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2018 Women's Cross Country Roster

Veronica Towianski

Veronica Towianski

  • Class:
    Senior

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results
 

Career Highlights

  • 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • 3x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)
  • 3x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)

Career Best:
  • 5k:19:49 at 2016 Greater Louisville Classic
  • 6k: 24:18 at 2016 Horizon League Championship
2017
  • Competed in four races in her junior season as a Titan
  • Placed 57th at the HL Outdoor Championships with a mark of 24:58
2016
  • Ran in four races on the varsity squad and scored in all four
  • Made her Titan debut at the National Catholic Championship with a time of 20:08 for 73rd
  • Posted her 5k career low of 19:49 for 235th at the Greater Louisville Classic
  • Ran 19:51 for 25th at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • The Third Titan to cross the finish line at the Horizon League Championship with a 24:18 for 45th overall

Prior To Detroit
  • Spent her freshman year at Macomb Community College
  • Qualified for the NJCAA championship in cross country, the indoor 3,000-meters, 4x800m and the distance medley relay and the outdoor steeplechase and 4x800-meter relay
  • Was an All-American in the 4x800m winning a national title
 
High School
  • Earned two letters in track and field and cross country as well as a letter in swimming and soccer
  • Also part of the school’s marching band all four years
  • A cross country All-County honoree as well as a state qualifier as a senior
  • Tabbed All-Academic as a junior and senior
  • In track and field, she was a state qualifier as a senior and a Division 1 medalists in the 3,200-meters, pole vault and the 4x800m
  • Holds her school’s record for the pole vault and the 4x800m
  • A part of the National Honor Society
 
Personal
  • Daughter of Jenn and Stan Towianski
  • Has 13 siblings, including seven older than her
  • Enjoys watching hockey, cooking and spending time with the family
  • A Biology major

Career Finishes
2018 Results

Sept. 8 - 30th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 19:26 - 17th
Sept. 14 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 19:30 - 53rd
Sept. 29 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 19:19 - 48th
Oct. 13 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 18:58 - 8th
Oct. 27 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 23:02 - 36th
Nov. 9 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 23:27 - 171st

2016 Results
Sept. 16 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 20:08 – 73rd
Oct. 1 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 19:49 - 235th
Oct. 15 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 19:51 - 25th
Oct. 29 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 24:18 - 45th

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