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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Amalia Malecek

  • Class Senior
  • High School Onalaska
  • Hometown Onalaska, Wis.

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2024

  • New personal-best 6k (21:50.7) and finished in 18th at the Badger Classic
  • Placed 157th at the Big Ten Championships (21:56.7)

2023

  • Did not compete
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2022

  • Placed fifth in the 5k at the Illini Challenge with a new personal-best (18:20.4)
  • Recorded a new personal-best 6k at the Gans Creek Classic (22:21.3)

2021

  • Made Illini debut in the Illini open, placed fifth (22:53.8)

High School

  • WIAA 1600m State Champion in 2019
  • WIAA 4x800 State Champion in 2021
  • Four-time letterwinner in cross country and three-time letterwinner in track
  • Coached by Darin Shepardson

Personal

Daughter of Dave and Kayahbah Malecek. Passionate about the natural environment, she has plans to study national parks and promote sustainability and outdoors worldwide.

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior