![Lana Yeakel](/Lana_Yeakel_Sr.png?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Year:
- Sr
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- Hometown:
- Mazeppa, Minn.
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- High School:
- Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School
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- Events:
- Sprints/Jumps
Bio
2023 Outdoor:
- Competed in 10 meets, including the NAIA Outdoor Championships
- NSAA Champion in the 4x100, and All-Conference in the 4x100, 100, 200, and Long Jump
- Collected three gold medals in the long jump on the year, four in the 4x100, and one in the 100
- 10 other top-three finishes
- Set her PR in the 200 at the Meet of the UnSaintly with a time of 26.17
- Set two PRs at the NSAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump, 5.63m (18’ 5.75”), and the 100, 12.15 seconds
2022-23 Indoor (Senior):
- Competed in seven meets
- NSAA All-Conference in the Long Jump, 200, and 60
- Claimed Gold medals in the 4x200 at the Ripon Winter Open & Multi, in the long jump at the UW-Oshkosh 'Early Bird' Invite, and in the 60 at the Red Hawk Invite
- Collected five more top-five finishes
- Recorded her PR 60 time at the Dick Hendricks Invite with a time of 7.87
2022 Outdoor (Junior):
- NSAA All-Conference Long Jumper
- NSAA All-Conference in the 4x100m relay
- A member of the 4x100m relay team that took first the the Conference meet with a time of 51.00
- Took first place in long jump at the NSAA Outdoor Championships with a jump of 5.50m (wind-assisted)
- Jumped a PR 5.44m in the long jump at the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier
- 4x100m relay team set a team-season best time of 49.11 at the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier
- Ran a personal best 12.41 in the 100m at the Conference meet, placing fourth
2021-2022 Indoor:
- Competed in six meets
- Had a personal best in the 300-meter run (44.34)
- Ran the 55-meter run with a personal best of (7.48)
- Personal best in long jump (5.04) at the NSAA Indoor Championship
2021 Outdoor (Sophomore):
- Competed in six meets
- Ran the 200-meter run (26.41) placing fourth
- Had a personal best in the 400-meter run (1:01.70) at the SMU Drake Alternative
- Personal best in the 100-meter run (13.44) placing fifth
2021 Indoor:
- Competed in five meets
- Was apart of the 4x200 race and placed first at the Frigid Bee Invitational
2020 Outdoor (Freshman):
- Did not have a season due to Covid-19
2019-2020 Indoor:
- Competed in seven meets
- Had a personal best in the 60-meter run (8.04) at the NSAA Indoor Championship
- Ran the 200-meter run with a personal best (27.15) at the NSAA Indoor Championship
High School:
- Earned four letters as a member of the track and field team at Zumbrota-Mazeppa High School
- Three-time All-Conference award winner, Team MVP winner, and Conference and Section Champion
- School record holder for the long jump
- Earned four letters as a member of the soccer team
- Two-time Team Captain and All-Conference award winner
- Named Team MVP as a senior
- Member of National Honor Society, Student Council, SADD, and yearbook
Personal:
- Parents are Leila and Peter Yeakel
- Majoring in Nursing
- Why Viterbo? - "I enjoyed the small school atmosphere and heard amazing things about the nursing program."
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