Wisconsin Badgers

Eligibility (Cross Country): Redshirt Junior
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Redshirt Junior/Redshirt Junior

Notables
• 2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic
• 2014 Academic All-Big Ten in cross country
• 2014, 2015 NCAA Second-Team All-American (1500 meters)
• 2014, 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier (1500 meters)

2015-16 Season
2015 Cross Country: Redshirt season

2014-15 Season
2015 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 1500 meters at the NCAA Championship (6/13) with a time of 4:17.06 after finishing seventh in the preliminary round (6/11) with a time of 4:17.41 to earn Second Team All-American accolades ... Finished sixth in the 1500 meters at the NCAA West Regional (5/30) with a time of 4:18.60, after finishing sixth in the preliminary round with a time of 4:23.20 ... Finished sixth in the final heat of the 1500 meters at the Big Ten Championship (5/15-17) with a time of 4:21.50 after finishing second in the preliminary heat with a time of 4:20.71 to help UW to a ninth place team finish ... Helped UW to a 24th place finish in the sprint medley relay with a time of 4:07.05 and a ninth place finish in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:55.16 at the Penn Relays (4/23-25) ... Finished 27th in the 1500 meters at the Stanford Invitational (4/3) in a time of 4:24.50

2015 Indoor: Finished fifth in the preliminary round of the mile run in a time of 4:43.09, while finishing fourth in the final heat of the mile with a time of 4:42.07, and also placed fourth in the distance medley relay in a time of 11:16.21 at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/27-28) to help UW to a seventh place team finish ... Placed seventh in the mile run at the Iowa State Classic (2/14) in a time of 4:46.12 ... Finished third in the mile run with a time of 4:45.38 and placed second in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:24.64 at thet Armory Collegiate Invitational (1/30) to help UW to a sixth place team finish ... Won the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.46 and won the mile with a time of 4:48.35 at the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Dual (1/24) ...

2014 Cross Country: Finished 74th overall and second for UW at the NCAA Championship (11/22) in 21:03.9 (6k) to help the Badgers to a 10th place team finish ... Placed 12th overall and third for the Badgers at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/14) in 20:19 (6k) to help UW to a second place team finish and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship ... Finished fifth overall and second for UW at the Big Ten Championship (11/2) in 20:02.9 (6k) to help the Badgers to a second place team finish ... Placed 22nd overall and second for the Badgers at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/17) in 20:24 (6k) to help UW to a fourth place team finish ... Finished third overall and second for the Badgers at the Greater Louisville Classic (10/4) in 16:57.13 (5k) to help UW to a first place team finish ... Placed 14th overall and third for the Badgers at the Big Ten Preview (9/20) in 21:54.34 (6k) to help UW to a second place team finish ... Finished 7th overall and fourth for Wisconsin at the Badger Opener (9/5) in 14:16 (4k) to help UW win the team title

2013-14 Season
2014 Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 1500 meters finals at the NCAA championships (6/14) in 4:23.85 ... finished third at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a time of 4:19.40 (5/31) ... placed third in the 1500 meters at the Big Ten championships (5/18) with a career-best time of 4:15.55 ... took seventh in the third section of the 1500 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/4) with a time of 4:21.75 ... runner-up in the seeded section of the 1500 meters at the Drake Relays (4/4-5) with a personal-best time of 4:19.98 ... helped the distance medley relay team to a third-place finish at the Florida Relays (4/4-5) with a time of 11:36.39 ... placed 19th in the 800 meters at the Florida Relays (4/4-5) with a time of 2:09.64 ... won the 800 meters at the Walt Disney Open (3/21-22) with a time of 2:13.65

2014 Indoor: Finished third in the mile at the Big Ten championships (3/1) with a PR time of 4:41.62 ... helped the distance medley relay team to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten championships (3/1) with a time of 11:25.88 ... placed fourth in the mile at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) with a time of 4:42.60 ... finished eighth in the 800 meters at the Bill Bergan Invitational (2/1) with a time of 2:10.62 ... finished second in the 800 meters at the Wisconsin Dual (1/18) with a time of 2:11.65

2013 Cross Country: At the NCAA Championships (11/23), placed 144th overall and third for the Badgers in 21:37 (6K) ... placed 28th overall and third for UW at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/15) with a personal-best time of 21:06 (6K) ... with a time of 21:51 (6K), finished 34th overall and third for Wisconsin at the Big Ten Championships (11/3) ... at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/19), placed 123rd overall and third for UW with a time of 21:15 (6K) ... in a personal-best time of 18:02 (5K), finished 32nd overall and sixth for UW at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/27) ... at the Sycamore Invitational (9/14), making her collegiate debut, finished fourth overall and fourth for UW in 18:23.6 (5K)

Before Wisconsin
Competed at Marquette in 2013, setting the indoor 800 and mile record... finished eighth at the Big East indoor championships in the mile, while placing 12th in the Big East outdoor championships in the 1500 meters.

High School
Helped Dodgeville win cross country state titles her junior and senior years... was the Division 2 Cross Country State Champion and earned first-team all-state honors in 2011... won the 1600 meters at the 2012 WIAA Division 2 State Championships... her junior year she earned second-team all-state honors.

Personal
Parents are Joe and Anna Hanson... her mother, Ann, ran track at Wisconsin, while her father, Joe, ran track at UW LaCrosse... has two sisters, Michaela and Mary... major is journalism.

Why Wisconsin?
"I chose to come to Wisconsin because of the tradition of academic prestige, fun loving team atmosphere, and for Wisconsin's renowned athletic tradition on the track."