2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Three-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA All-West Region in 2024. ... All-GNAC in 2024. ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2024.
Junior (2024): Ran in five meets and was SPU's No. 2 finisher in all five. ... Posted highest-ever finishes of 4th at GNAC and 22nd at NCAA West Regionals. ... Her West Regional time of 21:40.53 at Amend Park in Billings was her fastest-ever for 6 kilometers. ...That came just two weeks after her previous PB of 21:43.3 at GNAC. ... Broke 22 minutes for the first time with a 21:55.3 at the Bill Roe WWU Classic on Sept. 28 at Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale, placing 21st. ... Finished 43rd at the national-caliber Lewis Crossover n Oct. 12 in Romeoville, Illinois.
Sophomore (2023): Raced in all six meets, scoring for the Falcons in all of them. … Ran No. 4 for the team and 51st overall at GNAC. … Two weeks later at the NCAA West Regionals, came through with her best-ever 6K performance, clocking 23:06.0 to place No. 3 for the team and 80th overall. … Had a run in the Emerald City Open at hilly Lower Woodland Park in Seattle, placing 4th overall – her highest individual finish as a Falcon – and No. 2 for the team. … Ran No. 4 for Seattle Pacific at Puget Sound, PLU, and Western Washington.
Freshman (2022): Ran in four meets, scoring for the Falcons in three of them. ... Made her college debut at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Oct. 1, placing No. 5 for SPU and 84th overall in 20:31.7 for 5 kilometers. ... Ran her first collegiate 6K at the NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals on Oct. 22, and was No. 7 for the Falcons in 25:03.70. ... Made a significant improvement in her next 6K, which was at th GNAC Championships, finishing in 23:37.3 to score at No. 5 for the team and 45th overall. ... Was the No. 4 Seattle Pacific finisher at the NCAA West Reginals, goin 24:0631 for 132nd overall.
Lynden Christian High School: Was a two-time top-20 finisher at the Class 1A (small school) Washington state meet, placing 15th as a sophomore in 2019 and 19th as a senior in 2021. (Her junior season in 2020 was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic). ... Also ran at state as a freshman in 2018, placing 45th. ... Won 10 regular-season meets during her career. ... Ran a personal-best 5K time of 19 minutes, 12.2 seconds at the Northwest Conference championship meet as a sophomore in 2019. ... On the track, made the Class 1A state meet for the first time to cap her career as a senior in 2022, placing 14th in the 3200 meters. ... Just one week earlier, set a PB of 11 minutes, 46.49 seconds -- her first sub-12 -- to take 3rd place at the district meet. ... Won the 3200 six times and the 1600 six times during her career.
Personal: Maya Evelyn Ewing. ... Nursing major. ... Her mother graduated from SPU in 2000.
Fun facts: Got started in running through the Girls On The Run program in elementary school, then later joined her middle school cross country team. ... Also has played soccer ... If not for running, would focus on swimming. ... Favorite sport to watch is track and field. ... Dumbest movie she has ever seen is "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." ... Favorite junk food is brownies. ... Favorite healthy food is peppers. ... Favorite TV program is "Survivor." ... Her dream car is a Volkswagen Jetta. ... Loves to shop for thrifted clothes. ... Favorite team is the Seattle Mariners. ... Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner Colleen Quigley. ... Her pre-race rituals are braiding or tying her hair tight, as well as wearing glitter. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be her grandma "because we could talk and play cards." She would serve nachos or go to the Colophon Cafe. ... If she could be any action hero, would be Wonder Woman. ... In 10 years, plens to be using her college degree and living by the ocean. ... After graduating from college, wants to hike the 211-mile John Muir Trail, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.of California.
PRs ON ALL COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
Charles Bowles Invitational @ Bush's Pasture Park (5K) 20:31.7 (2022)
NCAA Division II Pre-Nationals @ Chambers Creek 25:03.7 (2022)
NCAA Division II West Regionals @ Amend Park 24:06.3 (2022)
Puget Sound Invitational @ Fort Steilacoom Park (5K) 20:01.66
PLU Invitational @ PLU Cross Country Course 23:58.00 (2023)
Bill Roe WWU Classic @ Hovander Homestead Park 21:53.3 (2024)
Bill Roe WWU Classic @ Lake Padden 24:12.40 (2023)
Lewis Crossover @ Lewis XC Course 22:08.49 (2024)
Emerald City Open @ Lower Woodland Park 23:47.70 (2023)
GNAC Championships @ Sudden Valley 21:43.3 (2024)
GNAC Championships @ Kincaid Park 23:48.40 (2023)
NCAA Division II West Regionals @Amend Park 21:40.43 (2024)
NCAA Division II West Regionals @ Ash Creek Preserve 23:06.0 (2023)
Green River Invitational @ Fort Steilacoom Park (4K) 13:36.1 (2024)
CAREER RESULTS
