Career Achievements: career-best 5K 18:13 (2015)...career-best 6K 22:07 (2015).

2015

Closed her final season competed in six events and capturing her career-best 5K and 6K times…earned her career-best 5K at the MVC Championships with a time of 18:13…her career-best 6K time is 22:07 where she earned at the Bradley Classic…placed 26th at the ISU Invite…ran a 18:18 at the 5K Notre Dame Invite…closed her season at the NCAA Midwest Regional. 

2014

Competed in five events on the season...captured two personal-best performances...earned personal-best 5K at the MVC Championships with a time of 17:10 finishing 36th...personal-best 6K time was at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:30...Opened the season at the Wisconsin Opener with a 4K time of 15:18...at the ISU Invite finished 29th...at the Bradley Classic finished with a 6K time of 22:31.

2013

Opened the season with an 18th-place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational, posting a 3K time of 11:53.57 … finished 55th at the ISU Invite with a personal-best 5K time of 19:20.25 … ran a 6K time of 20:33.0 at the Titan Invite … closed the season with a 6K time of 24:04 at the Bradley Classic. 

2012

Competed in five events on the season … captured a season-best 5K time of 19:58 at the Illinois Intercollegiate … followed that with a fifth-place finish at the Titan Invitational, running a 5K time of 20:39 … in her only 6K of the season, clocked a time of 24:40 at the Bradley Classic. 

PRIOR TO ISU

Bureau Valley High School: Four-year letterwinner on the track and a two-year letterwinner in cross country … placed 16th at the 2010 Illinois High School Athletic Association Class A State Cross Country Championships in the three-mile with a time of 18:26.00 … finished eighth in the 800-meter run at the 2011 Illinois High School Athletic Association Class A State Track & Field Championships, finishing with a time of 2:17.47 … ran a leg on the 10th-place finishing 4X200-meter relay at the 2009 Illinois High School Athletic Association Class A State Track & Field Championships as a freshman … seven-time all-conference runner … named the team Most Valuable Runner as a junior … member of the honor roll.

Personal: Born 3/17/1994 … daughter of Tobias and Victoria Sanden … has one sibling, Adam … plans to major in public relations.