2020 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic (2018, 2019, 2020). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 10,000 meters (2019).
Senior (2020): INDOOR – Ran in three meets. … Scored in the 5000 meters at the GNAC Championships, placing 7th with an indoor personal best time of 18 minutes, 29.44 seconds. That was a 22-second drop from her previous best of 18:51.51. … Also placed 9th in the 3000 meters, clocking 10:36.62. … Set a 3K personal best on Feb 9 at Portland Indoor One, going 10:14.65 – a drop of almost 34 seconds from her old mark of 10:48.37. … Ran the mile at the SPU Final Qualifier, coming across in a PR of 5:09.46, well below her old mark of 5:19.34. OUTDOOR – Placed 3rd in the 1500 at the season-opening Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational in 4:58.29. … Rest of the season canceled because of the coronavirus.
Junior (2019): INDOOR – Scored two crucial team points with a 7th-place finish in the 5000 meters at GNAC (18:53.07), and that helped the Falcons edge Central Washington by four points for the crown. ... Also placed 13th in the 3000 at GNAC (10:50.34). ... In her only other meet of the season, logged a pair of personal-best times at the Cougar Indoor in Pullman: 18:51.51 in the 5000 (6th) and 10:48.37 in the 3000 (11th). The 5K time was nearly 50 seconds faster than her previous best of 19:41.44. OUTDOOR – Placed 3rd in the 10,000 at the GNAC Championships in 38 minutes, 12.88 seconds, thereby earning her first All-GNAC award. Also placed 17th in the 5000 (18:27.67). ... Ran a career-best 37:09.10 in the 10K at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic. That was a whopping 1 minute, 42 seconds better than her previous PR of 38:51.04 from her freshman year in 2017 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (the forerunner to the Fanelli Classic). ... By the end of the spring, had posted PRs in all four distance races that are regularly on the docket: 2:31.80 in the 800 at the season-opening Ed Boitano / Puget Sound Invitational, 4:53.48 in the 1500 at the Doris Heritage Track Festival, and 17:48.60 in the 5000 at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational, along with the aforementioned 10K time from her Fanelli race in Hayward, Calif.
Sophomore (2018): INDOOR – Placed 20th in the 5000 meters at GNAC in 19:41.44. ... Ran just one other race during the season, competing in the mile at the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 11. OUTDOOR – Scored at GNAC with a 7th-place finish in the 10,000, stopping the watch in 39:36.76. ... Ran distances ranging from 800 to 10,000 during the season.
Freshman (2017): INDOOR – Placed 16th in the mile at GNAC in 5:29.46. ... Did the 3000 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 14, coming across the line in 10:48.83. ... Only other meet was the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 12, in which she posted her best mile time of the year (5:19.64).  OUTDOOR – Placed 12th in the 10,000 meters at GNAC in 39:39.61. ... Put herself onto the GNAC qualifying list by clocking 38:51.04 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival on March 31. ... Also ran the 1500 four times, the 3000 once, and the 5000 twice.
Bella Vista High School:Â Made the San Joaquin Section Masters Finals in the 3200 all four years, finishing 15th as a freshman and senior. ... Ran in the California state cross country meet as a freshman, sophomore, and senior. Best placing was 52nd as a freshman in 2012 with a time of 19 minutes, 12 seconds for 5 kilometers, a time she matched as a sophomore in 2013. ... Helped team win the cross country and track section championships all four years, and helped XC team take 2nd in state two years in a row. ... All-league three years in cross country and two years in swimming. ... Scholar-Athlete in all four of her high school sports (running, basketball, soccer, and swimming). ... Earned a school Triple Threat Award for doing three seasons of sports in one year.
Personal:Â Sedona Elizabeth McNerney. ... Elementary education major.
Fun facts: If not for running, would choose to play more basketball or soccer. ... Favorite sport to watch is skiing. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Mont Python and the Holy Grail." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "1984." ... Favorite junk food is chocolate-covered, peanut butter-filled pretzels. ... Favorite healthy food is fruit. ... Favorite TV show is "Psych." ... Favorite team is the New York Yankees. ... Favorite athlete is American long-distance runner Alexi Pappas. ... Easiest subject in school is English. ... Toughest subject is math. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be author and diplomat Bob Goth, because "he has lived an absolutely remarkable life and had so many amazing experiences. I could listen to his stories for hours." She would serve chicken alfredo. ... If she could be any action hero, would be Baemax from "Big Hero 6" because "he is so loving and helpful and self-sacrificing." ... Her friends call her Sed. ... In 10 years, she hopes to be teaching kindergarten.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
Mile:Â Â Â Â 5:09.46 (2/29/2020)
3000:Â Â 10:14.65 (2/9/2020)
5000:Â Â 18:29.44 (2/21/2020)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800:Â Â Â Â Â 2:31.80 (3/2/2019)
1500:Â Â Â Â Â 4:53.48 (3/16/2019)
3000:Â Â Â Â 11:39.67 (4/22/2017)
5000:Â Â Â Â 17:48.60 (4/27/2019)
10,000:Â Â 37:09.10 (3/28/2019)
CAREER RESULTS
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