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2019-20 Women's Track and Field Roster

Veronica Towianski

Veronica Towianski

  • Position:
    Distance
  • 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:
  • 1500: 5:14.75 at 2018 Duel vs. Oakland
  • Mile: 5:24.95 at 2018 Blue and Gold Invite
  • 3000: 10:27.53 at 2020 Horizon League Indoor Championships
  • 5000: 18:33.40 at 2019 Bison Classic
  • 10,000: 39:15.17 at 2018 Horizon League Outdoor Championships
  • 2000 Steeple: 7:24.30 at 2019 Duel vs. Oakland
  • 3000 Steeple: 11:14.74 at 2019 Horizon League Outdoor Championships

2020 Indoor:
  • Earned the team's Most Improved Award
  • On the fifth-place quarter in the distance medley relay at the Horizon League Indoor Championship, clocking a PR mile split of 5:15, and also registered a time of 10:27.53 in the 3000m, 13th in school history
  • Was 10th in the mile at the Silverston Invite
  • Part of the quartet that finished fourth in the 4x800 at the Windsor Team Challenge

2018 Outdoor:
  • Seventh place finish in the 1,500-meter at the Dual vs. Oakland with a time of 5:14.75
  • Placed fourth in the mile at the Golden Grizzly Invitational with a mark of 18:48.58
  • Third place finish in the 5,000-meter at the Pacesetter Invitational with a mark of 18:55.59
  • Placed eleventh in the 5,000-meter at the HL Outdoor Championships

2018 Indoor: 
  • Placed sixth in the mile at the mile at the Blue & Gold Invitational
  • Finished in twentieth in the mile at the Silverston Invitational
  • Placed twenty seventh in the 3,000-meter at the HL Indoor Championships with a time of 10:51.18

2017 Outdoor: 
  • 3,000-meter PR of 11:09.75 at 2017 Colonial Relays
 
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

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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