Ahna Neideck

Hometown:

Petoskey, MI
Year:

SR
High School:

Petoskey
Major:

Human Physiology and Preventative Medicine

Bio

2023 at Taylor:

Competed in six meets, including the CL and NAIA Championships.
Notched a personal-best 22:12.5 at the Blazing Tiger Classic on Oct. 21.
Placed among the top five for TU in five of six meets.
Ran to a place of 70th overall at NAIA Nationals with a 23:20.5.
Awarded All-Crossroads League, CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-CL.

2022 at Taylor:

Competed in six events, including the NAIA National and Crossroads League Championships … Posted a career-best time of 17:35.8 at the NAIA Nationals … Posted TU’s fifth-fastest individual time of the season at the NAIA Nationals … Finished within the top-three TU runners in each race … Finished within the top-10 overall runners in all six races, including two finishes within the top-five overall.
Finished Runner-Up at Ray Bullock Invite (Sept. 16)
Posted fourth-best individual time in TU program history (Oct. 22)
All-Crossroads League
Finished 10th at NAIA National Championships (Nov. 18)
NAIA All-American
USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete

2021 at Taylor: Took to the course six times throughout her sophomore season, including a 37th-place finish at the NAIA Nationals … Posted a career-best time of 18:08.6 at the Great Lakes – Maroon meet, which also serves as the seventh-fastest time in program history … Finished as Taylor’s top runner at the Louisville Classic and in Taylor’s top-four runners in each of her six meets … Finished top-10 overall on three separate occasions, including the Crossroads League Championships … Named All-Crossroads League and an NAIA All-American.

2020 at Taylor: Raced in all six meets during her collegiate debut with the Trojans … Finished in TU’s top-seven in the last five meets of the season … Posted a season-best 24th-place finish at the Ray Bullock Invite … Claimed 29th place at the Crossroads League Championships… Broke the 20:00 barrier in all six meets … Competed at NAIA Nationals and logged a career-best time of 19:00.1, ending third for the Trojans and 79th place overall … 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 … Sister, Noel, also runs track and cross country at Taylor … Majoring in human physiology and preventative medicine.