Juliana Madzia Season 2015

QUICK NOTES: Ranks #10 on UC’s all-time Top 10 in the outdoor 10,000m run after running 37:39.13 in her freshman season (2016)… earned American Athletic All-Conference accolades during the 2016 cross country season after finishing 13th overall at the league meet, making her the first UC woman to place in the Top 15 since joining the American Athletic in time for the 2013 season.

2016-17 SEASONS
2016 XC (SO): Stepped up in a big way in her second cross country season, finishing as the top UC runner in 5-of-6 races entered… earned American Athletic All-Conference honors by placing 13th overall in the meet, becoming the first Bearcat woman in the four years UC has been in the American to earn all-conference… placed 10th at the Friendship Invitational and All-Ohio Championships before adding a 23rd-place showing at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational… capped the year with a 66th-place showing, the best for the team in three years.

2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Won her first collegiate race by taking the 10,000m run at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational to open the outdoor season… bettered her time in the event by nearly 13 seconds when she placed 12th at the American Outdoor Championships (37:39.13)… her time in the conference final ranks as the 10th-fastest in school history… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR): Competed once on the indoor season, racing in the 5,000m event at the Indiana Relays, where she ran 18:29.20.
2015 XC (FR): Raced five times on the season and as the team’s top finisher in a pair of events, including the season-opening Queen City Invitational, where she placed 11th overall… also was the top finisher for UC at the NCAA Pre-National meet in Terre Haute… finished in the Top 7 on the team in all five races run.

PERSONAL: Two-time Cincinnati Flying Pig Half-Marathon Champion, winning titles at the 2014 and 2015 competitions.

Personal Bests – Indoor:
5,000m – 18:29.20 (Indiana Relays – 1/29/16)

Personal Bests – Outdoor:
5,000m – 17:41.74 (RedHawk Invitational – 4/30/16)
10,000m – 37:39.13 (American Championships – 5/12/16) – UC #10