2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Ayva Burshem-Season-Career Results
Career Bests
6k – 25:30.0 (Oct. 18, 2025, Linfield George Oja Invitational)
5k – 20:39.4 (Sept. 6, 2024, Toni St. Pierre Invitational)
Academic Awards
Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee (2026)
Academic All-MIAC (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Competed in three races this season … Recorded a career-best time 25:30.0 (6k) at the Linfield George Oja Invitational, finishing 248th in the loaded field … Ended her season capturing 101st at the MIAC Championship, finishing with a time of 25:46.6 …
2024: Competed in five races this season … Recorded a career-best time of 20:39.4 (5k) at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational … Ran a career-best time of 26:06.8 (6k) at the MIAC Championship, finishing 96th to end her season …
2023: Competed in five races this season … Recorded a career-best time of 23:00.4 (5k) at the Toni St. Pierre Invitational … Ran a career-best time of 26:50.5 (6k) at the Connecticut College Invitational …
2022: Competed in three races this season … Ran a season-best time of 27:30.8 (6k) at the 2022 DIII National Preview … Ended her season capturing 125th at the MIAC Championships, finishing with a time of 27:42.9 …
High School: A 2022 graduate of Maple Grove Senior High … Competed in cross country for two years, swimming for three years, Nordic skiing for three years, and track and field for five years … Earned the Grace Heitzig Award in Nordic skiing (2020) … Received the Crimson Award in track and field (2021) … Proudest moments in her cross country career were when she reached her goals or earned new personal-bests …
Personal: Majoring in exercise science with minors in pre-occupational therapy and psychology … Daughter of Jill Schierholz and Reed Burshem … Has six siblings: Jay, Micah, Leo, Violet, Emery, and Elsie … Likes to travel, hike, and swim … Likes being a collegiate student-athlete because she enjoys having a community that she can always lean on. She also likes to compete at the collegiate level because it helps her stay motivated and disciplined …
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