Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country at Platte River Rumble on October 17, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
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1:00 p.m.
Women's Cross Country
at Platte River Rumble
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Women's Cross Country Roster
Donnay, Anna
Anna Donnay
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kimball, Minn.
- High School:
- Kimball H.S.
Bio
2020-21:
OUTDOOR: Appeared in four meets participating in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters...placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the Summit League Outdoor Championships pacing herself to a 36:05.86 finish...recorded a scoring performance in the 5,000 meters as well at the outdoor championships in a season best time of 17:26.79.
INDOOR: Competed in three meets participating in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...came home with the bronze in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Indoor Championships with a time of 17:11.78...also scored for the Jackrabbits in the 3,000 meters at the indoor championships placing seventh overall in sub 10:00 (9:55.70).
CROSS COUNTRY: Took third overall at the 2020 Summit Championships to help her team take first with a low total of 22 points crossing line the in 21:58.Â
2019-20:
OUTDOOR:Â Season cancelled
INDOOR:Picked up three different PR’s during the season… a personal best 9:49.77 3K to take fourth at the Summit League Championships, a 5:09.53 to win the mile at the SDSU Last Chance Meet and a 5K mark of 17:02.49 from the Iowa State Classic.
CROSS COUNTRY: Season-long leader for SDSU….finished first amongst Jackrabbits in each outing…. Took tenth overall at the Roy Griak Invitational and 6th at Pre-Nationals where she ran a PR of 20:52.1… crossed the line second at the Summit League Championships with a 21:02.3 before taking 10th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals.
2018-19:
OUTDOOR: Competed in the 5K and 10k across six competitions.... Earned her 5K and 10K PR’s at the Summit League Championships where she finished seventh in the 5k with a 16:53.95 and a 10K mark of 36:49.34.
INDOOR: Ran a season-best 5K of 17:39.69 at the Summit League Championships… ran a season-best 3K of 10:16.13 at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
CROSS COUNTRY: Opened the season with a 4K PR of 14:34.8 at the NDSU Bison Open… improved her 6K time in each competition of that distance, dropping 35 seconds flat going from 22:35.2 at the Greeno/ Dirksen Invitational to 22:00.2 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals.
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events ... competed in her first career 10,000m at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12), placing fourth (36:59.52), and third career outdoor 5,000m, finishing runner-up (17:20.01) - her first career outdoor top-three finish ... ran a PR in the 5,000m at the Bryan Clay (4/18-20), recording fourth place in the fourth section (17:02.22) - posting the school’s 10th-best mark all-time ... competed in her first career 1,500m at the Bryan Clay with a time of 4:46.28 ... finished the season with the fifth-best 1,500m mark on the team’s performance list (ranked 20th in the league), second-best 5,000m (sixth), and best 10,000m mark (fourth).
INDOOR: Competed in five events ... finished eighth (17:27.98) in the 5,000m at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) with her PR of two career indoor attempts ... added her first career mile mark at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16), posting fourth (5:13.12) ... ran two 3,000m with a PR at the Husker Invite (2/2-3) where she finished 10th (10:10.26) ... had the team’s ninth-best mile mark on the season performance list (31st in the league), second-best 3,000m (13th), and second-best 5,000m (11th).
CROSS COUNTRY:Â Competed in seven events as a freshman on the cross country team ... finished third on the team, 96th overall (21:43.7) in her best 6k at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/10) ... placed second the team, 13th overall (21:50.76) to earn second-team all-Summit League honors at The Summit League Championships (10/28) ... ran her best 5k at the SDSU Classic (9/29), recording fifth on the team, ninth overall (19:05.08) ... to start the season, placed second among Jacks, seventh overall (14:42.2) in the 4k at the NDSU Open (9/1).Â
BEFORE SDSU: Three-time all-state honoree in cross country (2014-16) ... placed a personal-best third place in the 2014 Minnesota class A state competition ... conference and sectional cross country champion in 2015-16 ... won the 3,200m three straight year (2015-17) in the conference and sectionals ... earned three all-state honors in the 3,200, placing a personal-best fourth in 2015 ... competed in the 1,600m at the state track and field meet in 2016-17 ... team captain for three years (XC 2015-16, TF 2017) ... selected as MVP four times (XC 2015-16, TF 2016-17) ... member of the National Honor Society (2016-17), honor roll (2013-17), and student government (2015-17) ... sister of former Jackrabbit teammate, Emily Donnay.
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