Anna Pasternak

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Brighton, Mich.
High School:
Hartland

Last Updated: Feb. 17, 2016

At Michigan
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (2015)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2012-15)
• Member of Big Ten championship team (2012)
• Member of four NCAA Great Lakes Regional championship teams (2011-13, '15)
• All-Great Lakes Region (2015)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2014)
• Five-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner (2011-12-13-14-15).

Fifth-year Senior (2015)
• Ran 20:59.3 to finish 120th and help U-M to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21)
• Had a career-best 11th-place finish at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13), running 20:54.7 to help U-M to the team title
• Ran a collegiate-best 20:47.3 for 23rd place at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1)
• Finished 15th with a career best time of 17:16.14 helping U-M to win the 5,000-meter Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 3)
• Ran 17:18.0 to help U-M to a team win at the 5,000-meter Commodore Classic (Sept. 19), finishing ninth
• Finished fourth with a time of 17:24.8 in the 5,000-meter event at the EMU Celebration (Sept. 5).

Senior/Junior (2014)
• Ran to a 125th place finish with a time of 21:23.7 at the 6,000-meter NCAA Championships (Nov. 22), where U-M finished 18th
• Helped U-M to fourth place at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 14) with a 43rd-place finish (21:03)
• Ran to a time of 20:48.9 at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championship (Nov. 2), good for 28th place overall, helping U-M to a third-place showing ... Helped the Wolverines to a third-place team showing at 6,000-meter NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct.18) with a time of 21:49.5
• Finished in 10th place at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Preview (Sept. 20) with a time of 21:47.93, helping U-M to a near-perfect 16 points and a first-place finish
• Began the season with a fifth-place finish (17:51.9) at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Aug. 29).

Junior/Sophomore (2013)
• Finished 105th (21:20.6) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Championships (Nov. 23), helping U-M finish fourth -- its best finish since 2006
• Finished 30th (21:08) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15), helping U-M defend its third straight title
• Finished 32nd (21:49.4) at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championships (Nov.3)
• Finished 126th (21:39.10) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19)
• Finished 11th (22:06.48) at the 6,000-meter Rim Rock Farm Classic (Oct. 5)
• Finished 16th (22:27.6) at the 6,000-meter Purdue Invitational (Sept. 13)
• Opened the season with a seventh-place finish (18:42.33) at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Aug. 30).

Sophomore/Freshman (2012)
• Won her first collegiate race (17:49.3) at the 5,000-meter EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 19) -- Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week for her performance (Oct. 23)
• Finished 37th (22:06.1) in the 6,000-meter open race at NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 13)
• Finished 34th (22:02.2) at the 6,000-meter Rim Rock Farm Classic (Sept. 29)
• Finished 41st (22:27) at the 6,000-meter Spartan Invitational (Sept. 14)
• Opened the season with a ninth-place finish (19:17) at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Aug. 31).

Freshman (2011)
• Redshirted
• Competed unattached at the EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21), placing 14th in 18:47.08
• Ran unattached at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2), finishing 11th in a time of 19:34.70.

Prep ... Graduated from Hartland High School (2011) ... National Honor Society ... Top-10 Graduate ... Academic-All State in cross country, track & field and swimming ... Cross Country ... State Qualifier (2007-10) ... Set new school record in 5K (18:43) as a sophomore (2008) ... Two-year Team Captain (2009, '10) ... Track & Field ... All-County (2007, '08, '09) ... Set new school records in the 1600-meters (5:13) in 2008 and 3200-meters (11:12) in 2010 ... Member of All-State 4x800-meter relay team (5th, 9:23) in 2011 ... Two-year Team Captain (2010, '11).

Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts Honors Program ... Majoring in psychology ... Born on June 11, 1993 ... Daughter of Leon and Emily Pasternak.