2024-25 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Frida Giersdorff

Frida Giersdorff

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Bavaria, Germany
  • Major:
    Kinesiology
  • Highschool:
    Camerloher-Gymnasium Freising

Summary

Biography

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests

Cross Country
5K: 18:09.8 (9/13/24)
6K: 21:46.7 (10/18/24)
Indoor
Mile: 5:04.99 (2/1/25)
3,000m: 9:45.52 (2/15/25)
Outdoor
1,500m: 4:41.64 (4/13/24)
3,000m SC: 10:18.85 (4/18/25)
5,000m: 18:12.37 (5/15/25)

2024-25
Cross Country (Sophomore): Placed fifth in the 5K at the Ron Pynn Classic in 18:34.6 ... Earned a season-best 5K time of 18:09.8 at the Dragon Twilight to finish sixth ... Crossed the finish line 95th at the Roy Griak Invitational with a 6K time of 23:34.2 ... Finished 27th in the 6K at the SDSU Classic in 22:45.7 ... Recorded a season-best 6K time of 21:46.7 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational to take 176th ... Ran a time of 22:11.0 at the Summit League Championships to finish 23rd ... Put down a time of 22:16.9 in the 6K to get 150th at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

Indoor (Sophomore): Finished 16th in the 3,000m at the Summit League Championships in 10:26.97 ... Ran the eighth-fastest 3,000m time in school history with a time of 9:45.52 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational ... Ran a season best of 5:04.99 in the mile at the UND Open.

Outdoor (Sophomore): Took 39th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:41.44 ... Became the first UND distance runner on the women's side to compete in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Regional in back-to-back years ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a time of 10:18.85 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, which shattered the school record ... Finished as the runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Summit League Championships with a time of 10:44.92 ... Finished 26th in the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 18:12.37 at the conference meet ... Ran a season best of of 4:41.04 in the 1,500m at the USD Tune-Up ... Named to the Academic All-Summit League Team.

2023-24
Cross Country (Freshman): Opened her collegiate career at the Ron Pynn Classic, running a 5K time of 19:14.6 to finish fifth and help the Hawks capture the team title ... Put down a season-best 5K time of 19:06.9 at the SDSU Classic to take 28th ... Clocked a season best of 22:11.5 in the 6K at the Paul Short Run to finish 159th ... Finished 26th in the 6K at the Summit League Championships in 22:32.0 ... Ran in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional and was 147th with a time of 23:08.9 to help the Hawks to their best regional finish in UND's Division I history.

Indoor (Freshman): Finished fourth with the DMR team at the Summit League Championships in 12:14.86, good for the No. 8 time on the UND top-10 list ... Clocked the No. 7 time in school history in the 1,000m (2:59.21) and won the title at the Jim Emmerich Invitational ... Recorded the No. 9 time in program history in the 3,000m (9:56.24) at the David Hemery Invitaitonal at the time ... Clocked a season-best time in the mile (5:05.49) ... Won the 1,000m crown at the UND Open.

Outdoor (Freshman): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 3,000m steeplechase and took 45th in 11:15.85, becoming the first North Dakota runner, along with Jadyn Keeler, to qualify for the meet in UND's Division I history ... Ran the No. 2 time at the time in the 3,000m steeplechase in school history at the Summit League Championships and finished as the runner-up in 10:29.78, coming less than a second away from winning the title ... Finished 19th in the 5,000m at the conference meet with a time of 18:35.63 ... Put down a season-best 1,500m time of 4:41.64 at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... Named All-Summit League in the 3,000m steeplechase ... Earned a spot on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

Before UND: Competed in both cross country and track at Camerloher-Gymnasium Freising in Bavaria, Germany … Finished fourth in the 2,000m steeplechase at the 2022 U20 German Steeplechase Championships … Won the 2022 Bavarian State Cross Country Championship … Member of the Bavarian Champion 3x800m relay team in both 2021 and 2022 … Also was a Bavarian Champion with the 4x400m relay squad in 2022 and 2023 … Posted prep bests in the 2,000m steeplechase (6:59.62), 3,000m (10:12.00), and 5,000m (18:24.14).

Personal: Major is kinesiology.

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