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2025 Cross Country Roster

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  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Herriman, Utah
    Hometown
  • Herriman HS
    High School
Wardle, Alayna
Alayna Wardle
Sophomore
Class
Herriman, Utah
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2024 XC, 2025 T&F); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024 XC, 2025 T&F); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2025).

2025 (FR)
Cross Country (2024): Took 17th at the Utah State Alumni Challenge with a 5K time of 18:59.24… Placed 42nd at the BYU Autumn Classic with a three-mile time of 16:32.85… Finished eighth at the Utah State-hosted Steve T. Reeder Memorial Invitational with a 5K time of 19:05.56… Took 44th at the Utah Open with a 5K time of 20:12.06.
Indoor: Set a personal best in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:28.34 as she placed 11th at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain States Games… Ran a personal-best mile of 5:19.36 at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invitational, placing 20th.
Outdoor: Set a personal best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:21.78 as she placed third at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational in a time of 11:42.66… Took first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Utah-Weber State Spring Classic, finishing in 11:38.13… Ran a personal-best outdoor mile of 5:19.62 at the Utah Valley Collegiate Invitational, placing 29th.

HIGH SCHOOL: Seven-time letterwinner, four times in cross country and three times in track & field, at Herriman High School in Herriman, Utah… Finished second in the 4x800-meter relay (9:21.85), sixth in the 3,200 meters (10:55.82) and 12th in the 1,600 meters (5:03.48) at the 2024 Utah 6A state track & field meet… Finished 12th (18:41.5) at the 2023 Utah 6A cross country state meet, helping her team to a fifth-place finish… Holds the Herriman HS record in the distance medley relay with a time of 12:14.38… During her senior season, recorded bests of 2:24.25 in the 800 meters, 5:03.48 in the 1,600 meters, 10:55.82 in the 3,200 meters, 5:14 in the indoor mile and 18:41.5 in a 5K race… Was captain of the cross country and track & field teams for two years… Two-time distance runner of the year, 2023 cross country MVP, junior runner of the year, senior runner of the year and four-year varsity award recipient at Herriman HS… Ran for RaceCats club team from 2017-2020… Was first in her graduating class of 678… Named academic all-state in cross country and track & field… Member of the National Honor Society… Senior Class Vice President and a three-year member of student government… Earned the principal’s leadership and service award, AP scholar with distinction and seal of biliteracy in Spanish.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jason and Erika Wardle… Has three siblings… Majoring in dietetics.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
Event Indoor Outdoor
Mile 5:19.36 5:19.62
3,000 Meters 10:28.34  
3,000-Meter Steeplechase   11:21.78
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