Career Bests
2019-20
Cross Country
Competed in one meet during the season … placed 19th at the NDSU Bison Open with a clocking of 14:59.1 for 4,000 meters … was the seventh Coyote across the line in the meet.
2018-19
Cross Country
Placed 28th at the Summit League Championships with a clocking of 22:46.30 … helped South Dakota capture its fifth-straight Summit League Championship team title … clocked a season-best 6,000-meter time of 22:20.4 at the Bradley Pink Classic … finished in the Coyotes’ top-seven for two meets during the season … placed 19th at the Augustana Twilight to open the season, clocking 18:37.46 for 5,000 meters … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Indoor Track & Field
Raced to an indoor best time of 2:10.81 at the SDSU Indoor Classic to move to third on USD’s all-time record books … helped the Coyotes’ distance medley relay record the second-fastest time in program history at the SDSU Indoor Classic by clocking 11:43.23 to win the event … victorious in the 800 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic in 2:13.99 … won the 1,000 meters at the SDSU Holiday Invitational in 2:59.64 … captured the 800 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … clocked 5:08.51 for the mile at the Hawkeye Invitational in the lone attempt at that distance … missed the Summit League Championships due to illness … tallied 12 top-10 finishes indoors.
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 800 meters and the 4x400-meter relay at the Summit League Championships … finished runner-up in the 800 meters at the league meet with a personal best clocking of 2:08.19 … the time ranks second in South Dakota program history behind two-time NCAA Division II Champion Emma Erickson … also anchored the Coyotes’ runner-up 4x400-meter relay at the Summit meet to a time of 3:47.80 … ran on USD’s record-breaking 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays … helped the relay break the school record with a clocking of 8:56.16 … won the 800 meters at the South Dakota Challenge in 2:10.12 … clocked 2:09.76 for 800 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays … won the 800 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in 2:10.32 … took third in the 800 meters at the Drake Relays … won the 400 meters at the USD Twilight in a personal best time of 56.79 seconds … tallied 13 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2017-18
Cross Country
Redshirted due to injury.
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a member of the Coyotes’ second-place distance medley relay which clocked 12:01.65 … ran the 1,200-meter leg of the relay … also earned all-Summit honors with the Coyotes’ third-place 4x400-meter relay which finished in 3:51.71 … finished 10th in the 800 meters at the Summit League Championships in 2:16.40 … finished runner-up in the 600 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a time of 1:37.52 … posted a season best of 2:15.91 in the 800 meters at the Tyson Invitational … took third in the 800 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a clocking of 2:17.08 … ran on the Coyotes’ 4x400-meter relay throughout the season … tallied 14 top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Missed a portion of the season to injury … clocked a season best of 2:15.57 for 800 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays … finished runner-up in the 400 meters at the Sioux City Relays with a time of 59.62 seconds … placed fourth in the 800 meters at the South Dakota Invitational in 2:17.40 … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
A five-time South Dakota Class B Track & Field Championship MVP ... captured a state record 20 South Dakota Class B titles leading into her senior season ... the only athlete in South Dakota history to capture state titles in every non-hurdle event on the track ranging from 100 meters to 3,200 meters with a cross country title to cap it off ... named an All-American, the South Dakota Sportswriter Prep Athlete of the Year and the South Dakota Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2015 ... personal best of 2:10.95 for 800 meters is a South Dakota Class B record ... also holds Ipswich High School records for 100 meters (12.10), 200 meters (24.86), 400 meters (56.86), 1,600 meters (4:59.65), 3,200 meters (11:22.52) and on the cross country course (18:26) ... the Howard Wood Dakota Relays champion in the 800-meter special event in both 2013 and 2015 ... has won five-straight titles in the 800 meters and 1,600 meters at the state meet ... earned the 2016 Susan B. Anthony award, was the South Dakota Reading Council's Young Authors' Extravaganza winner and won the SDRC poetry contest three times ... also a National Honor Society member.
Personal
Daughter of Michael and Kelly Heinz ... kinesiology and sport management major with an emphasis in exercise science.
