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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

Makenzie Wank

Makenzie Wank

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Richland, Mich.
  • High School:
    Gull Lake
  • Letters:
    3

Summary

Biography

2022-23:  Selected WSU's Howard A. Donnelly female honoree ... 2022-23 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.  CROSS COUNTRY:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... did not compete due to an injury.  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... did not compete due to an injury.  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... did not compete due to an injury.

2021-22:  2021-22 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.  CROSS COUNTRY:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... did not compete in a meet this season due to an injury.  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in two regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships … finished 19th in the 3K event at GLIACs with a season-best time of 11:17.18 ... posted a season-best time for the mile of 5:36.40 at the SVSU Triangular (2/5).  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... did not compete in any meets.

2020-21:  Deans' Award recipient from the College of Engineering for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all student-athletes in that particular college ... was a CoSIDA Academic All-District nominee.  CROSS COUNTRY:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... season canceled due to COVID-19.  INDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in all four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished 16th in the 3000m race (11:38.04) at GLIACs ... ran a season-best time of 20:15.17 for 5000m at the Indiana Tech Classic (2/13) ... posted a season-best mark of 11:15.75 for 3000m at the SVSU Triangular (2/5).  OUTDOOR:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... competed in four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished 20th in the 5000m race (20:17.23) at GLIACs (5/7) ... posted a season-best time for 1500m (5:31.30) at the Oakland Mini Meet (4/30) ... ran a season-best 19:24.21 for 5000m at the Hillsdale Gina Relays (4/22) ... notched a season-best time of 2:38.53 for 800m at the Oakland Invite (4/10) ... 2020-21 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2019-20:  CROSS COUNTRY:  Competed in four meets as a true freshman ... set a 5K PR of 21:04.7 at the Detroit Mercy Invite (9/7) ... completed the Lewis Conference Crossover 6K (10/12) in 29:47.4 ... earned a 6K personal-best time of 25:15.0 at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble (10/19) ... finished the GLIAC Championship 6K (10/26) in 25:44.9.  INDOOR:  Participated in five regular-season meets ... ran a season-best time of 2:28.56 for 800m at the SVSU Jet's Pizza Invite (1/25) ... clocked in a season-best time of 5:50.80 for the mile at the Hillsdale Wide-Track Classic (2/8) ... also competed in the 4x400m relay.  OUTDOOR:  Canceled due to COVID-19.

High School:  A 2019 graduate of Gull Lake High School ... was a four-year cross country letterwinner for coach Randall Hunt ... ran a 20:26.9 at the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Meet as a senior ... had a 2018 season-best time of 20:15 at the Lakeview Invitational ... ran a 19:38.9 at the 2017 MHSAA Division 1 state cross country meet ... helped her team to back-to-back district titles in 2017 and 2018 ... finished the state final in 19:54.3 as a sophomore, and 19:00.8 in the Division 2 meet as a freshman ... earned All-District accolades all four years in cross country ... received Academic All-State honors as a sophomore from the MITCA ... also played soccer for the Blue Devils her first three years of high school ... served as soccer team captain as a senior ... was President of the National Honor Society ... named to the Highest Honor Roll all four years.

Personal:  Full name -- Makenzie L. Wank ... born on November 20, 2001, in Richland, Mich. ... daughter of Curt and Melissa Wank ... has an older sister, Josilynn, and a younger sister, Kendall ... is a Biomedical Engineering (Pre-Med) Honors major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2019 (4.00), Winter 2020 (4.00), Fall 2020 (4.00), Winter 2021 (4.00), Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 (4.00).


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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Mid-Distance
    5'4"

  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"

  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
    5'4"

  • 2022-23Senior

    Distance
    5'4"