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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.”

Personal Bests:
5K: 2024 Tommy Evans Invitational – 10th place – 18:18.0
6K: 2024 NCAA Great Lakes Regional – 27th place – 20:21.0