pre-race ritual is always to wear the same socks. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be actress Jennifer Lawrence "because she seems cool.". She would serve sushi. ... If she could be any action hero, would be Spider-Man "because swinging from buildings seems fun." ... In 10 years, plans to be working in the engineering field. ... Likes to paint canvas bags and sell them.
PRs ON ALL COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
Green River Invitational @ Fort Steilacoom (4K) 14:12.5 (2024)
Puget Sound Invitational @ Fort Steilacoom (5K) 19:09.1 (2022)
Central Washington Invitational @ Apple Ridge Run (4.17K) 16:09.8 (2022)
Charles Bowles Invitational @ Bush's Pasture Park (5K) 19:31.5 (2022)
NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals @ Chambers Creek 23:17.3 (2022)
GNAC Championships @ Sudden Valley 22:22.7 (2024)
GNAC Championships @ Ash Creek Preserve 22:33.0 (2022)
NCAA Division II West Regionals @ Amend Park 22:17.91 (2024)
PLU Invitational @ PLU Meadows 23:30.00 (2023)
Bill Roe WWU Classic @ Hovander Homestead Park 22:32.1 (2024)
Bill Roe WWU Classic @ Lake Padden 24:03.00 (2023)
Lewis Crossover @ Lewis XC Course 23:41.71 (2024)
Emerald City Open @ Lower Woodland Park 24:56.40 (2023)
GNAC Championships @ Kincaid Park 22:38.00
CAREER RESULTS
