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2023 Women's Track and Field Roster

Alayna Franson

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Rhinelander
  • Hometown Rhinelander, Wis.

Biography

2021-22 Season
2022 Outdoor:
Competed in the steeplechase at the Horizon League Championships, tallying an eighth-place finish at 11:47.50 ... ran a season-best at the Illini Invite on April 23 with a sixth-place time of 11:23.01 ... opened outdoor at the WashU Distance Carnival and finished 14th in the steeplechase ... ran a strong 11:38.72 April 9 at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Invite to finish fifth.

2022 Indoor:
Placed 15th in the 800m at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 2:22.28 ... ran the mile at the John Gartland Invite on January 22 to open indoor, posting a time of 5:24.65 for 10th ... improved to fifth the following week at the Tierney Classic ... finished fourth in the 800m February 5 at the Red Hawk Invite ... posted a season-best 2:20.96 February 11 in the 800m and placed 55th.

2020-21 Season
2021 Outdoor: 
Posted another PR at the Horizon League Championships, finishing fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:09.80, over 12 seconds better than her previous times this season... Opened the outdoor season on April 2 at the Redbird Invitational and placed fourth in the steeplechase... Knocked off almost 29 seconds two weeks later at the Gibson Invitational on her way to a third-place finish... Finished fifth at the Valpo Invitational on May 1 in 2:25.71.

2021 Indoor: Raced to a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter at the Horizon League Championships with a PR of 2:19.98... Also helped the Panthers' DMR team place sixth with a time of 12:40.97... Opened the year at the home John Tierney Classic on January 23 and placed second in the mile (5:25.71)... Followed with a fourth-place finish in the mile at the Parkside Triangular on February 6... Cut nearly 13 seconds off her mile time at the Panther Tune-Up on February 14 and finished sixth... Finished fourth in the 800-meter at the Parkside Triangular in 2:22.84.

2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: 
Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Finished the season with a PR time of 5:12.75 in the mile for eighth place at the Horizon League Championships ... also helped the Panthers to a third-place finish in the DMR (12:18.50) at the League meet ... opened the season, placing 14th in the mile (5:24.15) at the Tierney Classic, Jan. 18 ... then competed in the mile at the ONU Invite, Feb. 1, with a sixth-place finish in 5:25.16 ... placed 25th at the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 14, in 5:17.42 ... claimed third place in the mile (5:16.64) and 11th in the 800m (2:30.67) at the Panther Tune-Up, Feb. 22

2019 Cross Country:
 Competed in six meets on the season … placed 36th overall at the Horizon League Championships (Nov. 2) in 22:10.7 … opened the season at the Queen City Invite (Aug. 31), placing 69th in 20:04.2 … ran a season-best time at the NIU Huskie Challenge (Sep. 6) in 24:31.5 for 38th … then finished 39th and scored for the Panthers at the Bradley Intercollegiate (Sep. 20) in 18:57.4 … one week later, led the Panthers in the Open Race at the Loyola Lakefront Invite (Sep. 28) in 19:23.1 for 10th place … also competed at the Pre-National meet (Oct. 19), crossing the line in 104th in 25:05.7


2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Just missed a spot on the podium in a pair of events at the Horizon League Championships, taking 10th in steeplechase and 14th in the 1500m ... started the year taking sixth in her first ever steeplechase with a time of 12:01.20 at the Joey Haines Invite Mar. 30 ... had a season-best 1500m time of 4:51.35 at Illinois April 13 ... one week later, had a big steeplechase time drop at Kentucky, taking sixth in 11:33.34 ... that time now ranks sixth in MKE history ... also competed in the 800m once on the year, coming in runner-up at Marquette.

2019 Indoor: Competed in three meets in her first collegiate track season ... made her track debut Jan. 19 at the Tierney Classic, taking 13th in the mile in 5:32.18 ... had a big time drop to 5:18.75 at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 9 ... one week later, came in fourth in the same event at the Panther Tune-Up.

2018 Cross Country: Helped Milwaukee win its first Horizon League Championship in program history ... placed 55th overall as a freshman at the league meet ... made her collegiate debut Sept. 1, scoring and taking fifth overall in 20:37.6 in a win at Green Bay ... one week later, lowered that time to 19:39.9 in taking 39th at the Vic Godfrey Invite ... turned in a season-best 5k time of 19:22.8 at the Loyola Lakefront Invite Sept. 29 ... finished 40th overall at the Bradley Classic in 23:22.9 Oct. 12.


High School
A three-sport athlete at Rhinelander High School ...  qualified for the state meet three times in cross country ... finished 11th overall at the state championships as a senior one year after placing 14th ... was crowned the Great Northern Conference champion as a senior after three straight runner-up finishes ... competed in track one season and was named the first-team all-conference in addition to the team's runner of the year ... also a standout in both soccer and basketball ... was named the Great Northern Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2017 in soccer after netting 27 goals and tallying 33 assists en route to a 20-4-0 overall record ... as a senior, helped the Hodag's earn a No. 1 seed in the playoff seedings ... on the basketball court, she earned all-conference honorable mention honors this past season.
 

Personal
Daughter of Kyle and Amy ... brother, Ben, played soccer at Viterbo ... chose Milwaukee because "the campus, programs and team seemed like the perfect fit" ... volunteers her time with local soccer youth programs ... lists most memorable sports experience as going to state in both cross country and soccer her freshman year ... born March 7, 2000. 


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

  • 2023Graduate Student

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