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2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Avery Saunder

Avery Saunder

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Lanse Creuse
  • Hometown:
    Chesterfield, Mich.

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:
  • Finished 124th in 22:41.2 at Notre Dame's National Catholic Championships
  • Was 172nd in 21:30.2 at the Louisville Classic
  • Took 122nd in 26:27.5 at the Falcon Invite

2023:
  • Ran in three of Detroit Mercy's six events
  • Made her collegiate debut with a time of 21:30 for 318th at the Live In The Lou Classic
  • Posted her 5k season-best 19:46 for 35th at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • Took 104th in 25:57 in her first-ever 6k at the Horizon League Championships

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Earned letters in cross country and track and field
  • All-Academic all four years
  • Guided her team to a MAC Blue title in track and field in 2021 and 2022
  • Helped the 4x800-meter relay to a MAC Blue first-place finish in 2002 and runner-up in 2023
  • Also placed second in the 1600 and 3200m at the 2022 and 2023 MAC Blue championships
  • Ran club with the Utica Bay Crusaders

Personal:
  • Daughter of Lisah and Trent Desenglau 
  • Has two older brothers
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because she loved the city of Detroit and it's not far from her hometown
  • A Bio-Chemistry major

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Distance
  • 2024Sophomore

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  • 2025Junior

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