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2022-23 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Darral Freund
UCCS Athletics

Heidi Yagen

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • High School Raisbeck Aviation
  • Hometown Auburn, Wash.
  • Previous School Green River College (Wash.)

Biography

  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2023 Academic All-RMAC first team (cross country)
  • 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
  • 2022-23 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2022 Academic All-RMAC first team (cross country)
  • 2022 RMAC Summit Award (cross country)
  • 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
MSU Denver Bests
XC             INDOOR                 OUTDOOR             
Mile 5:44.53 1500 5:07.37
3000 11:31.01
5K 19:11.9 5000 21:16.96 5000 19:24.31
6K 24:23.0

2023 Cross Country: December graduate completed her MSU Denver career on Oct. 21 at the RMAC Championships, where she ran a career-best six kilometer time of 24 minutes, 23.0 seconds for 76th place. ... Finished 30th at the Oct. 6 UCCS Open, running 5K in a career-best 19:11.9. ... At the Sept. 16 Roadrunners Invitational, placed 44th with a 6K time of 25:12.09. ... At the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 2, placed 54th after running 5K in 21:16.91.

2023 Outdoor: Ninth in the 5000 meters at the April 21 Mines Mini Meet, clocking 19:49.25. ... Eighth in the 5000 at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 8 with a time of 19:25.49. ... Topped her previous personal best in the 1500 by 21.57 seconds, finishing 20th in 5:07.37 at the CSU Pueblo Open on April 1. ... Knocked 2:27.11 off her previous personal best in the 5000 at the season-opening CSU Pueblo Early Bird on March 18, finishing 12th in 19:24.31.

2022-23 Indoor: Turned in a second straight personal best in the mile on Feb. 17 at the Air Force Collegiate Open, placing 16th in 5:44.53. ... At the Mines Winter Classic, finished 10th in the 3000 on Feb. 3 with a personal-best 11:31.01 and, on the following day, was 16th in the mile with a personal-best 5:48.59. ... Tenth in the 5000 at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open, clocking 21:16.96. ... Made her season debut Jan. 21 at the UCCS Invitational, finishing eighth in the 3000 in 11:40.77.

2022 Cross Country: Ran yet another 6K personal best, her fourth of the season, while finishing 96th overall and fourth among MSU Denver competitors, contributing to the team score for the first time. ... Placed 73rd at the Nov. 5 RMAC Championships with a 6K time of 25:41.1, her third personal best of the season at that distance. ... Sailed over 5K in 20:01.9, a cross country personal best, to finish 31st at the Oct. 15 Trojan Invitational. ... Placed 44th at the Oct. 1 Ted Castaneda Classic, with a second-straight 6K cross country personal best, this time at 24:51.5. ... Ran 6K in 25:04.9, more than three minutes better than her previous 6K cross country personal best, at the Sept. 17 Roadrunners Invitational, good for 79th place. ... At the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 3, finished 56th after running 5K in 21:19.8.

2022 Outdoor: Competed in four meets. ... Turned in a personal-best 1500 meters time of 5 minutes, 28.94 seconds and finished 21st at the Kit Mayer Classic on April 20. .. Ran a personal-best 5000 of 21:51.42 to finish 18th at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 26.

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in four meets. ... Ran a personal-best mile of 6 minutes, 0.61 seconds to finish 11th at the Mines Winter Classic on Feb. 5.

2021 Cross Country: Placed 52nd at the UCCS Open on Oct. 8 with a 6-kilometer time of 28 minutes, 48.9 seconds. ... Ran a personal-best 6K time of 28:12.1 to finish 78th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Sept. 17. ... Placed 50th at the Ted Castaneda Classic on Sept. 11 in 31:12.4.

Before MSU Denver: Competed for Green River College (Wash.), the Northwest Athletic Conference West Region champions. ... Placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the NWAC Northern Division Championships in 2021 with a time of 22:10.74. ... Ran personal-best 5,000 meters time of 20:24.64 seconds to finish ninth at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational in 2021.

High School: Coached by former MSU Denver distance great Rick Bogatay. ... At Todd Beamer High School in 2019, had nine top-10 finishes in 12 individual races, including fourth in the 3200 (personal-best 13:38.38) and eighth in the 800 (2:53.77) at the Federal Way All-City Meet. ... Finished sixth in the 800 with a PR of 2:48.56 in a triangular meet on April 3, 2019. ... Posted back-to-back second-place finishes in the 3200 on April 3 and 18, 2021. ... At Todd Beamer High School in cross country in 2018, ran a personal-best 5,000 time of 23:24.2 at the NPSL Sub-District Championships.

Club: USATF Junior Olympic All-American, 2019.

Personal: Born Heidi Johanna-Greta Yagen in Seattle. ... Birthday is Aug. 1. ... Daughter of Arnold and Lisa Yagen. ... Has a sister, Hannah. ... Majoring in aviation management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
    5'1"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
    5'1"