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2026 Cross Country Roster

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Anabella Witschen

  • Class Senior
  • High School Monticello
  • Hometown Monticello, Minn.

Biography

Anabella Witschen-Season-Career Results

Career Bests
6k – 23:19.6 (Oct. 18, 2025, Linfield George Oja Invitational)
5k – 20:02.8 (Sept. 6, 2024, Toni St. Pierre Invitational)

Academic Awards
Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (2026)
Academic All-MIAC (2024, 2025)

2025: Competed in six races this season … Recorded a personal-best time of 23:19.6 (6k) at the Linfield George Oja Invitational, finishing 116th in the loaded field … Ran a season-best 5k time of 20:08.7 at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational, finishing 13th … Ended her season capturing 126th at the NCAA Division III North Region Cross Country Championships, finishing the 6k with a time of 25:03.8 … 

2024: Competed in five races this season … Ran a career-best time of 20:02.8 (5k) at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational, finishing 23rd … Recorded a season-best 6k time of 24:58.0 at the Interregional Invitational, finishing 247th … Ended her season capturing 83rd at the MIAC Championships, finishing the 6k with a time of 25:39.5 … 

2023: Competed in six races this season … Ran a personal-best 5k time of 20:35.0 at the Fall Finale, finishing fourth … Recorded a career-best time of 24:47.8 (6k) at the MIAC Championships, finishing 66th … 

High School: A 2023 graduate of Monticello High School … Participated in cross country for four years, track and field for two years, and softball for one year … Earned cross country all-conference academic awards each year from 2019-2023 as well as lettered in cross country each year … Earned track and field all-conference academic awards for both years she participated as well as lettered in track and field both years … Participated in the Minnesota Honors Society … Proudest moment of her career was pushing herself past the limits she had set for herself while achieving many accomplishments … 

Personal: Majoring in exercise and health science with a minor in nutrition … Daughter of Mathew and Katrina Witschen … Has 6 siblings: Gabby, Wyatt, Polly, Mae, Valencia, and Jeffery … Enjoys reading, cooking/ baking, and going on walks … Likes being a collegiate student-athlete because she gets to be a part of an amazing team that pushes and uplifts one another but also has fun and takes care of their teammates …

Historical Player Information

  • 2023First Year

    5'4"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2025Junior

    5'4"
  • 2026Senior

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