Eligibility (Cross Country): Redshirt Senior
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Senior
Notables
- Four-time All-American
- 2017 Cross Country All-American
- 2017 First-Team All-American (Outdoor 5000 meters)
- 2015 First-Team All-American (Indoor 5000 meters)
- 2014 Cross Country All-American
- Former American junior record holder for Indoor 5000 Meters
- Big Ten record holder for indoor 5000 meters
- Three-time All-Great Lakes Regional honoree (Cross Country)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016-17)
- Academic All-Big Ten Honoree
- Cross Country - 2016, 2017
- Track and Field - 2017, 2018
- 2016 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree (Cross Country)
2017-18 Season
2017 Cross Country: Finished 12th place overall and second for UW at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/30) with a time of 16:54.11 (5K)...Finished fifth for the Badgers and 94th overall at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/13) in 21:15.5 (6K)...Ran at the Big Ten Championships (10/28) in 20:31.1 (6K) to finish first for the Badgers and eighth overall...Finished first for UW and fourth overall at the Great Lakes Regional (11/11) with a time of 20:43.9 (6K)...Ran at the NCAA Championships (11/18) and finished 39th overall and first for UW with a time of 20:11.4 (6K)
2016-17 Season
2017 Outdoor: Earned first-team All-America honors in the 5000 -meters at the NCAA Championships (6/7-10) placing seventh in a personal-best 15:48.51 ... qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 5000 meters by placing fifth at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/25-27) in 16:35.33 ... placed third in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (5/12-14) in 16:24.50 ... set a personal best with a 10th-place finish in the 5000 meter invitational at the Stanford Invitational (3/31) with a run of 15:55.57 ... placed seventh in the 1500 meters at the Aztec Invite (3/24-25) with a time of 4:26.37
2017 Indoor: Ran to a fifth-place finish in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Championships (2/24-25) with a time of 16:03.05 ... finished 16th in the 5000 meter invitational at the Iowa State Classic (2/10-11) in 16:22.92 ... ran the 1600 meter leg of the first place DMR at the Armory Invitational (2/3-4) ... won the 3000 meters at the Minnesota Dual (1/21) in 9:32.82
2016 Cross Country: Led Wisconsin at the NCAA Championship (11/19) by placing 54th in 20:33.4 (6k) ... crossed the line second for UW and 12th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/11) in 20:22.5 (6k) ... at the Big Ten Championship (10/30), finished second for Wisconsin and 24th overall in 21:49.2 (6k)
2015-16 Season
2016 Outdoor: Kicked off her track debut this season by running the anchor leg in the 4x1600 relay that took ninth in 20:27.05 at the Drake Relays (4/28)
2016 Indoor: Did not compete
2015 Cross Country: Redshirt season
2014-15 Season
2015 Outdoor: Redshirt season
2015 Indoor: Placed third in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:47.32 at the NCAA Championship (3/13) to help UW to a tie for 18th place overall, while earning All-America honors in the event ... Finished second in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:16.06 at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/27) to help UW to a seventh place team finish ... Placed second in the distance medley relay in a time of 11:24.64 at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (1/30) to help UW to a sixth place team finish ... Won the 5000 meters at the Boston University Opener (12/6) in a time of 15:20.57 to break the University of Wisconsin, Big Ten record and American junior record in the event
2014 Cross Country: Placed second overall and first for UW at the NCAA Championship (11/22) in 19:39.9 (6k) to help the Badgers to a 10th place team finish ... Finished third overall and first for the Badgers at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/14) in 19:58 (6k) to help UW to a second place team finish and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship ... Placed second overall and first for UW at the Big Ten Championship (11/2) in 19:28.1 (6k) to help the Badgers to a second place team finish ... Finished 12th overall and first for the Badgers at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/17) in 20:10 (6k) to help the Badgers to a fourth place team finish ... Placed first overall and first for the Badgers at the Greater Louisville Classic (10/4) in 16:41.92 (5k) to help UW to a first place team finish ... Finished 13th overall and second for the Badgers at the Big Ten Preview (9/20) in 21:54.28 (6k) to help UW to a second place team finish ... Won the Badger Opener (9/5) in 14:03 (4K) to help UW win the team title ... took third overall in the junior race at the USA Cross Country Championships (2/15) in Boulder, Colo., finishing in 22:09 (6K)
