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2025 Outdoor Results: Competed in five events…Set a personal best in the 5000m (16:32.68) at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 27-29)…Won the 1500m at the BSU – We Fly Challenge (Apr 11-12)…Scored with a third-place finish in the 1500m (4:25.13) at the MAC Outdoor Championships.
2025 Indoor Results: All-MAC Second Team honors…Competed in five meets… Part of the record-breaking Distance Medley Relay squad (11:23.70) that placed second in the Distance Medley Relay at the MAC Indoor Conference Championships.
2024 Results: Competed in five outdoor meets… Highest finish was runner-up in the 1500 at the Billy Hayes Invitational…
2024 Results: First-team All-MAC...Won the DMR and finished runner-up in the mile at the MAC Indoor Championships...Competed in four meets during the indoor season...Highest finish was runner-up in the mile at Michigan's Wolverine Invitational...The mile time (4:47.50) ranks eighth all-time
2024 Top Performances:
Mile – 2024 Michigan Invitational – 9th place – 4:45.28 **PR**
3,000m – 2024 David Hemery Valentine Invitational – 69th place – 9:30.80 **PR**
5,000m – 2024 Raleigh Relays – 93rd place – 16:54.65 **PR**
DMR – 2024 MAC Indoor Championships – 1st place – 11:30.45
800m – 2024 Bison Outdoor Classic – 20
th Place – 2:12.27
1500m – 2024 Billy Hayes Invitational – 2
nd Place – 4:21.86
3000S – 2024 Mid-American Outdoor Track & Field Championship – 7
th Place – 10:31.66
2023 Results: Had 4 top-10 finishes in 8 meets…Finished seventh in the mile at the Michigan Invitational...Finished fifth in the mile at the 2023 Indoor MAC Championships...Finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase and seventh in the 1500m at the MAC Outdoor Championships
…Surtz's mile (4:47.80) time ranks eighth on the Toledo all-time indoor top-10 list.
2023 Top Performances:
800m – 2023 Raleigh Relays – 82
nd place – 2:14.84
1500m – 2023 Raleigh Relays – 84
th place – 4:32.08 **PR**
3000m – 2023 BU David
Hemery Valentine Invitational – 78th place – 9:35.35
3000m Steeplechase – 2023 MAC Outdoor Championships – 4
th place – 10:49.129 **PR**
5000m – 2023 Bryan Clay Invitational – 17th place – 17:03.22Â
Mile – 2023 John Thomas Terrier Classic – 21st place – 4:47.80
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.Â
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.”
