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2021-22 Washburn Ichabods Women's Track and Field Roster

Verena Vesely

  • Event(s) Distance
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Tyrol, Austria
  • High School Bischhöfliches Gymnasium Paulinum

Biography

At Washburn: Has the third-best individual performance in the indoor 800m, the seventh-best in the indoor mile and the sixth-best in the 3000m … has the second-best outdoor 3000m performance and the seventh-best in the 1500m. 

In 2021-22 (cross country): Earned a career-high 21st place in the three mile course at the Masterson Twilight with a 20:22.3 running time ... ran a 19:54.9 in a 5K at the FHSU Tiger Open for 86th place ... placed in 71st at the MIAA Championship with a time of 24:54.46.

In 2020-21 (cross country): Placed 43rd in the 6K course at the Newman Teams Championships with a time of 24:49 … (track): Had an indoor season-best 10th-place finish at the All-Kansas Invite with a time of 2:33.41 … also had PR's in the mile (5:36.32), 3000m (10:57.90) … finished sixth in the outdoor at the SBU Invite and had a PR in the outdoor 1500m of 5:04.51 at the ESU Relays.

Background:  In high school, played handball … at the age of 14 Triathlon and also competed internationally for Austria … summer of 2019, switched to running winning several federal and state cross country and Mountain running championships, as well as a fourth-place finish at the Austrian Cross Country National Championships in the U18 and U20 age group.

Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Brita … four brothers, Florian, Felix, Tobias, Mortitz … a sister Teresa … majoring in pre-medical sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
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