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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Amanda Nygard

  • Event(s) Distance / Cross Country
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hermiston, Ore.
  • Major Economics
  • High School Hermiston '21

Biography

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2024-2025 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
    • Competed in six meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 600-meters at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial, finishing 10th with a time of 1:41.84.
    • Set a personal best in the Mile at the Riverfront Multi's, finishing with a time of 5:18.69.
  • Outdoor:
    • Spring Big Sky All-Academic Team.
    • Competed in five meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 1500-meters at the Whitworth Peace Meet, finishing with a time of 4:52.38.
    • Set a personal best in the 800-meters at Whitworth Twilight, finishing second with a time of 2:17.08.
    • Finished first in the 4x400-meter Relay at the Jeffrahn Classic, with a time of 4:07.68.

2024 | Cross Country
  • Set a personal best in the 5k at the LC State Invite, finishing with a time of 18:29.0.
  • Finished 15th at the Whitman XC Invite, with a time of 23:04.1.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, finishing 28th with a time of 14:54.0.

2023-2024 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Competed in six meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 600-meters at the Spokane Invitational, finishing with a time of 1:44.59.
    • Set a personal best in the Mile at the Riverfront Invitational, finishing with a time of 5:27.91.
    • Competed in the DMR at the Riverfront Invitational, finishing 3rd with a time of 12:11.70.
      • This performance ranked 7th on EWU Women’s All-Time Indoor DMR.
    • Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Outdoor:
    • Competed in six meets during the season.
    • Set a personal best in the 1500-meters at the Whitworth Peace Meet, finishing 20th with a time of 4:54.68.
    • Set a personal best in the 800-meters at the Whitworth Twilight Meet, finishing 6th with a time of 2:19.15.
    • Spring Big Sky All-Academic Team.

2023 | Cross Country
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, finishing with a time of 15:11.7.

2022-2023 | Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • Big Sky All-Academic Team (Winter).
    • Competed in five meets during the season.
  • Outdoor:
    • At the Oregon Preview she ran her fastest time in the 1,500-meters where she finished 28th with a time of 4:59.71.
    • Set a personal best in the 800-meters at the 2023 Whitworth Twilight and Alumni Meet (2”24.02, 5th).

2022 | Cross Country
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team
  • Set a personal best in the 5k at the Sasquatch Open, finishing 7th with a time of 19:04.4.
  • Set a personal best in the 4k at the Gonzaga Duals, finishing 18th with a time of 14:04.0.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, finishing 23rd with a time of 15:47.7

2021-2022 Track & Field
  • Indoor:
    • At the WSU Open she ran her fastest time in the mile where she finished 28th with a time of 5:29.70.
  • Outdoor:
    • Ran a personal best in the 400-meters at the Whitworth Peace Meet where she placed 11th with a time of 1:04.55.
    • Set a personal best at the CWU Wildcat Invitational in the 800-meters where she finished 5th with a time of 2:25.38.
    • Ran her fastest time at the Whitworth Last Chance Meet in the 1,500-meters where she placed 5th with a time of 5:04.14.

2021 | Cross Country
  • Fall Big Sky All-Academic Team
  • Qualified for the NCAA West First Round, setting a personal best in the 6k with a time of 23:04.1.
  • Represented EWU at the Big Sky XC Championships, finishing with a time of 19:31.2.
  • Set a personal best in the 5k at the Inland Empire XC Championship, finishing with a time of 19:25.0.
  • Opened the season at the Clash of the Inland Northwest, setting a personal best in the 4k with a time of 16:10.7.

High School
  • Graduated from Hermiston HS in 2021.
  • Coached in high school by Troy Blackburn and Emilee Strot.
  • Advanced to the 2018 and 2019 District 8 3A/4A Championships in the 800 meters, finishing eighth in 2018 with a personal record time of 2:23.86.
    • Qualified for state as part of the 4x400 relay team those same years.
    • They placed third in 2019.
  • Qualified for cross country state twice in the 5,000 meters.
  • Lettered four times in track, three times in cross country, and twice in soccer.
 
Personal
  • Born 9/25/02 in Reno, Nev.
  • Parents are Ray Nygard and Imelda Veliz.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance/XC
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance/XC
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance / Cross Country
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance / Cross Country