2020 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2020-21 Season
2021 Outdoor: Raced in three events for Milwaukee, culminating at the Horizon League Championships... Placed 11th in the 5,000-meter time of 18:06.17... Kicked off the indoor season at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational and placed sixth in an outdoor season-best 18:04.55... Also placed 11th in the event at the Gibson Invitational
2021 Indoor: Scored in a pair of distance races for Milwaukee at the Horizon League Championships... Placed seventh in the 3,000-meter with a time of 10:22.06 and set a new PR in the 5,000-meter with a finish of 17:44.10 for seventh... Opened the year on January 23 at the home John Tierney Classic and set a new personal-best time of 10:16.73 in the 3,000-meter race to finish third... Placed fourth in the 5,000-meter at the home Panther Tune-Up on February 4.
Cross Country: Helped Milwaukee claim the Horizon League Championship on March 4 as the fifth runner to cross for the Panthers... Finished 25th of 67 runners with a time of 23:40.1.
2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor: Saved the best for last, picking up two PR times in the 5000m (17:55.38) for ninth place and the 3000m (10:26.87) for 13th place at the Horizon League Championships ... opened the season, placing third in the 3000m at the Tierney Classic (Jan. 18) with a time of 10:40.49 ... ran the mile at the ONU Invite (Feb. 1) to a time of 5:23.30 for third place ... also competed at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 14), finishing eighth in the 5000m (18:27.56)
2019 Cross Country: Finished 66th at the Horizon League Championships (Nov. 2) in 23:17.3 … opened the season at the Queen City Invite (Aug. 31), placing 75th in 20:15.5 … one week later competed at the NIU Huskie Challenge (Sep. 6) to a 61st-place finish in 25:30.7 … also ran at Bradley Intercollegiate (Sep. 20) as the third Panther with a 38th-place finish in 18:53.7 … raced in the open race at the Loyola Lakefront Invite (Sep 28), finishing 26th in 19:51.0
2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Ran in three meets during the outdoor season ... started things out with a time of 20:05.36 in the 5k at the Wheaton Invitational April 6 ... had a big time drop at Kentucky a few weeks later, crossing the line in 19:37.43 ... also ran the 1500m once on the year, taking fifth in 5:05.57 at Marquette April 24.
2019 Indoor: Competed in three meets on the year ... started out her track season taking eighth in the 3000m in 10:48.23 at the Tierney Classic Jan. 19 ... lowered that 3k time down to 10:34.58 at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 9 ... one week later, finished runner-up in the mile in 5:19.25 at the Panther Tune-Up.
2018 Cross Country: Helped Milwaukee win its first ever Horizon League Championship ... just missed a scoring spot, taking 33rd overall at the league meet in 22:56.4 ... started her sophomore season with a bang, coming in runner-up in 20:29.1 in a win at Green Bay Sept. 1 ... had a big time drop just one week later in a big day for MKE, crossing the line in 19:34.4 for 27th overall at the Vic Godfrey Invite ... lowered her time again one week later in 19:23.3 at Indiana State's home meet ... clocked a season-best 5k at the Loyola Lakefront Invite in 19:07.4 Sept. 29 ... closed out the season at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, taking 142nd in 23:07.0.
2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Competed in the 5000m at the Horizon League Championships, posting a season-best time of 19:05.74 ... started the year competing in the 1500m at the Big Blue Classic Mar. 31 ... turned in her first 5k of the season at the Gibson Invite one week later in 19:46.25 ... shaved 10 seconds off her 1500m time at DePaul April 21, crossing the line in 5:06.90 for sixth.
2018 Indoor: Competed in the mile and 3000m as a freshman at the Horizon League Championships ... made her collegiate track debut Feb. 3 at the Parkside Classic, taking 16th in the mile in 5:41.16 ... one week later, crossed the line in 18:35.20 in the 5k at the GVSU Big Meet ... was seventh in the mile in 5:29.45 at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 17.
2017 Cross Country: Competed in three meets as a freshman ... made her collegiate debut Sept. 2 at the UIC Opener, taking 51st overall in 16:45.17 ... was a part of Milwaukee's big day at the Bradley Intercollegiate two weeks later, taking 39th with a time of 19:01.1 ... ran her first 6K of the season at Indiana's Sam Bell Invite Sept. 30, taking 95th in 26:04.23.
High School
A highly decorated runner at Cedar Grove-Belgium High School ... helped the Rockets to four-straight conference titles in cross country ... qualified for state in cross country each of her final three seasons, improving significantly each year and finishing 29th overall as a senior ... named team's rookie of the year as a freshman, most improved as a sophomore and team MVP each of her final two years ... also won the same four honors as part of the track team ... named academic all-state all four years.
Personal
Daughter of Jon and Kris ... lists most memorable sports moment as being a part of a four-peat conference championship team in high school ... has volunteered her time at food pantries and on mission trips ... born Aug. 16, 1999.
Sass' Personal Bests
| Year |
5K |
6K |
| 2019 |
19:51.0 |
25:30.7 |
| 2018 |
19:07.4 |
22:56.0 |
| 2017 |
19:01.1 |
26:04.2 |
| Career |
19:01.1 |
22:56.0 |
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