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Hannah Markel Season 2017-18

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YearRedshirt Freshman
HometownChagrin Falls, Ohio

QUICK NOTES: Ranks among the fastest in program history in four events… indoors, ran 5:02.29 (2018) for the #4 mile time… added a time of 9:55.22 (2018) in the 3,000m run for the #3 indoor time and the overall (indoor and outdoor) freshman record at UC… outdoors, ran 17:23.15 in the 5,000m run for the #7 position all-time before running the #8 time in the 1,500m run at 4:39.87.
 


2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (SO): Continued her breakout season with two more all-time Top 10 marks recorded during the outdoor campaign… ran a PR in the 5,000m twice, including a best of 17:23.15 at the War Eagle Invitational (Auburn) to move into the Top 10 list at #7… that time also was the second-fastest time at UC since 2010… finished 27th in the AAC Championships later in the year… also ran in the 1,500m twice… posted a PR time of 4:39.87 at the Lyles/Wood Invitational (Louisville) to record the #8 time in program history… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (FR*): Ran the mile and 3,000m events three times each on the year, including placing 19th in the longer race at the AAC Championships… ran a time of 9:55.22 in the 3,000m run at the Charlie Thomas Invitational for a PR and the #3 time in program history… also broke the school’s freshman record while becoming just the sixth woman in UC history to run under 10 minutes in the event… ran a PR in the mile all three times she raced, finishing the year with a best of 5:02.29 at the Music City Challenge… that time is #4 all-time in program history… ran 5:03.34 at the Notre Dame Invitational three weeks earlier for the #5 time in program history.
2017 XC (SO): Recorded a strong season on the cross country course, finishing among the Top 3 on the team in four of the five races she ran, including being the team’s top finisher at the McNichols Invitational… opened the year running 18:06.5 to finish 10th overall in the 5,000m run at the Queen City Invitational, lowering her PR by 1:23.4… placed 17th at the All-Ohio Championships by running a PR of 22:06.1 over 6,000m, lowering her previous best by 18.2 seconds… closed the year running another PR, this time turning in a time of 22:38.9 (-14.8) at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Championships.
 
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (FR): Raced four times in her rookie season with all four races coming at 1,500m… lowered her collegiate personal-best time twice on the year, running 4:52.38 before turning in her best of 4:44.56 at the Lyles/Wood Invitational in Louisville… that time has just outside the program’s all-time Top 10 list… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2017 IN (FR): Redshirted.
2016 XC (FR): Raced four times in her first season… placed among the team’s Top 7 all four times, including third on the open squad at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational… opened her career as the fourth UC finisher at the Queen City Invitational after placing 26th overall… added a 19th-place finish at the Friendship Invitational before finishing 37th in the open division of the All-Ohio Championships.
 
PRIOR TO UC: A 2016 graduate of Gilmour Academy (Gates Mills, Ohio)… competed in cross country and track & field for the Lancers for four years… in cross country, placed in the Top 8 at the Ohio state meet twice, including sixth as a senior and eighth as a junior… 2014 district champion and regional runner-up… on the track, competed for three seasons before an injury sidelined her senior outdoor season… in those three years, collected eight district titles, including three in the 3,200m run, two in the 1,600m run and three as a member of the 4x800m relay… member of the regional champion 4x800m relay… took second in the 1,600m and fourth in the 3,200m as a junior before placing third and fourth, respectively, at the state meet… capped her junior year with a third place showing in the 4x800m relay at state for her third Top 4 finish of the meet.
 


PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Cross Country
5,000m • 18:06.5 (Queen City Invitational • 9/2/17)
6,000m • 22:38.9 (NCAA Great Lakes Region • 11/10/17)
 
Indoor Track & Field
Mile • 5:02.29 (Music City Challenge • 4/28/18) • UC #4
3,000m • 9:55.22 (Charlie Thomas Invitational • 2/3/18) • UC #3 & UC FROSH RECORD
 
Outdoor Track & Field
1,500m • 4:39.87 (Lyles/Wood Invitational • 4/28/18) • UC #8
5,000m • 17:23.15 (War Eagle Invitational • 4/21/18) • UC #7

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