Ahna VanderWall

Bio

2021-22 at Taylor:

Indoor: Automatically qualified for the NAIA Nationals in the 3,000-meters … Finished 18th at the NAIA Nationals in the 3,000-meters … Ran a season-best time of 10:27.14 in the 3,000-meters at the IWU Classic … Posted a season-best time of 5:19 in the 1 mile at the IWU Invite … Ran a season-best time of 2:26.88 in the 800-meters at the Trojan Invite … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

Outdoor: Automatically qualified for the NAIA Nationals in the Steeplechase … Earned All-American honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by finishing seventh … Ran a career-best time of 10:43.98 to win the steeplechase at the Crossroads League Championships and claim All-Crossroads League honors … Won the steeplechase at the Little State Championships and the Emory Invite … Posted a career best mark of 29.53 meters in the javelin throw to finish seventh at the CL Championships … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

2020-21 at Taylor:

Indoor: Competed in the mile at the Crossroads League Championships, finishing 10th with a season-best time of 5:25.56 … Ran the mile leg in the distance-medley relay at the league meet and placed seventh overall … Clocked a time of 19:47.84 in the 5,000-meters at the IWU Invite … Member of the 4x800-meter relay squad that won first place at the IWU Invite.

Outdoor: Earned All-American honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships with a seventh-place finish … Won the steeplechase at the Crossroads League Championships and claimed All-Crossroads League honors … Posted a career-best time of 11:12.14 in the steeplechase at the Fighting Chance Invite, claiming the fifth-best mark in TU program history ... Logged a third-place finish in the steeplechase at the Little State Championships … Recorded a season-best mark of 27.44-meters in the javelin throw at the Little State Championships … Finished 19th place in the javelin throw at the Crossroads League Championships … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

Prep: Ran cross country and track at Petoskey High … Garnered six varsity letters under coach David Farley … Named 2019 team captain … Earned all-state track and field honors … Named all-region and all-conference in cross country … Ran in the Mid-East Cross Country Championships … Honored with the BNC Academic Award … Named Female Student-Athlete of the Year … Received Michigan Academic All-State in cross country and track and field … Graduated summa cum laude … Member of the National Honors Society and earned Bronze Cord Honors … Part of the North Central Michigan College Honors List.

Personal: Daughter of Jennifer VanderWall … Majoring in human physiology and preventative medicine.