Alea Hardie Season 2024

Career Performance List

Honors
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022, 2023; Spring 2023, 2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024)

2024
Ran a 21:52.47 6k at the NCAA Midwest Regional to place 126th...Placed 151st at the Big Ten Championships with a 6k time of 21:44.10.

2023
Did not compete.

2022
Became the first Husker to open the season with three individual victories since 1987…First Husker with three individual victories in a season since 1991…Named Big Ten Women’s Cross Country Athletes of the Week twice on the season…Set a school record with a time of 16:44.2 to win the Joe Piane Invite…Opened collegiate career with a first-place finish and run of 17:00.1 at the Augustana Twilight…Won the Greeno/Dirksen Invite with a time of 16:57.9…Placed 39th at the Big Ten Championships with a finish of 21:12.

Before Nebraska
Attended O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls, S.D…first female athlete in South Dakota high school history to win three consecutive state cross country titles…helped team capture state cross country championship in back-to-back seasons…won nine state championships on the track while helping team win two state titles…holds the South Dakota state record in the 4K and 3,200m…earned all-conference and all-state recognition…named Gatorade Girls Cross Country Player of the Year…lettered six years in cross country and four years in track.

Personal
Born on Oct. 2, 2003…parents are Mark and Sara Hardie…has five brothers and one sister…majoring in human development and family science.