2020-21 Cross Country Roster
Gretchen Pfeiffer
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Colleyville Heritage HS
- Hometown:
- Colleyville, Tex.
2024-2025
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Sr.): Competed in eight events … Set a 5000m PR of 20:09.09 at the WashU Distance Carnival (March 28) … Competed at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
Indoor (Sr.): Competed in four events … Set a 800m PR of 2:20.03 at the Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 22) … Competed at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
Cross Country (Gr): Ran in six meets for the Golden Eagles ... ran a 6k PR of 23:30.9 at the Great Lakes Regional ... ran a 5k PR of 19:54.3 at the National Catholic Invitational ... ran a 4k PR of 15:13.6 at the Vic Godfrey Open ... Team captain.
2023-24
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Cross Country (Sr.): Ran in one event ... Finished in 95th at Platte River Rumble 6k (Oct. 13) at 25:58.0.
Indoor (Sr.): Competed in seven events ... Set a PR in the mile at GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 9) at 5:14.64 ... Set a PR at the Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 17) in the 800m at 2:22.63.
Outdoor (Sr.): Ran in four events ... Set a PR in the 300m steeplechase at the Marquette Invitational (April 12) at 12:02.41 to finish second ... Set a PR in the 1500m at Badger Challenge (May 3) at 4:51.25.
2022-23:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Jr.): Saw action in six meets … Recorded a career-best time of 5:07.40 in the 1500m at the Gibson Invitational & Multis (Apr. 13-15) … Posted a career-best in the steeplechase, placing first with a time of 12:02.82 at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative (Apr. 28) … Had a season best time in the 800m of 2:22.94 at the Wisconsin Classic (May 5) … Ran in the 4x800 for MU at the BIG EAST Championships (May 11-13), taking ninth as a team with a time of 9:23.09.
Indoor (Jr.): Ran in six meets … Took second in the 600 meters at the Tadd Metzger Invitational on Feb. 4 with a personal best of 1:45.74. Ran a PR of 11:30.72 in the 3000 meters … Ran a PR of 2:22.73 in the 800 meters at the Hoosier Hills Invitational on Feb. 10 to place fourth … Ran a mile PR of 5:28.46 at the Badger Valentine Invitational on Feb. 17.
Cross Country (Jr.): Appeared in five meets … Ran a personal best in the 5k at the Joe Piane Invitational (Sept. 30) with a time of 21:14.0, placed 112th … At the Bradley ‘Pink’ Classic (Oct.14), ran a PR of 24:57.9 to take 95th.
2021-22:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (So.): Ran in four meets for Marquette … Achieved a personal best in the 1500 meters with a time of 5:47.07 at the Marquette Invitational (Apr. 10) … Ran a season-best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:35.72 to take sixth at the Warhawk Invitational & Multi (Apr. 22).
Indoor (So.): Competed in the 800m and mile over five meets for MU … Took first in the 800 meters at the Blue Demon Holiday Invite (Dec. 10) posting a time of 2:31.82 … Ran a PR 5:44.38 in the Mile at the Lake Michigan Open (Jan. 22) … Set a personal best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:29.92 at the Parkside Classic (Feb. 4).
Cross Country (So.): Took 46th with a time of 21:42.7 at the Evansville Opener ... Finished 139th with a time of 27:13.0 (6k) at the Redbird Invite (Sept. 17) ... Finished 393rd at the Live in Lou Classic (Oct. 2) with a time of 22:14.8 (5k) ... Took 148th at the Bradley "Pink" Classic on Oct. 15 (6k; 26:38.5) ... Placed 20th at the Illini Open (Oct. 22) with a time of 27:05.3 (6k).
2020-21:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Cross Country (Fr.): Did not compete.
Prior to Marquette: Lettered four times each in cross country and track at Colleyville High School under coach Nick Taylor ... Also played two years of high school tennis, where she finished third in the state as a freshman ... Pfeiffer was a two-year captain of the cross country team, where she helped her team finish second in the district in all four years of her career ... She led Colleyville to its first ever appearances at state in 2018 and 2019, where the team finished 13th in both seasons ... Individually, she finished in the top-10 at districts in each of her four years while her best finish at state was 43rd as a senior in 2019 ... She made both the All-State and Academic All-State teams as a senior ... On the track, she competed in the 800, 1600 and 3200-meter events, where she made numerous top-10 finishes in the district in all four years of high school ... She also competed as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished first in the district during her sophomore season ... She holds her school record in the 5k (18:36) and 2k steeplechase (7:51) and was a member of the fastest 4x400-meter relay team in school history (4:07) ... Her PR's: 18:36 (5k), 2:22 (800), 5:15 (1600), 7:25 (2k steeplechase).
Personal: Pfeiffer was born on Aug. 9, 2002 in Omaha, Nebraska to Jill and Jay Pfeiffer ... Her father, Jay, played collegiate soccer at Marquette while her mother, Jill, played golf at Creighton University ... Has a younger sister, Justine, and a younger brother, Tobias ... Plans on studying biomedical engineering.
