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2019 Women's Cross Country Roster

Aby Smidt

  • Class Senior
  • High School Brighton
  • Hometown Brighton, Colo.
  • Previous School Johnson County (Kan.) CC

Biography

  • 2019-20 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2019 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2019 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
  • 2018-19 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2018 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester 
  • 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
OUTDOOR INDOOR CROSS COUNTRY
400 1:06.23 5K 20:54.8
800 2:29.90 800 2:32.71 6K 24:31.5
1500 5:13.96 Mile 6:00.33
5000 22:18.66

2020 Outdoor: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: At the RMAC Championships on Feb. 28-29, ran on the 11th-place 4x400 relay. ... Finished second in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:36.86 at the Mines Friday Night Invitational on Feb. 21. ... Placed 10th in the 800 (2:37.89) and ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay at the Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 7-8. ... At the Chadron State Open on Jan. 18, finished sixth in the 800 (2:34.17) and ran on the third-place 4x400 relay. ... Ran a personal-best mile (6:00.33) for 20th and also ran on the seventh-place 4x400 relay at the Potts Open on Jan. 10-11. ... Opened the season by running a personal-best 5,000 time of 22:18.66 for seventh at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi on Dec. 5.

2019 Cross Country: Finished with a personal-best 6-kilometer time of 24 minutes, 31.5 seconds to place 95th at the RMAC Championships on Oct. 26. ... Placed sixth among MSU Denver runners and 190th overall at the Lewis (Ill.) Crossover on Oct. 12 with a 6K time of 25:08.3 in sloppy conditions. ... Ran a personal-best 5K time of 20:54.8 to finish 37th at the season-opening UCCS RustBuster on Sept. 7.

2019 Outdoor: Ran a personal best in the 1,500 with a time of 5 minutes, 13.96 seconds in the preliminaries of- the RMAC Championships...Turned in what had been her best time in the 1,500 at the Colorado Invitational, running 5:20.17 for 63rd place...Finished 13th in the 1,500 at the Spank Blasing on March 30 with a time of 5:22.43...Placed 15th in the 800 at the Fum McGraw on March 23 with a time of 2:42.68.

2018-19 Indoor: Ran on the 11th place distance medley relay (13:59.25) at the RMAC Championships on Feb. 23...Placed fifth in the 800 at a triangular hosted by Colorado School of Mines on Feb. 15, running 2:41.39...Ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:32.71 for 10th place at the Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open on Feb. 9...Ran a personal-best indoor mile time of 6:09.26 at the Mines Division II Invite & Multi on Jan. 26, placing 13th. Also ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay (4:38.69)...Finished 10th in the 800 (2:34.04) and also ran on the sixth place 4x400 relay (4:26.74) at the CSC Open on Jan. 20...Finished fourth in the 800 at the Mines Alumni Classic & Multi on Dec. 7 with a time of 2:34.39.

2018 Cross Country: Ran 6K in 27:01.5 at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 3, placing 123rd...Turned in a personal-best 5K time of 21:25.0 to place 53rd at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Oct. 13...Ran her personal best in the 6K at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 6, a 26:56.1 that was good for 112th place...Finished 68th at the Mountaineer-Cowboy Open on Sept. 15 with a 5K time of 22:01.7...Ran 5K in 22:50.8 for 58th place at the UCCS Rustbuster Invite on Sept. 1.

2018 Outdoor: Ran the 800 in 2:30.35 to place 18th at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 14...Ran a personal best in the 800 at the CSU-Pueblo Spank Blasing Invite on March 31, turning in a 2:29.90 that was good for 13th place. Also ran on the sixth-place 4x400 relay (4:22.39)...Opened her MSU Denver outdoor career by running a personal best in the 400 at the Mines Nature's Bakery Invite on March 24, turning in a 1:06.23 for 14th place.

2017-18 Indoor: Finished 11th in the 800 at the Air Force Open on Feb. 16 with a time of 2:46.32...Ran a season-best 2:34.06 in the 800 at the Colorado Invitational on Feb. 3, placing 24th...Finished 10th in the 800 (2:44.22) at the Mines Twilight Classic on Jan. 20.

2017 Cross Country: Placed 37th at the Roadrunner Invitational with a 5K time of 22:50.8...Ran 6K in 27:52.1 to finish 69th at the Colorado College Invite on Sept. 9...Made her MSU Denver debut at the CSU Duals-D2 Combined on Sept. 1, running 5K in 24:10.8 for 46th place.

Before MSU Denver: Ran cross country at Johnson County (Kan.) Community College...Placed 12th in the 5,000 meters at the NJCAA Region VI Outdoor Championships on April 29, 2016, running 22 minutes, 0.31 seconds...Placed eighth in the 1,000 at the Region VI Indoor Championships on Feb. 20, 2016 with a time of 3:22.84...Coached by Mike Bloemker.

High School: Brighton High School class of 2015...Ran a personal-best time of 2:34.52 in the 800 for fourth place at the 2014 East Metro Athletic Conference Championships...Clocked a personal-best time of 5:51.6 in the 1,600...Recorded a personal-best time of 1:07.15 in the 400...Turned in a personal record in the 3,200 with a time of 14:08.26 as a freshman...Four-year letterwinner in academics, cross country, and track...Academic all-state all four years…Coached by her mother, Karen Smidt. 

Personal: Born Abigail Samantha Smidt in Brighton, Colo... Birthday is Sept. 11...Daughter of Dan and Karen Smidt...Has a sister, Meghan...Majoring in English with a writing focus.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior