2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Gianna Konen
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Arrowhead HS
- Hometown:
- Hartland, Wis.
2024-2025:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Sr.): Competed in seven events … Set an 800m PR of 2:25.58 at the Marquette Invitational (April 11).
Indoor (Sr.): Competed in five events … Set a new mile PR of 5:16.41 at the Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 22).
Cross Country (Sr): Ran in six meets for the Golden Eagles ... ran a 6k PR of 22:52.6 at the Great Lakes Regional ... ran a 5k PR of 19:34.6 at the National Catholic Invitational ... ran a 4k PR of 15:20.8 at the Vic Godfrey Open.
2023-24:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Cross Country (Jr.): Ran in five meets for the Golden Eagles … Ran a 3M in 19:15.0 placing 33rd in the Bradley Intercollegiate meet.
Indoor (Jr.): Competed in four events ... Ran a PR mile at John Tierney Classic (Jan. 20) at 5:27.33 to finish fifth ... Set a PR in the 3000m at GVSU Bill Clinger Classic (Jan. 26) at 10:45.75 to finish sixth.
Outdoor (Jr.): Competed in six events ... Set a PR in the 1500m at the Marquette Invitational (Apr. 12) with a time of 5:00.17 ... Set a PR in the 5000m at the Gibson Invitational (Apr. 18) at 18:28.74 ... Ran an 800m PR at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (Apr. 25) at 2:32.92.
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (So.): Competed in four meets in the season … At the Marquette Invitational (Apr. 22), recorded a career best time of 19:34.60 in the 5K … Clocked another personal high time of 5:19.62 in the 1500m at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (Apr. 28) … Added a final personal best to the season with a time of 11:21.64 in the 3K at the Wisconsin Classic (May. 5).
Indoor (So.): Ran in three meets … Finished third in the 3000 meters at the Tadd Metzger Invitational on Feb. 4 with a PR of 11:22.96. Clocked a PR of 1:55.44 in the 600 meters to finish fifth … Ran PRs in the 1000 meters (3:28.46) and mile (5:44.35) a t the DePaul Alumni Classic on Jan. 20.
Cross Country (So.): Appeared in five meets for MU … Ran a 5k PR of 20:24.8 at the Joe Piane Invitational on Sept. 30 to place 77th overall ... Recorded a 6k personal best of 24:16.5 to finish 68th at the Bradley ‘Pink’ Invite (Oct. 14).
2021-22:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Fr.): Competed in five meets … Ran a personal best time in the 1500-meters at the Warhawk Invitational & Multi (Apr. 22-23) with a time of 5:20.60 … Recorded a PR of 19:57.70 in the 5K at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (Apr. 29).
Indoor (Fr.): Appeared in four meets during her freshman season … Took second in the 800 meters at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite (Dec. 10) with a PR of 2:33.10 … A member of the 4x400 team that took fourth at the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 29) clocking a time of 4:21.53.
Cross Country (Fr.): Finished 130th at the Bradley "Pink" Classic on Oct. 15 (6k; 25:52.7) ... Took 19th at the Illini Open (Oct. 22) with a time of 26:00.0 (6k).
Prior to Marquette: Lettered three times in cross country and twice in track at Arrowhead High School under coaches Curt Kaczor, Eric Moore and Dave Mcconville … Co-captain of her distance track team as a senior in 2021 … Her cross country team qualified for the state championships in her sophomore and junior year … Her cross country team were conference and regional champions in her senior year … Named Classic 8 Conference scholar-athlete in her senior year … PR’s: 800m (2:29), 1600m (5:32), 5k (20:30).
Personal: Konen was born October 1, 2002 in Hartland, Wisconsin to Jerry and Julie Konen … Has four siblings, Mariah, Alex, Austin, and Tony … Majoring in nursing.
