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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing
Isaiah J. Downing

Anna Fauske

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sherwood, Wis.
  • High School Kaukauna
  • Major Nursing

Biography

Career Times

2025 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 5,000m and 10,000m … USTFCCCA First Team All-America in 5,000m … USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in 10,000m … USTFCCCA All-Region in 10,000m … RMAC Individual Champion in 10,000m … All-RMAC First Team in 5,000m and 10,000m … RMAC All-Academic First Team … CSC Academic All-District … CSC Academic All-America Third Team ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Competed in six meets … Posted a season and personal best time of 33:22.66 in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational … Notched a season-best time of 16:38.86 in the 5,000m at the Franson Last Chance … Scored 18 points at the RMAC Outdoor Championships, finishing first overall in the 10,000m and second overall in the 5,000m … Scored one point at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing eighth overall in the 5,000m with a time of 16:50.43 … Also registered an 11th place finish in the 10,000m at the outdoor national championship meet with a time of 36:00.99.

2024-25 INDOOR: National Qualifier in 3,000m and 5,000m … First Team All-America in 3,000m and 5,000m … USTFCCCA All-Region in 3,000m and 5,000m … First Team All-RMAC in 3,000m and 5,000m … RMAC All-Academic First Team … Competed in five meets … Raced to a season-best time of 4:50.03 in the mile at the Colorado Classic … Posted season-best times of 9:28.74 in the 3,000m and 16:15.06 in the 5,000m at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships … Scored 20 points at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships as the RMAC Champion in both the 3,000m and 5,000m … Tallied nine points at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships with a fourth place finish in the 5,000m and a fifth place finish in the 3,000m.

2024 XC: USTFCCCA All-American … USTFCCCA All-Region … All-RMAC First Team … RMAC All-Academic First Team … RMAC Women’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 11) ... Competed in five meets ... Ran a personal best 5k at the Louisville Classic on October 5th with a time of 17:02.8 and finished 10th overall ... Finished 3rd in the 6k at the 2024 RMAC Cross Country Championships on October 26th ... Placed 2nd overall at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships after posting a 6k time of 21:20.7 ... Finished 9th in the 6k at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a time of 20:43.8.  

2024 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 1500m and 5000m … Second Team All-RMAC in 5000m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic … Competed in five meets … Recorded a season-best 1500m time of 4:27.10 at the Franson Last Chance … Ran a season and personal best time of 16:18.24 in the 5,000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Scored seven points at the RMAC Outdoor Championships, finishing fourth overall in the 5,000m with a time of 16:57.93 and seventh overall in the 1500m with a time of 4:28.94 … Competed in the 1500m and 5,000m at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships, finishing 17th in the preliminary round of the 1500m with a time of 4:41.04 and 13th in the 5,000m with a time of 17:22.49.

2023-24 INDOOR: National Qualifier in the Mile, 3000m, and Distance Medley Relay (1600m leg) … USTFCCCA First Team All-America (DMR) … USTFCCCA Second Team All-America (3,000m) … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … All-RMAC First Team (Mile) … All-RMAC Second Team (3000m) … Placed third at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in the DMR with a time of 11:25.13 … At that same meet, ran a PR in the mile (4:49.05) and the 3,000m (9:28.23) and set the school record for the DMR and 3,000m.

2023 XC: USTFCCCA All-American … USTFCCCA All-Region … RMAC All-Academic First Team … All-RMAC First Team… Competed in five meets… Ran a career best time of 20:09.5 in the 6k at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, leading to a ninth-place finish… Set a PR in the 5k with a time of 17:22.0 on September 29th at the Live in Lou XC Classic… Took home first place in the 5k at the UCCS XC Rust-Buster on September 2nd.

2023 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 1500m and 5,000m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … CSC Academic All-District … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Ran a season-best converted time of 4:25.57 in the 1500m at the Mines Last Chance … Clocked a season and personal best time of 16:38.89 in the 5,000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Finished seventh in the 1500m (4:31.11) and eighth in the 5,000m (17:25.32) at the RMAC Outdoor Championships … Placed 15th in the 1500m (4:35.62) and 19th in the 5,000m (17:35.56) at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2022-23 INDOOR: First Team All-America in distance medley relay … All-RMAC Second Team in the mile and distance medley relay … USTFCCCA All-South Central Region in the distance medley relay … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … PR time of 4:52.15 in the mile at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships … Placed first in the mile at the Air Force Collegiate Open on February 17 … Competed in the mile, DMR, and 3000m.

2022 XC: USTFCCCA All-America First Team, USTFCCCA All Region, All-RMAC First Team, RMAC All-Academic First Team… Competed in five meets… Took 34th place at the Louisville Classic with a 5k PR time of 17:25.0… Ran a 6k PR of 21:09.2 at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, finishing 24th overall… Placed 2nd at the 15th Annual UCCS Rust-Buster.

2022 OUTDOOR: PR in 1500m (4:45.24) on Apr. 1-2 at the Maverick Invite … Raced to PR of 2:27.84 in 800m at the Maverick Invite … Recorded time of 18:29.80 in 5,000m on Mar. 25-26 at the CSU Pueblo Spank Blasing Open to place sixth … Competed in 800m, 1500m and 5000m.

2021-22 INDOOR: PR in mile (5:00.46) to place 4th at the 2022 Ichabod Invite on Feb. 12… Season best time of 2:30.27 in 800m at the Mountain Lion Open (Jan. 28-29)… Competed in 800m and mile.

2021 XC: USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-RMAC Second Team … Competed in four meets … Finished 84th at the NCAA DII National Championship meet on Nov. 20 with a 6k time of 22:01.5 … Two weeks earlier at the NCAA South Central Regional meet, she finished 35th overall in a 6k PR time of 21:48.5 … Started the season with a 5k PR time at the Louisville Classic on Oct. 2 (18:27.8).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Kaukauna High School in 2021 ... Placed 3rd at state in the 1600m (4:56) and the 3200m (10:54) ... Ran at 17:59 at the Nike Cross 5K Regionals .... Finished fourth at the state meet in 18:23 ... 3x State Medalist at Cross Country State Championships (8th, 9th, 4th) ... 4x State Cross Country Qualifier ... 4x Individual Cross Country Sectional Champion ... 3x Individual Cross Country Fox Valley Association Conference Champion ... 4 Event State Track Qualifier ... 3x State Track Medalist (1600 - 3rd and 5th, 3200 - 3rd) ... 3x All State in Cross Country ... 6x Cross Country and Track MVP ... 2020 Cross Country DIV 1 Team State Champions (undefeated 10 win season) ... First Cross Country State Championship in school history ... 2020 Sectional Champions ... 2020 Fox Valley Association Conference Champions ...4x Academic High Honors ... Member of the National Honors Society.

PERSONAL: Parents are Ben and Kristy Fauske

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2023Junior

    5'7"
  • 2024Senior

    5'7"