2026 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Makenna Madetzke
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Ankeny High
- Hometown:
- Ankeny, Iowa
High School XC PR | 5k: 17:56.8
High School Track PR | 800m: 2:09.16, 1500m: 4:33.17, Mile: 4:53.25, 3000m: 10:14.13
Background
Madetzke joins the Bears from Ankeny, Iowa, where she was a four-year starter for Ankeny High School ... Helped the Hawks earn three consecutive seventh-place finishes at the Iowa State Cross Country Championships during her first three seasons ... Progressed from a 20:21.4 5K as a freshman to a personal-best 17:56.8 as a senior ... Earned all-academic conference honors throughout her prep career and was a multiple-time state qualifier in cross country ... Named the Hawks' cross country team MVP as a junior and senior and earned first-team all-state and elite all-state recognition as a senior ... Helped Ankeny finish fifth at the state track championships as a junior and third as a senior ... Captured Iowa state championships in the 800-meter run and sprint medley relay as a senior while finishing runner-up in the 1500 meters ... Won the 800 meters at the Drake Relays and finished runner-up in the mile ... Earned Nike Outdoor Nationals All-America honors during her junior season ... Set school records in the 800 meters, 1500 meters and sprint medley relay and was part of a 4x800-meter school record earlier in her career.
Personal
Makenna Ann Madetzke was born on March 25, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa ... Daughter of Mark and Staci Madetzke ... Has one sister, Sydney ... Her uncle, Cory Slining, played baseball at Creighton ... Plans to major in exercise science.
