2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Frida Giersdorff

Frida Giersdorff

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

Summary

Biography

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests

Cross Country
5K: 19:06.9 (9/8/23)
6K: 22:11.5 (9/30/23)
Indoor
Mile: 5:05.49 (1/20/24)
3,000m: 9:56.24 (2/10/24)
Outdoor
1,500m: 4:41.64 (4/13/24)
3,000m SC: 10:29.78 (5/11/24)
5,000m: 18:35.63 (5/11/24)

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 ... 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 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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