SPU: One-year letterwinner. ... GNAC Faculty Athletic Representative academic award in 2025.
Senior (2025): INDOOR – Placed 5th in the mile at GNAC in 5:20.77. ... Ran the 1600-meter anchor leg on the 5th-place 4000 distance medley relay team at GNAC. ... Ran a PB 5:12.30 in the mile at the UW Mile City meet on Jan. 18. ... Competed in three of the four scheduled meets.
OUTDOOR – Placed 8th in the 1500 meters at GNAC in a personal-best 4:43.44, tallying a team point for the Falcons. ... Clocked a PB time of 18:10.36 in the 5000 meters at the Whitworth Peace Meet on April 4. ... Had a PB 2:21.19 in the 800 at the season-opening Ed Boitano Invitational on March 1, then matched that at the Pee Wee Halsell Invitational on April 25. ... Ran in eight meets.
Junior (2023 at Whitworth); Placed 5th at the Northwest Conference Championships in a season-best time of 22:21.8 for 6 kilometers. … Placed 24th at the NCAA West Regionals. ... All-Conference and All-Region.
Sophomore (2022 at Whitworth): Reached the NCAA Division III nationals for the first time, placing 174th. … Finished 5th at the Northwest Conference meet in a collegiate 6K personal-best 21:50.5. … Placed 16th at the NCAA West Regionals. ... All-Conference and All-Region.
Redshirt freshman (2021 at Whitworth): Finished 2nd at the Northwest Conference Championships in 23:23.5. … Ran 31st at the NCAA West Regionals. ... All-Conference and All-Region. ... Northwest Conference Freshman of the Year.
Lakeside-Nine Mile Falls High School: Was a top-20 finishers in all three of her appearances at the Washington Class 1A (small school) state meet. That included 5th place as a senior in 2019. Was 14th as a junior and 19th as a sophomore. … Her senior year state race came on the heels of 2nd-place finish at her league and district meets. Her district time of 18:51.9 was a personal best and was her first sub-19 for 5 kilometers. … Won the Lake Spokane Invitational as a senior. Also won that meet as a sophomore, one of her three regular-season wins in 2017. … Also won three regular-season meets as a junior in 2018. … On the track, ran at the 1A state meet on the 4-by-400 relay as a sophomore and junior, and also placed 14th in the state 800 as a junior.
Personal: Madeline Kristine Buckley … Digital Education Leadership major.
Fun facts: Started running in middle school. Has run for eight year prior to arriving at SPU. …
Toughest course she has ever raced is Mt. Sac in California because “the hills are huge!: …
If not for running, would play badminton. …
Favorite sport to watch in gymnastics. …
Dumbest movie she has ever seen is “Napoleon Dynamite.” …
Books she just couldn’t put down were any in the “Harry Potter.” Series. …
Favorite junk food is brownies with peanut butter. …
Favorite healthy food is berries. …
Her dream car is a light green Subaru Forester. …
Loves to shop for food. …
Favorite athlete is American hurdler and sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. …
Her pre-race ritual is doing eyeliner and braids. …
If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be American actress and singer
Zendaya. She would serve a taco feast. …
If she could be any action hero, would be Batman. …
Her friends call her Mad Dog. …
In 10 years, plans to be teaching elementary school and possibly coaching. …
In elementary school, loved tetherball and would practice all the time so she could win against the other kids during recess. “I was the shortest in my class, but a menace on the tetherball court.”
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
MIle: 5:12.30 (1/18/2025)
3000: 10:57.21 (1/21/2023)*
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:21/19 (2x, 3/1/2025 and 4/25/2025)
800: 2:18.77 (4/22/2023)*
1500: 4:43.44 (5/10/2025)
1500: 4:37.99 (4/22/2023)*
5000: 18:10.36 (4/4/2025)
5000: 18:00.43 (5/4/2024)*
10,000: 38:29.68 (4/16/2024)*
Steeple: 12:08.49 (5/13/2021)*
* Competing for Whitworth
SPU CAREER RESULTS
WHITWORTH CAREER RESULTS
