2025 Track and Field Roster
Hanna Hekkanen
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- El Dorado Hills, CA
- High School:
- St. Francis HS
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Major:
- Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Track and Field
2025 Season - Senior
Earned the 2025 NCAA Indoor Track and Field All-Region student-athletes Honors … Competed in the 800 (2:17.82), 1500 (4:41.33), Mile (5:02.08) … Ran a personal best of 5:02.08 in the mile, placing third at the 2025 Portland Indoor #2 … Ran a 2:22.08 in the 800, placing first and a 5:05.54 in the mile, placing third at the 2025 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.
2024 Season - Junior- Champion in the 800 (2:20.78) at the C2C Outdoor Conference Championships
- Champion in the 1500 (4:42.21) at the C2C Outdoor Conference Championships
- PR in the 800 (2:17.82) and placed 2nd at the Chico InvitationalÂ
- PR in the 1500 (4:41.33) and placed 6th at the Chico InvitationalÂ
- 1 mile PR (5:03.93) at the 2024 Wartburg QualifierÂ
- Champion in the 800 (2:21.49) at the C2C Indoor Championships
- Champion in the 1500 (5:07.89)Â at the C2C Indoor Championships
- Coast-to-Coast Conference T&F Champion in the Indoor DMR (2022 & 2023), Indoor and Outdoor 800m (2023), and 3rd place finisher in the Outdoor 800m in 2022.
- All-Region in the West for the Indoor 800 and DMR
- Logged milestone PRs in the 800m (2:18), and 1500m (4:42) during her sophomore T&F season, 2023.
- Coast-to-Coast Conference T&F Champion in the Indoor DMR (2022 & 2023), Indoor and Outdoor 800m (2023), and 3rd place finisher in the Outdoor 800m in 2022.
2024 Season - Senior
Earned the USTFCCCA 2024 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Athletes … Competed in the 6k (21:53.4) … Ran a personal best of 21:53.4 in the 6k at the 2024 43rd Annual UCR Cross Country Invitational … Ran a 22:41.3 in the 6k at the 2024 D3 Pre-Nationals … Ran a 22:46.6 in the 6k, placing fourth at the 2024 Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships … Ran a 21:56.7 in the 6k at the 2014 NCAA Division lll West Region Cross Country Championships … Ran a 23:35.5 in the 6k at the 2024 NCAA Division lll Cross Country Championships.
2023Â Season - Junior- 6K PR (21:55.0) at the 42nd Annual UCR Cross Country Invitational
- 6k PR of 22:39 at 2022 UCR XC Invite
- Part of the first women’s team in Banana Slug Cross Country history to qualify for NCAA DIII XC Nationals, where they placed 22nd in the nation.
- Ran a 23:24.1 at the C2C Cross Country Championships in Sunnyvale, placing 14th
- Placed 62nd at the 2021 NCAA West Region Championships
- Competed in Cross Country and Track & Field for the St. Francis High School Troubadours.
- 3x All Delta League Cross Country
- 3x CIF State Championships Qualifier
- Arcadia Qualifier in the 4x800m and 4x1600m Relays
- 4x Sections Champions in Cross Country and Track & Field
- Top 10 California State Championships
- Rachel Carson College
- Favorite thing about UCSC: All the trees on campus.
- Graduation Goals: Become a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
- Favorite Athlete: Megan Rapinoe
- Favorite Superhero: Black Widow
- Favorite Color: Green
- Hobbies: Reading, crocheting, and drawing.
