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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Alaina Burns

Alaina Burns

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Northern Collegiate Institute & Vocational School
  • Hometown:
    Point Edward, Ontario

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Top Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
  • Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)

2024:
  • Was 92nd in 20:33.9 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships
  • Claimed 107th in 20:17.3 at the Louisville Classic
  • Placed 86th in 24:29.1 at the Falcon Invitational
  • Earned 84th in 24:27.3 at the Horizon League Championship
  • Ran a PR of 23:25.8 for 203rd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2023:
  • Ran in all six races on the season and lowered her 5k in every race of that distance
  • Made her collegiate debut with a time of 20:40 for 24th at the Michigan Open
  • Was 84th in 20:18 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships
  • Posted a season-best 19:54 for 42nd at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • Placed 95th at the Horizon League Championship in 24:52 in her first-ever 6k
  • Finished 227th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships with a time of 26:16

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Lettered in cross country and track and field
  • Helped her team to a pair of OFSAA bronze finishes in 2022 and 2023
  • Was the Lambton Kent District individual champion in cross country in 2019, leading her team to a title
  • Also won the 2019 Windsor Invite title and guided the team to a SWOSSAA championship
  • Won the SWOSSA steeplechase in 2022 and 2023, setting a meet record as a junior

Personal:
  • Daughter of Susan and Scott Burns
  • Has a younger brother and sister
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the academic reputation and the atmosphere
  • A Computer Science major 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

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  • 2024Sophomore

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  • 2025Junior

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