2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster
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Lianna Surtz
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Rosary
- Hometown:
- Batavia, Ill.
- Major:
- Exercise Science
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Instagram: liannasurtz
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2025-26
2026 Outdoor
Did not compete.
2026 Indoor
Saw action in five meets…Tallied two top-three finishes at the 2026 MAC Championship (Feb. 27-28), as she helped the DMR squad place second overall with a time of 11:26.61 and took third in the 3000m with a mark of 9:26.32…Set a personal best time of 4:44.66 in the mile and placed fourth at the Heartland Invitational (Feb. 13-14)…Tallied a personal record time of 9:22.58 in the 3000m at the Meyo Invitational (Jan. 30-31)…Took sixth in the mile with a time of 4:45.92 at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 24)…Earned a seventh-place finish in the 5000m with a mark of 16:37.42 at the GVSU Holiday Open (Dec. 5).
2024-25
2025 Outdoor
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
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.
2023-24
2024 Outdoor
Competed in five outdoor meets… Highest finish was runner-up in the 1500 at the Billy Hayes Invitational…
2024 Indoor
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
2022-23
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.
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
2025-26
2026 Outdoor
Did not compete.
2026 Indoor
Saw action in five meets…Tallied two top-three finishes at the 2026 MAC Championship (Feb. 27-28), as she helped the DMR squad place second overall with a time of 11:26.61 and took third in the 3000m with a mark of 9:26.32…Set a personal best time of 4:44.66 in the mile and placed fourth at the Heartland Invitational (Feb. 13-14)…Tallied a personal record time of 9:22.58 in the 3000m at the Meyo Invitational (Jan. 30-31)…Took sixth in the mile with a time of 4:45.92 at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 24)…Earned a seventh-place finish in the 5000m with a mark of 16:37.42 at the GVSU Holiday Open (Dec. 5).
2024-25
2025 Outdoor
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
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.
2023-24
2024 Outdoor
Competed in five outdoor meets… Highest finish was runner-up in the 1500 at the Billy Hayes Invitational…
2024 Indoor
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
2022-23
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.
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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