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Illinois State University Athletics

2022 Cross Country Roster

Ashley Heagy

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Peru, Ill.
  • Highschool LaSalle-Peru HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS

2021 FALL (Fr.): Competed in five meets in her second year as a Redbird, including the MVC Cross Country Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional (11/12)…Placed 149th at the NCAA Regional, clocking in with a time of 23:01.36…Set a personal best at the MVC Championships (10/29), finishing the 6K circuit in a time of 22:23.1, crossing the finish line as the fourth Redbird and 26th overall…Competed in the women’s 6K red race at the Bradley Classic (10/15), finishing 88th overall with a time of 22:25.5…Was the second Redbird to cross the finish line at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (10/1), finishing the 5K race in a personal-best time of 18:28.5…Opened the season at the Redbird Invite (9/17), posting a 33rd-place finish with a time of 22:20.1.

2021 SPRING (Fr.): Posted a top-20 finish overall (20th) at the MVC Cross Country Championships as ISU's third finisher with a time of 18:44.0...Placed 43rd overall in the first cross country race of her Illinois State career, finishing with a 5K time of 19:07.5.

LaSALLE-PERU HS: Four-time IHSA 2A Girls Track & Field State Qualifier...Named team MVP as a junior and senior...Placed fifth in the 800m (2:21.85) at the 2019 State Championships, earning All-State honors...Helped the 4x800m relay to a third-place finish at the 2018 State Championships, breaking a school and area record and earning All-State honors (9:29.06)...Was the 2019 Interstate 8 Conference XC runner-up...2019 IHSA Class 2A XC LaSalle-Peru Regional Champion...Finished 17th at the 2019 IHSA Class 2A State XC Championships.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Eric and Jennifer Heagy...Has two sisters, Peyton and Ella...Mother, Jenny played volleyball at Kankakee CC and Arkansas State...Plans to major in Accounting...2020 LaSalle-Peru High School Valedictorian...Named an AP Scholar with Distinction, an Illinois State Scholar, a PSAT Commended Scholar and a member of the IHSA All-Academic Honorable Mention Team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior