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Avery Evenson

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School:
Hartland
Position:
Distance

Last Updated: November 26, 2018

At Michigan
• Cross Country All-American (2016, 2018)
• Competing member of two NCAA Championships podium (top-four) teams (2016 2nd; 2018 4th)
• Competing member of three Big Ten XC Championship teams (2016, 2017, 2018)
• Competing member of the 2016, 2017 and 2018 NCAA Great Lakes Regional XC Championship teams
• All-Big Ten honoree (first team, 2018; second team, 2016)
• All-NCAA Great Lakes Region Honoree (2016, 2018)
• Member of the 2016 Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championship Teams
• Was approved for an Olympic redshirt from her time training for triathlon, extending her eligibility through the 2018 track & field season and 2018 cross country season

Redshirt Senior (2018-19)

Cross Country
• Earned All-America honors by running 20:33.04 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 38th at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 17), scoring for the fourth-place Wolverines as the squad's No. 2 runner.
• Earned All-Region honors by running 20:36.19 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 4th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 9), scoring for the team champion Wolverines as the squad's No. 2 runner.
• Earned First-Team All-Big Ten honors by running 20:12.8 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 3rd at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28), scoring for the team champion Wolverines as the squad's No. 1 runner.
• Ran 20:15.23 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 8th at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 13), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 1 runner in the seeded White Race.
• Ran 16:45.7 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 5th at the Greater Louisville Classic (Sept. 29), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 1 runner.
• Ran 21:18.7 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 3rd at the Nebraska Greeno-Dirksen Invitational (Sept. 15), scoring for the team as the Wolverines' No. 2 runner.

Senior (2017-18)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 16:45.08 in the 5000 meter run to finish 17th at the Husky Classic (Feb. 9-10)
• Ran a career-best 4:51.23 in the Mile to finish 12th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Ran a career-best 9:26.24 in the 3000 meter run to finish 3rd at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20)
• Ran 9:38.25 in the 3000 meter run to finish 6th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Ran 21:08.4 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 157th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 10)
• Ran 21:20.9 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 33rd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10)
• Scorer for the Big Ten team champion squad, running 20:47.5 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 15th at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 29)
• Ran 21:10.2 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 93rd at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 14)
• Ran 21:15.0 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 12th at the Indiana Sam Bell Invitational (Sept. 30) as a scoring runner for the team champion Wolverines
• Ran 17:51.5 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 8th at the Indiana State John McNichols Invitational (Sept. 9)
• Ran 18:00.6 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 9th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1)

Senior (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Did not compete

Indoor
• Ran a career-best 16:34.63 in the 5000 meter run to finish 13th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
• Ran 16:43.07 in the 5000 meter run to finish 7th at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
• Ran 9:45.26 in the 3000 meter run to finish 16th at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3-4)
• Ran a career-best 9:34.48 in the 3000 meter run to finish 5th at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 21)

Cross Country
• Became an All-American by placing 18th in 20:11.5 to help U-M match its program-best national team finish (second place) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Championships (Nov. 19)
• Raced to a ninth-place finish to earn All-Region honors in 20:19.1 and help U-M win the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship
• In her postseason debut, ran to a 14th-place finish in 21:28.1 to help Michigan finish on top at the 6K Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30) while earning second-team All-Conference honors
• Finished 22nd to score at the 6,000-meter adidas Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) race in 20:39.2 to help U-M placed third
• Ran 17:15.70 to finish 18th and help U-M win the 5,000-meter Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 1)
• Finished 66th at the 6,000-meter Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) in 23:02.10
• Finished third overall in 18:01.0 to help U-M win the 5,000-meter Sycamore Invitational (Sept. 10)
• In her U-M debut, finished third at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2) with a time of 17:43.6

Junior (2015-16)

Outdoor
• Did not compete

Indoor
• Did not compete

Before Michigan

• Completed more than two years of schooling at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, but did not compete for the school while training with USA Triathlon
• Two-time Team USA Triathlon World Team Member
• USA Triathlon Under-23 Athlete of the Year (2015
• Placed fourth at the 2015 U-23 World Triathlon Championships in Chicago
• Took fifth place at the 2014 Junior World Triathlon Championships

Prep
• Graduated from Hartland High School in 2013
• Individual NXN Qualifier in 2011, finishing third in the Midwest region

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts
• Majoring in Economics and Political Science (Double Major)
• Born on April 15, 1995 ... Daughter of Kirk and A.J. Evenson