2013-14 Season
2014 Outdoor: Placed 27th in the 1500 meters in 4:24.34 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/29) ... earned a career-best time of 4:20.72 in the 1500 meters to take fifth at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18) and placed eighth in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:34.45 ... took tenth in the third section of the 5000 meters at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational (5/4) with a time of 16:24.00 ... finished 10th in the 1500 meters at the Florida Relays (4/4-5) with a time of 4:25.13 ... runner-up in the 800 meters at the Walt Disney Open (3/21-22) with a time of 2:16.55
2014 Indoor: Won the 3000 meters in 9:34.11 at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/25) while competing unattached ... competed unattached and finished first in the mile run in 4:59.21 at the Badger Indoor Open (1/17)
2013 Cross Country: Placed 2nd for the Badgers and 104th overall at the NCAA Championships (11/23) after clocking in at 21:20.5 (6K) ... finished the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/15) in 20:53 (6K), good for a 21st-place finish overall and a 2nd-place finish for the Badgers ... finished the Big Ten Championships (11/3) in 21:51 (6K), which was good for a 33rd-place finish overall and second for the Badgers ... finished first for Wisconsin and 42nd overall at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/19), clocking in at a time of 20:34 (6k) ... finished second for the Badgers and 20th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/27) with a time of 17:49 (5K) ...made her Badgers debut by finishing first overall at the Sycamore Invitational (9/14), clocking in at 18:23.5 (5k)
High School
New Jersey state champion in cross country as a senior ... earned second-team All-America honors for 10th-place finish at 2012 Nike Cross Nationals ... placed third at the 2012 Nike Cross Northeast Regional ... as a junior, finished in second place at the 2011 Nike Cross Regional ... in track, 2012 sectional champion in the 3200 meters as a junior ... won the 1500 meters at the 2011 Colgate Games ... holds school records in the 1600 meters, 3200 meters and 4x800 relay
Personal
Daughter of Debbie and Paul Disanza ... has one younger brother, Zachary ... finished high school with a 4.0 GPA ... major is retailing and consumer behavior.
Why Wisconsin?
"Wisconsin was the perfect fit for me. It has a top-notch engineering program, an established women's track and cross country team plus the school itself and the location are beautiful. The cold is just an added bonus."
Personal Bests
| Indoor |
|
Outdoor |
| Mile |
4:59.21 |
1-17-14 |
|
800 Meters |
2:16.55 |
3-21-14 |
| 3000 Meters |
9:16.06 |
2-27-15 |
|
1500 Meters |
4:20.72 |
5-18-14 |
| 5000 Meters |
15:20.57 |
12-6-14 |
|
5000 Meters |
15:48.51 |
6-10-17 |
| Cross Country |
| 4 Kilometers |
14:03 |
9-5-14 |
| 5 Kilometers |
16:41.92 |
10-4-14 |
| 6 Kilometers |
19:28.1 |
11-2-14 |
Honors and Accolades
First Team All-America Honors (4)
2017 - Cross Country
39th - 20:11.4 (6K)
2017 - Outdoor
5000 Meters: 7th (15:48.51)
2015 - Indoor
5000 Meters: 3rd (15:47.32)
2014 - Cross Country
2nd - 19:39.9 (6K)
At the NCAA Championships
2017- Cross Country
39th: 20:11.4 (6K)
2017- Outdoor
5000 Meters: 7th (15:48.51)
2016- Cross Country
54th: 20:33.4 (6K)
2015- Indoor
5000 Meters: 3rd (15:47.32)
2014- Cross Country
2nd - 19:39.9 (6K)
2013- Cross Country
33rd: 30:39.1 (10K)
At the NCAA Preliminary Round
2014 - Outdoor
1500 Meters: 27th-P (4:24.34)
2017 - Outdoor
5000 Meters: 5th - (16:35.33)
At the NCAA Regional (Cross Country)
2017- NCAA Great Lakes Regional
4th: 20:43.9 (6K)
2016- NCAA Great Lakes Regional
12th: 20:22.5 (6K)
2014- NCAA Great Lakes Regional
3rd: 19:58 (6K)
At the Big Ten Championships
2017 - Cross Country
8th- 20:31.1 (6K)
2017 - Outdoor
5000 Meters: 3rd (16:24.50)
2017 - Indoor
5000 Meters: 5th (16:03.05)
2016- Cross Country
24th-
21:49.2 (6K)
*Sportsmanship Award Honoree
2015 - Indoor
3000 Meters: 2nd (9:16.06)
2014- Cross Country
2nd-
19:28.1 (6K)
2014 - Outdoor
1500 Meters: 6th (4:20.72)
5000 Meters: 10th (16:31.50)
2013- Cross Country
33rd-
21:51 (6K)
