Maddie Heller Season 2024-25

Maddie Heller TFRRS page (season/career statistics)
 
Updated on November 20, 2024

Collegiate Bests
5k (XC): 18.17.4 (Aug. 31, 2024 at Mark Covert Classic – Fullerton, Calif.)
6k (XC): 21:04.1 (Oct. 19, 2024 at Highlander Invitational – Riverside, Calif.)
1,500m (Outdoor)^: 4:50.24 (Mar. 26, 2022 at PLNU Invitational – San Diego)
3,000m (Outdoor)^: 10:19.97 (Apr. 8, 2022 at UCSD Triton Invitational – San Diego)
5,000m (Outdoor): 17:36.72 (Apr. 26, 2024, at Steve Scott Invitational – Irvine, Calif.)
10,000m (Outdoor): 36:32.55 (May 9, 2024, at MW Championships – Clovis, Calif.)
^Competing for University of San Diego
 
SDSU Records
XC Course Record Holder (Eisenhower Golf Course): 23:28.8
10,000m (Outdoor): 36:32.55 (10th all-time)

NCAA Cross Country West Regionals (6k)
2024: 143rd (out of 262) – 22:04.3 (Nov. 15 at Colfax Golf Course – Colfax, Wash.)
2023: 174th (out of 253) – 22:12.2 (Nov. 10 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex – Sacramento, Calif.)
2022^: 173rd (out of 249) – 21:51.4 (Nov. 11 at Chambers Bay Golf Course – Seattle, Wash.)
2021^: 178th (out of 235) – 23:02.0 (Nov. 12 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex – Sacramento, Calif.)
^Competing for University of San Diego
 
Mountain West Cross Country Championships
2024: 60th (out of 90) – 23:28.8 (Nov. 1 at Air Force Academy – Colorado Springs, Colo.)
2023: 66th (out of 101) – 22:41.3 (Oct. 27 at Eagle Island State Park – Eagle, Idaho)
 
Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2024: 11th (36:32.55 – 10,000m)

2024-25 Season:
Cross Country: Competed in six races setting two collegiate-best times in the 6k and 5k… Ran a time of 18:17.4 in the 5k at the Mark Covert Classic and a time of 21:04.1 in the 6k at the Highlander Invitational… Placed 143rd out of 262 at the NCAA West Regionals 6k with a time of 22:04.3 and placed 60th out of 90 at the Mountain West Championships 6k with a time of 23:29.8… Also ran a time of 21:54.2 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational 6k  and a time of 23:11.9 at the Roy Griak Invitational 6k

2023-24 Season
Cross Country: Competed in all five meets during the season … Finished 174th at the NCAA West Region Championships … Finished 66th at the Mountain West Championships … Set a personal best 5k time of 19:05.1 in the season opener, her Aztec debut … Ran a season-best 6k of 21:38.4 at the Highlander Invitational … Finished among the top five Aztec finishers in every race.
 
Indoor: Did not compete.

Outdoor: Competed in five meets during her first outdoor season as an Aztec … Finished 11th in the 10,000m at the MW Championships with a 36:32.55, the 10th fastest time in program history … That time surpassed her previous PR of 36:46.06 set a month prior at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Also ran a PR of 17:36.72 in the 5,000m in a victory of the open section at the Steve Scott Invitational.

2022-23 Season (at San Diego)
Cross Country: Finished 173rd at the NCAA West Region Championships … Finished 61st at the West Coast Championships … Ran a career best 21:35.8 6k at the Highlander Invitational … Also raced at the Mark Covert Classic (5k), UCR Invitational (6k) and Loyola Lakefront Invitational (6k).
 
Indoor: Did not compete.
 
Outdoor: Did not compete.
 
2021-22 Season (at San Diego)
Cross Country: Finished 178th at the NCAA West Region Championships with a 23:02.0 … Finished 61st in the West Coast Conference Championships with a 23:21.2 … Won the USD Invite 6k, crossing the line in 22:54.3.
 
Indoor: Did not compete.
 
Outdoor: Participated in seven meets, running in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m … Ran a career best 4:50.24 in the 1,500m at the PLNU Invitational … Ran a career best 10:19.97 in the 3,000m at the Triton Invitational … Won the Cal State LA Twilight 5,000m race with a time of 18:08.85.

High School
A two-year letter winner at Capistrano Valley High School … Was named the track and cross country MVP … Qualified for the CIF-Southern Section finals in the 3200m … Won the 1600m at the 2021 Orange County Championships … Her high school best in the 3200m was an 11:11 … Received an IB diploma … Also played soccer her freshman and sophomore years.
 
Personal
Madeleine “Maddie” Grace Heller was born Sept. 4, 2003 in Champaign, Ill. … Daughter of David and Jacqueline Heller … Hobbies include surfing, reading, going to the beach, cliff jumping, and tree climbing … Majoring in biology with an emphasis in marine biology