Honors: Five-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
| Personal Bests |
| Indoor Track |
Outdoor Track |
Cross Country |
| 800 meters |
2:09.50 |
2/14/25 |
800 meters |
2:11.70 |
5/5/23 |
5K |
17:44.9 |
10/21/22 |
| Mile |
4:38.64 |
2/14/25 |
1500 meters |
4:19.64 |
5/2/25 |
6K |
21:21.4 |
9/29/23 |
| 3000 meters |
9:30.97 |
12/7/24 |
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TFRRS Profile
2025 Outdoor Track: Finished in 35th place in the 1500 meters at the NCAA West First Round, turning in a time of 4:26.89 (May 29)...
Earned a 16th-place finish in both the 1500 meters trials and the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, turning in times of 4:24.43 and 16:21.37, respectively (May 18)...
Placed second in the 1500 meters at the Badger Challenge, covering the distance in 4:19.64, a new personal best (May 2)...
Was a part of the 10th-fastest DMR in school history and the third-fastest 4x1500 meter relay at the Penn Relays, finishing with times of 11:16.40 and 17:26.83, respectively (Apr. 26)...
Finished in ninth in the 1500 meters in her heat of the Bryan Clay Invitational, turning in a time of 4:21.65, her second personal best in as many meets (Apr. 18)...
Placed 12th in the 1500 meters at the Stanford Invite with a time of 4:22.98, a new personal best (Apr. 4).
2025 Indoor Track: Finished ninth in the Big Ten in the mile at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, turning in a time of 4:44.86 (March 1)...
Placed third and earned a PR in the mile at the Wisconsin Windy City Invite, turning in a time of 4:38.64, earning a spot at No. 8 in UW's Indoor Track top-10. Also finished as the runner-up in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.50, another personal best (Feb. 14)...
Finished 10th in the mile at the Meyo Invite, completing the distance in 4:43.58 (Feb. 1)...
Placed third in the mile at the Dr. Sander Invitational, turning in a time of 4:42.99. Was a part of the DMR that holds the No. 1 time in the nation, winning the event in New York (Jan. 25)... Set a meet-record time at the Hawkeye Invite in the 800 meters, earning a first-place finish with a time of 2:10.67 (Jan. 18)...
Placed 14th in her heat at in the 3000 meters at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, running a 9:30.97, a personal best (Dec. 7).
2024 Cross Country: Tallied her second personal best in as many meets, turning in a 6K time of 20:24.2 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, placing 30th (Nov. 15)... Ran a personal best 20:25.0 at the Big Ten Championships, good for 59th place (Nov. 1)... Finished 192nd at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals, covering the 6K course in 21:19.0 (Oct. 19)... Placed 17th in the "B" race at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, running the 6K course in 21:49.2 (Sept. 27)... Finished 38th in the 6K at the Big Ten Preview, covering the course in 21:45.2 (Sept. 13).
2024 Outdoor Track: Finished 12th in the 1500 meters crossing in 4:34.03 at the Stanford Invitational (March 29)
2024 Indoor Track: finished ninth in the mile in 4:48.92 and finished seventh in the 800 meters in 2:10.56 at the Badgers Windy City Invitational (Feb. 9-10)... finished fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.49 and finished 11th in the mile crossing in 4:45.69 at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 27)... finished second in the mile premier race crossing in 4:42.86 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 20)... won the 8000 meters with a time of 2:12.33 at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational
2023 Cross Country: Finished 35th overall at the 2023 Big Ten Championships (Oct. 27), covering the 6K course in 22:09.8... Placed 14th in the B race at the 2023 Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational presented by Under Armour (Oct. 13), covering the course in 21:56.3 (6K)... led the Badgers in the Gold Division race at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 29) finishing ninth overall covering the 6K course in 21:21.4... finished 33rd at the Badger Classic (Sept. 9), covering the 5.2K course in 19:06.7
2023 Outdoor: Won the 1,500 meters in 4:31.40 at the Phil Esten Challenge (April 21)... finished fourth in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:11.70 and finished second in the 1500 meters in a personal best of 4:28.48 at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 5)
2023 Indoor: Placed fourth in the mile with a time of 4:56.98 at the Wisconsin Badgers Midwest Invite (Jan.14) ... finished eighth in the mile crossing in 4:53.31 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan.20-21) ... finished sixth in the mile in 4:52.62, came in seventh in the 4x400 in 4:01.06, and finished third the DMR in 11:35.60 at the 2023 Indiana University Relays (Jan.27-28) ... placed ninth in the mile running a personal best time of 4:50.88 at the Wisconsin Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb.10-11)... ran a personal best in the 800 meters finishing third in 2:11.99 at the Valentines Day Invitational (Feb. 17)... finished 11th in the preliminary round of the mile with a time of 4:55.22 at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.24-25)
2022 Cross Country: Finished fourth in the Badger Open (Sept. 8), covering the 5K course in 16:44.3 ... placed 20th overall and sixth among the Badgers at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 30), finishing the 6K course in 22:07.5 ... placed 42nd overall in the B race at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 14), covering the course in 21:54.8 (6K) ... finished 2nd at the Illinois Open (Oct. 22) running the course in 17:44.9 (5K)
2022 Indoor Track: Won the mile with a season best of 5:05.99, placed ninth with a personal best in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:15.26 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan.21-22)...finished fourth with a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:03.79
2021 Cross Country: Did not compete
High school: Finished 13th at the state cross country championship as a senior ... named second-team all-state ... finished as the sectional runner-up in cross country ... placed seventh in the 1600 meters at the Illinois Indoor Meet of Champions as a senior ... also qualified for the state cross country meet as a junior ... first-team all-conference in cross country ... two-time state track qualifier in the 4x800-meter relay ... regional and sectional champion in the 4x800 as a sophomore ... finished third in the Wisco Mile as a junior ... also played tennis as a freshman and sophomore ... two-time academic all-state in cross country
Personal: Parents are Erika and Chad Bunke...has one sister, Shae (15) ... born May 19 ... intends on majoring in kinesiology
Why Wisconsin?
"I chose Wisconsin because of the balance of not only great athletics but also great academics. I grew up in Wisconsin and was always saw Madison as the ultimate goal for my higher education. I have always wanted to represent the Badgers as a student, but to also be wearing a Badger jersey is a dream that I never thought would come true. I am honored to be able to receive an education from one of the highest-rated public universities, and to be running for a high-class team. To make Madison even more special to me, the women that holds all my high school’s records that I tried to take down, Cathy Branta, also ran at Wisconsin and was UW's first NCAA cross country champion!"
