2019 Cross Country Roster

Melissa Hruska

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Snoqualmie, Wash.
  • Highschool Mount Si HS
  • Major Political Science

Biography

WSU CAREER. JUNIOR (2018-19): Cross Country - Ran in three total events during the year, seeing her best finish at the Cougar Classic, placing eighth overall with a time of 21:51...Also competed in the Nuttycombe Invitational, and the Pre-National Meet in Wisconsin...Selected to the Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention team...

SOPHOMORE (2017-18): Cross Country - At Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational finished fifth on team/124th overall...at Nuttycombe Invitational finished third on team/48th overall...at Pac-12 Championships finished 66th in scoring/77th overall/third on team...at NCAA West Region Championships finished third on team/106 overall/104 in scoring…named to Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic honorable mention team.
 
FRESHMAN (2016-17): Cross Country - Sundodger finish19th overall/fourth on team...at Washington Invite 52nd overall/fifth on team...at Nuttycombe Wisconsin Open 67th overall/seventh on team...Indoor - at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships finished 24th in 5000m (17:36.12i) and 36th in 3000m (10:21.66i)…Outdoor - Ran 1500m PR with a time of 4:47.25 at Trojan Invitational (3/18/17, Los Angeles)...ran 5k PR with a time of 17:28.72 at San Francisco State Distance Carnival (4/01/17, San Franscisco)...at Mt. SAC Relays (4/15/17,Azusa) ran 10,000m for a PR of 37:43.03...at UW vs. WSU Dual (4/23/17,Seattle) finished eighth in 3000m and ran a PR of 10:18.97.
 
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned five varsity letters at Mount Si High School…two letters in cross country for coach Sean Sundwall…three letters in track for coach Dave Clifford…Wildcats won 2015 KingCo 4A and District cross country titles…team eighth at state championships…19th place at 2015 state 4A XC championships…finished 51st at Nike BorderClash 17…on the track, fifth-place in 3200m at District meet with PR time of 10:58.14 and eighth-place in 1600m with PR time of 5:05.67…took eighth place in 3200n at state 2016 4A championships
 
PERSONAL. Born April 1998, in Seattle, Washington…father Mark is a senior sales manager…mother Danette is a teacher…brother Sam…sister Diana…Honor Roll all four years…US Marine Corp Distinguished Athlete Award winner…majoring in political science at WSU
 
HRUSKA’S WSU BESTS
1500m - 4:47.25 (2017)
3000m - 10:18.97 (2017)
5000m - 17:28.72 (2017)
10,000m - 37:43.03 (2017)

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

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  • 2017Sophomore

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  • 2018Junior

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  • 2019Senior