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2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Mikaela Lucki

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Etobicoke, Ontario
  • High School Bishop Allen Academy

Biography

2021

Cross Country

  • Placed 23rd at the Big Ten Championships, the fifth Illini to finish. Her time was 21:13.9

2019

Cross Country

  • Competed at four meets for the Illini
  • Ran PR 5K time of 18:09.1 at the Illini Open to place 16th overall
  • Recorded season-best 6K finish time of 22:29.9 at the Bradley Pink Classic
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Outdoor

  • Competed in the 1500m at Big Ten Championships
  • Set a new PR in the 1500m at the Stanford Invite, timing 4:26.56 to place second
  • Placed first in the 1500m at the War Eagle Invite with a finish time of 4:29.60
  • Clocked a PR in the 800m at the SIU Spring Classic, recording a time of 2:10.11 to place second
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Ran on the Distance Medley Relay that won the Bronze Medal at Big Ten Championships,
  • B1G Championships DMR clocked a finish time of 11:21.85, the fourth-fastest in Illinois program history
  • Competed in the Mile, 800m and 3K throughout the season
  • Timed 2:12.31 to placed second in the 800m at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational 
  • Recorded season-best mile time at the Iowa State Classic, placing 17th with a finish time of 4:50.99
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

2018

Cross Country

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships for the Illini
  • Set her personal-best in the 6K at the Bradley Pink Classic, timing 22:50.7
  • Recorded her 5K PR at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational with a finish time of 18:18.85
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Outdoor

  • Made Big Ten Championships debut, timing 4:31.95 
  • Set 1500m PR with a time of 4:33.00 at Jim Click Shootout
  • Made Illinois debut, placing runner-up in the 1500m at the SIU Spring Classic with a time of 4:40.87
  • Placed sixth in the 800m at the Illinois Twilight with a time of 2:13.66

High School

  • 2017 Canadian U20 800m finalist
  • 2017 Ontario Provincials 4x400m Relay Gold Medalist
  • 2016 New Balance Nationals Indoor 800m 12th
  • 2016 New Balance Nationals Indoor 1 Mile 14th
  • Coached by Gary Westgate and Mike Housley

Personal

  • Born January 24, 1999
  • Daughter of John and Gail
  • Majoring in business

Career-Bests

Indoor

600: 1:36.58 - Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/7/20)

800m: 2:11.34 - Music City Challenge (2/14/20)

1000m: 2:51.17 - Badger Icebreaker (1/16/21)

Mile: 4:46.27 - Hawkeye B1G Invite (2/12/21)

Outdoor
800m: 2:10.11 - SIU Spring Classic (3/23/19)
1500m: 4:26.56 - Stanford Invite (3/29/19)

Cross Country
5K: 18:09.1 - Illini Open (8/30/19)  
6K: 21:13.9 - B1G Championships (1/30/21)

Updated March 2021

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Redshirt Freshman

  • 2019Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2020Redshirt Junior