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Lianna Surtz
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rosary
- Hometown:
- Batavia, Ill.
- Major:
- Exercise Science
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Instagram: liannasurtz
TFRRS Page
2025
2025 MAC Champion…First Team All-MAC…Selected to the Great Lakes All-Region team…Finished seventh at the 2025 MAC Championships with a time of 20:58.6… Placed 22nd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 20:30.60…Ran in four races.
2024
2024 MAC Champion…Placed 10th in the MAC Championship…Second Team All-MAC…Took 27th-place in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional to help the team place third and earn an at-large bid to the NCAA National Championship…Ran in six races throughout the season.
2023
Second-Team All-MAC...2023 MAC Championship team...Ran in five races...Highest finish was first for the Rocket and 2nd overall at the 6K Mel Brodt Collegiate Open...Finished eighth at the MAC Championships...Led UT with a 23rd-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
2022
Redshirt season and retained freshman eligibility.
High School
Two-time Kane County Chronicle Girls’ Athlete of the Year recipient in 2019 and 2021...Varsity letterwinner in cross country and track & field...Four-time conference, regional, and sectional champion in cross country...Five-time track & field state finalist and all-state honoree...Two-time cross country 1A State Champion and IHSA 2A 1600m 2019 State Champion...Finished 24th at the National Cross National in 2018...Took third at state for track & field in 2020 and fifth at state for cross country in 2021.
Personal
Full name is Lianna Augustina Surtz...Has one brother, Christian, and two sisters, Louisa and Chiara...Majoring in exercise science and environmental science.
Why Toledo?
“I chose Toledo for the amazing coaches, team, and program, beautiful running venues, and the opportunity to explore my academic interests while at a high level.”
Instagram: liannasurtz
TFRRS Page
2025
2025 MAC Champion…First Team All-MAC…Selected to the Great Lakes All-Region team…Finished seventh at the 2025 MAC Championships with a time of 20:58.6… Placed 22nd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 20:30.60…Ran in four races.
2024
2024 MAC Champion…Placed 10th in the MAC Championship…Second Team All-MAC…Took 27th-place in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional to help the team place third and earn an at-large bid to the NCAA National Championship…Ran in six races throughout the season.
2023
Second-Team All-MAC...2023 MAC Championship team...Ran in five races...Highest finish was first for the Rocket and 2nd overall at the 6K Mel Brodt Collegiate Open...Finished eighth at the MAC Championships...Led UT with a 23rd-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
2022
Redshirt season and retained freshman eligibility.
High School
Two-time Kane County Chronicle Girls’ Athlete of the Year recipient in 2019 and 2021...Varsity letterwinner in cross country and track & field...Four-time conference, regional, and sectional champion in cross country...Five-time track & field state finalist and all-state honoree...Two-time cross country 1A State Champion and IHSA 2A 1600m 2019 State Champion...Finished 24th at the National Cross National in 2018...Took third at state for track & field in 2020 and fifth at state for cross country in 2021.
Personal
Full name is Lianna Augustina Surtz...Has one brother, Christian, and two sisters, Louisa and Chiara...Majoring in exercise science and environmental science.
Why Toledo?
“I chose Toledo for the amazing coaches, team, and program, beautiful running venues, and the opportunity to explore my academic interests while at a high level.”
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