2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Mikenna Vanderheyden
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Mount Brydges, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Strathroy District Collegiate Institute
2023-24 (r-Sr.)
Indoor Season- All-Big 12 First Team
- Earned first place at the Big 12 Championship in the distance medley relay, with the team of Ceili McCabe, Kishay Rowe and Sarah Tait who crossed the finish line at the 11:18.08 mark
- Finished fourth in the 1,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 2:48.12
- Ran for a season best time of 2:45.67 in the 1,000 meters at the David Hemry Valentine Invitational
- Earned fourth place in the 1,000 meters at the Penn State National Open
- Second Team All-American
- NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Qualifier
- NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier
- All Big-12 First Team
- Placed 14th in the steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship with a career best time of 9:59.90
- Became the third fastest Mountaineer in program history to compete in the steeplechase
- Finished sixth in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Round
- Earned fourth place in the steeplechase at the Big 12 Championship
- Crossed the finish line in 2:06.72 at the USF Alumni Invitational in the 800 meters
2022-23 (Sr.)
Indoor Season- All-Big 12
- Member of All-Big 12 Indoor DMR Team
- NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary Round Qualifier
2021-22 (Jr.)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Set a personal best 1500m time of 4:28.44 to earn ninth at the Big 12 Championship
- All-Big 12 Outdoor First Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2020-21 (COVID)
Indoor Season- All-Big 12 Indoor First Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Finished in third place (2:48.16) in the 1,000-meter at the Big 12 Championship
- At the Camel City Invitational, she placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:51.57
- Did not compete
2019-20 (So.)
Indoor Season- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Member of the distance medley relay team that placed third at the Big 12 Championship
- Crossed the finish line in 2:15.22 to finish in 66th place in the 800 meters at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational
- Made her season debut at the Penn State National Open, competing in the 600-meter run and placing 12th with a time of 1:37.63
2018-19 (Fr.)
Outdoor Season- Earned a 15th-place finish in the 800 meters, finishing in 2:10.61 at the Big 12 Championship
- Grabbed a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash after crossing the line in 1:00.19 at the Mountaineer Open
- Ran in the 1,500 meters and finished in 31st with a time of 4:33.50 at the Bison Outdoor Classic
- Finished second in the 2,000-meter steeplechase in 6:59.74 at the Virginia Quad
- Took 23rd place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:04.66 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic
- Grabbed second place in the 1,500-meter steeplechase after crossing the line in 5:12.48 at the West Virginia Open
- Was a member of the third-place distance medley relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, finishing in a season-best time of 11:40.42 and earning All-Big 12 honors
- Earned a second-place finish in the 600 meters after crossing the line in 1:35.25 at the Penn State Tune-Up
- Helped the distance medley relay team earn first place (11:52.96) at the SPIRE Division I Classic; also took 12th in the 400-meter dash
- Assisted in the distance medley relay team’s victory in 11:54.35 at the Akron Invitational
- Helped the DMR team finish second with a time of 11:40.72 at the Penn State National Open; also finished second in the 600 meters (1:35.98)
- Competed in the 500-meter run and captured fourth place with a time of 77.69 at the YSU College Invite
- Finished first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.41 at the Marty Pushkin Classic
High School
- Ran at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute for coach Sandy Cooper Ryder
- Also ran at London Legion Track Club
- Captain of cross country and track teams
- Named Athlete of the Year
- Canadian Interscholastic record holder in 1,500-meter steeplechase
Personal
- Daughter of Chris and Jenn Vanderheyden
- Has two brothers
- Birthday is June 30
- Pursuing her master’s degree in neuroscience
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
T&F: DMR Team Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Saturday, March 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Life as a Mountaineer - Haley Jackson
Monday, May 16
