Career Bests
2018-19
Cross Country
Placed 21st at the Summit League Championships with a season-best time of 22:28.25 … helped South Dakota capture its fifth-straight Summit League Championship team title … finished as the Coyotes’ seventh runner at both the Summit League Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional … placed 135th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:30.4 … also clocked 22:29.3 at the Bradley Pink Classic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Indoor Track & Field
Took 14th in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships with a season-best time of 17:56.73 … placed third in the 3,000 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a clocking of 10:11.59 … clocked 5:16.90 for the mile at the Hawkeye Invitational … tallied four top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed at one meet during the outdoor season … won the 5,000 meters at the USD Twilight in 18:28.25 … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2017-18
Cross Country
Led South Dakota to its fourth-straight Summit League Championship … garnered all-Summit League second team honors in 10th place with a time of 21:39.30 … finished 87th at the NCAA Midwest Reginal in a season best of 21:38.06 … USD took fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional, the highest finish by the Coyotes since the move to NCAA Division I … competed in the final four of six meets during the season, finishing in the Coyotes’ top-seven at all four races … took 40th at the Bradley Pink Classic in 21:52.4, helping the Coyotes capture the team title … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
Indoor Track & Field
Did not compete.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 10,000 meters at the Summit League Championships with a time of 38:05.06 … finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Red Raider Open in 18:14.43 … took 17th in the 10,000 meters at the Drake Relays in 38:26.78 … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2016-17
Cross Country
Helped the Coyotes to the program’s third consecutive Summit League Championship title … finished 20th at the championship meet with a time of 22:48.3 … posted a season best 21:48.5 for 91st at the NCAA Midwest Regional … fifth Coyote to cross the finish line as the team placed 11th … took 16th at Iowa’s NCAA Regional Preview with a clocking of 22:13.9 … took 16th at the Augustana Twilight and 25th at the Woody Greeno Invitational as the team captured a pair of meet titles … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
Indoor Track & Field
Did not compete due to injury.
Outdoor Track & Field
Did not compete due to injury.
2015-16
Cross Country
Redshirted due to injury.
Indoor Track & Field
Redshirted.
Outdoor Track & Field
Redshirted.
2014-15
Cross Country
Ended up as a key scorer by the end of the season after being held back early on by a pre-season injury...earned first-team all-Summit League honors with her fifth-place finish at the Summit League Championships...crossed the line at 22:04 to help the Coyotes to their first-ever Summit League Championship team title...ran a season-best time of 21:20 through 6,000 meters at NCAA Midwest Regional for 52nd place...named to the Summit League's Distinguished Scholar list and made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters, fifth in the 3,000 meters and eighth in the mile at the Summit League Championships … won the 3,000 meters in 9:54.20 at the Dakota Realty Alumni meet … finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic … placed second in the 3,000 meters by running 10:02.83 at the Holiday Inn Invitational … took fourth in the 5,000 meters with a season best time of 17:10.22 at the SDSU Indoor Classic … clocked a season best 5:01.58 in the mile at the Dakota Realty Alumni meet … ran a season best 2:23.23 for 800 meters at the USD Twilight … ranks third in the distance medley relay (11:44.40), fifth in the 3,000 meters (9:52.44), sixth in the 5,000 meters (17:10.22) and 10th in the mile (5:01.58) in school history.
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors with a third-place finish in the 10,000 meters … also placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … ran a leg of the school record 4x1,600-meter relay that finished fourth in 19:24.12 at the Drake Relays … clocked a personal best 35:36.13 for 10,000 meters to finish 14th at the Mt. SAC Relays … finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Dakota Duals … took ninth in the 5,000 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a season best time of 17:09.05 … placed third in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:46.78 at the Husker Spring Invitational … ranks first in the 4xMile relay (19:24.12), fifth in the 10,000 meters (35:36.13) and sixth in the 5,000 meters (17:09.05) in school history ... named to the Summit League honor roll, earning Distinguished Scholar status.
Prep
Holds White Bear Lake school records in cross country (13:59), the 3,200-meters (10:50) and the 4x800 relay...earned all-state honors in cross country and track...won the Suburban East Conference Championship in cross country and also the 3,200-meter run in track...named the Bears cross country MVP twice...letter recipient in Ambassadors, a service organization...played in first chair for four years in the Honors Band...earned Academic All-State honors fourtimes for track and two times for cross country...graduated Summa Cum Laude...National Honor Society member.
Personal
Daughter of Matthew and Cheryl Kozak...double major in Spanish and kinesiology and sport management.
