2023 Women's Track and Field Roster

Vanessa Aniteye

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Chugiak
  • Hometown Eagle River, AK

Biography

SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA 1st team All-American in the indoor 800 meters in 2023. ... All-American 1st team in the outdoor 400-meter dash and 2nd team All-American in 4-by-100 relay in 2022. ... USTFCCCA West Region Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2023. ... All-West Region indoor 800 in 2023. .,. GNAC indoor Female Track Athlete of the Year in 2023. ... All-GNAC indoor 800 and 4x400 relay in 2023. ... All-GNAC outdoor in 400 dash, 4x100 relay, and 4x400 relay in 2022. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2022 and 2023. ... CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District in 2023. ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2023. ... SPU Ron Grady Athlete of the Year and Falcon Award for Excellence in 2023.

5th Year (2023):  INDOOR – Won the NCAA Division II 800 meters in a school-record time of 2 minutes, 6.84 seconds in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Took the lead heading into the final lap and hung on to win by two-tenths of a second ahead of Colorado State Pueblo's Helen Braybrook. ... Put herself atop the national list in the 800 at the season-opening Spokane Invitational on Dec. 10 with a winning time of 2:13.04 ... Stayed in the No. 1 spot for all but one weekend when Taryn Chapko of Grand Valley State moved up with a 2;07.89. But Aniteye took it right back the following weekend with a 2:07.53 at the Husky Classic. ... Ran the 800 eight times and was first across the finish line every time, whether it was for first place overall (Spokane, GNAC finals, and NCAA finals) or for first in her heat (UW Indoor Preview, UW Invitational, Husky Classic, GNAC prelims, NCAA prelims).  OUTDOOR – Eligibility already complete.

Senior (2022):  INDOOR – Did not compete.  OUTDOOR – Ran to an All-American 6th-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Championships. Her time of 53.64 seconds was a school record - her third in that event - and made her the first SPU woman ever to break 54 seconds. ... Her first record time was 54.60 at the West Coast Relays in Clovis, Calif., on April 1. That broke the old record of 54.68 set by Jahzelle Ambus in 2016. Then in the NCAA prelims, bettered that with a 54.18 before coming back the next day with the 53.64. ... Ran the second leg on the triple record-setting 4-by-100 relay on May 14 at the GNAC Championships in Ellensburg. Teaming with leadoff Peace Igbonagwam, third leg Aniya Green, and anchor Jenna Bouyer, the Falcons finished in 45.88 seconds. That broke the school record of 46.23, the GNAC meet record of 46.32, and the overall GNAC record of 46.19. ... Won her fourth GNAC 400 title, this one in 54.62. ... Made her return to track on March 12 at the PLU Open after a three-year hiatus, during which time she gave birth to son Josiah. Went 3 for 3 that day, leading the 800 almost from start to finish, running the second leg on the winning 4-by-100 team, and leading off the winning 4-by-400 team.

Alaska Anchorage (2017-19):  INDOOR – Went to NCAAs all three years, running on 1st team All-American 4-by-400 relay as a freshman in 2017 (7th) and on 1st team All-American 4000-meter distance medley relay as a junior iin 2019 (2nd). ... In 2018, was on the 9th-place DMR at the NCAAs, gaining 2nd team All-American. ... At GNAC, won 400 dash as a freshman and junior, and was second as a sophomore ... Also was 9th in the 200 as a freshman and 8th as a sophomore. ... For GNAC relays, was on the winning 4-by-400 as a freshman, 3rd as a sophomore and 4th as a junior. ... Ran on the winning DMR as a junior.  OUTDOOR – Reached the NCAAs in the 400 dash and 4-by-400 relay all three years. ... In the 400, was 20th as a freshman, 15th as a sophomore, and 17th as a junior. On the relay, was 10th as a freshman and sophomore (both 2nd team All-American) and 8th as a junior (1st team All-American). ... At GNAC, won the 400 dash all three years, and was 9th in the 200 as a freshman and 6th as a junior. Also was part of the winning 4-by-100 team as a freshman. ... On the 4-by-4, was second as a freshman, and 4th as a sophomore and junior. ... Was on the 4th-place 4-by-1 as a sophomore.

Chugiak High School:  As an exchange student from Germany in 2014, placed 3rd in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.15 and 6th in the 200 meters in 26.78 at the Class 4A Alaska state meet. ...  Posted personal-best times in the preliminaries for both events: 26.44 in the 200 and 59.22 in the 400. ... The week before state, won the region championship in the 400.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200:
    25.35 (2/17/2017)
400:    55.89 (2/18.2017)
800:    2:06.84 (3/11/2023)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100:
    12.71 (3/25/2017)
200:    24.77 (5/10/2019)
400:    53.64 (5/28/2022)
800:    2:11.16 (3/19/2022)


SPU CAREER RESULTS
UAA CAREER RESULTS


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