2017-18 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sasha Hovind

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool North Sargent HS
  • Hometown Stirum, N. D.

Biography

Cross Country 

2017: Came second at the Jimmie Invitational with a time of 17:42.0 (5k). Hovind also came fourth at the NSIC Conference Championships and 2nd at the Central Regional Championships with times of 21:15.1 (6k), and 21:11.1 (6k), respectively... Hovind went on to a tenth placed finish at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 21:08.7 (6k), earning her not only All-NSIC and All-Region honors, but also another All-American honor...

2016: Redshirt Season...

2015: Qualified for the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, after finished fifth in 20:49.5 from the Central Region Meet... Earned her second straight All-American honor finishing 13th from the championships with a time of 20:50.40... Placed third at the NSIC Championships in 22:19.30...

2014: Earned her first All-American honor finishing 15th from the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with 21:38.40... Placed third from the NCAA Central Region Meet with a time of 21:20.40... Won the NSIC Championships in 21:19.80... Finished second at the Roy Griak Invite, with a time of 22:13.40...

Track and Field

2017-18: Recorded season best times of 34:12.43 in the 10,000m, and 16:34.50 in the 5000m…Tallied six top ten finishes on the season… Placed first in the 5000m at the Sioux City Relays… Was the NSIC Champion in the 10,000m… Placed second in the 5000m at the NSIC Championships… Placed sixth in the 10,000m and seventh in the 5000m at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships…

2016-17: Recorded a personal best of 5:11.42 in the mile… Won the 3000m run at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite… Finished as the 5000m runner-up at the NSIC Indoor Championships, earning All-Conference… Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 5000m ranked 14th overall prior… Finished in 12th from the championships, earning the eighth All-American honor of her career… Was Named the NSIC Willis R. Kelly Scholar-Athlete recipient… Named the Northern State Hildred Wolfe Award recipient…

2015-16: Competed in the distance events for the Wolves… Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 5,000m run and finished eighth overall earning All-American status… Broke the indoor school record in the 5,000m run with a time of 16:31.40… Was the NSIC Indoor Champion in the 5,000m run… Won the 5,000m run at the SDSU Indoor Classic and the 3,000m run at the Bison Classic… Tallied nine top-10 finishes in just 11 races prior to the NCAA Outdoor Championships… Finished second at the NSIC Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m run and fourth in the 5,000m run… Broke the outdoor school record in both the 5,000m (16:31.19) and 10,000m (34:59.59)… Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the 5,000m and 10,000m runs… Earned her sixth All-American honor of her career finishing fourth in the 10,000m run in a school record 34:59.59… Placed ninth in the 5,000m run from the NCAA Outdoor Championships…

2014-15: Recorded personal bests in the 1500m (5:05.93), mile (5:19.21), 3000m (9:59.55), 5000m (16:47.94), and 10,000m (35:00.46)… Ran to school records in the indoor 3000m (9:59.55) and 5000m (17:15.68) runs, and the outdoor 5000m (16:47.94) and 10,000m (35:00.46) runs… Earned All-American status at the NCAA Outdoor Championships finishing eighth in the 10,000m run and seven in the 5,000m run in school record fashion… Took second in both the 5,000m and 10,000m runs at the NSIC Championships… Finished first in the 5000m run at the Kip Janvrin Open, Sioux City Relays, and NSU Outdoor Open… Ran to a sixth place finish at the Drake Relays in the 10,000m… Finished first in the mile and distance medley relay at the Cobber Duals… 

2014: Indoor: career-best in the mile with a time of 5:36.69 … ran a career-best time of 10:32.40 at the NSIC Championships in the 3,000 meters … ran a time of 17:57.41, which was a career-best in the 5,000 and placed 10th at the NSIC Championships. Outdoor: placed 10th in the 10,000 at the NSIC Championships with a career-best time of 37:36.63

Career and Season Bests

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2015-16Junior

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  • 2016-17Senior

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  • 2017-18Redshirt Senior

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