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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Events Results

2024 Women's Track & Field Roster

Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Ian Chan
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Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Logan Howard
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Scott Huck, Cedarville University

Naomi Herman

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Collingwood, ONT
  • High School Homeschool

Biography

CAREER STATS

2023-24 (Senior)
  • Participated in the final six cross country meets during the fall 2023 season
  • Produced a season-best 5K time of 18:11.1 to place 27th as the Lady Jackets were second of 41 schools at the Alabama-Huntsville Invite
  • Ran a 22:37.5 (6K) to place 14th of 343 runners as Cedarville won the All-Ohio Challenge held at CU’s Elvin R. King Cross Country Course
  • Finished 11th with a 6K time of 22:57.7 in Canton, Ohio as the Lady Jackets won their third straight Great Midwest Athletic Conference title
  • Clocked a season-best 21:32.8 6K outing to place 31st as Cedarville repeated as runner-up in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Championship in Evansville, Indiana
  • Placed 134th overall in 21:55.9 (6K) as Cedarville finished tenth at the NCAA Division II Championships in Joplin, Missouri
  • G-MAC Second Team
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete

2022-23 (Junior)
  • Ran in six indoor meets and one outdoor meet during the track & field campaign
  • Registered a career-best time of 16:56.23 to win the 5,000 meters at the G-MAC Indoor Championships in Ashland, Ohio
  • Produced a career PR of 9:52.87 in the 3,000 meters with a third-place finish at the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invite
  • Secured a career-best indoor mile effort of 5:01.17 to place third at the Wittenberg Showcase
  • Lone outdoor performance of the season was a 17:44.82 outing at the Cincinnati Invitational
  • G-MAC Indoor First Team (5,000)
  • CSC Academic All-District® Team
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
  • G-MAC Academic Team
  • Produced a solid season of cross country while running in seven of the eight meets on the docket
  • Recorded a career-best 5K time of 17:32 to place ninth of 400 runners as the Lady Jackets won the Alabama-Huntsville Invite
  • Finished seventh of 334 runners with a 5K time of 18:08.3 as CU won the All-Ohio Championships held at night on the home layout of the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course
  • Ran a 21:36.5 (6K) as USTFCCCA Division II No. 6 Cedarville won its second consecutive G-MAC Women's Cross Country Championship in Findlay, Ohio
  • Top 6K effort was a career-best 21:34.6 at the NCAA Division II National Championships in University Place, Washington
  • G-MAC First Team
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete

2021-22 (Sophomore)
  • Contributed 25 individual points during the 2022 indoor season
  • Placed first in the 3,000 meters at the Hillsdale Indoor Winter Classic with a time of 10:08.59
  • Finished third in the 5,000 meters with a career-best 17:16.35 - seventh-best all-time at CU - at the G-MAC Indoor Championships in Findlay, Ohio
  • Produced a 5:21.51 effort in the mile run to place third at the Cedarville Collegiate Invitational
  • Participated in five track & field outdoor meets and posted 20 individual points
  • Placed seventh in the 1,500 meters (4:41.16) and 13th in the 800 meters (2:24.60) at the Western Kentucky Relays
  • Recorded a time of 17:19.44 in the 5,000 meters to place fifth at the G-MAC Championships in Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Top 10,000 outing of the season was a 35:40.27 at the Bucknell Outdoor Classic in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Won the 10K at the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open with a 36:48.57 performance
  • G-MAC Third Team (indoor 5,000 meters)
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • G-MAC Academic Team
  • Participated in all seven varsity cross country meets on the fall docket
  • Best 5K performance was 17:41.2 to place ninth of 300 runners as CU won the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Cedarville’s #2 runner with a time of 22:04.8 (6K) as the Lady Jackets garnered the G-MAC title
  • Placed 35th of 216 participants at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional with a 6K effort of 21:48.8
  • G-MAC First Team
  • G-MAC Academic Team

2020-21 (Freshman)
  • Participated in the 3,000 meters and the mile during the indoor track & field season
  • Member of the second-place DMR team with a time of 12:23.74
  • G-MAC Indoor Second Team (DMR)
  • Best 800 meters outdoor effort was a 2:26.09 in the finals at the Tiffin Invitational
  • Top 1,500 meters performance was 4:43.84 to place seventh at the Miami RedHawk Invite
  • Produced an 18:00.54 in the 5,000 meters at the Yellow Jacket Outdoor Open
  • G-MAC Academic Team
  • Participated in all four meets on the COVID-abbreviated fall schedule
  • Top 6K outing was a 22:36 to place 17th of 115 runners as CU’s #2 finisher at the G-MAC Championships in Tiffin, Ohio
  • Best 5K outing was 18:24.1 to place tenth of 157 runners as the Lady Jackets won the Louisville Classic
  • Cedarville’s #4 finisher at the 5K Cedarville Open with a time of 18:29.3 on the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course 
  • G-MAC Second Team
  • G-MAC Academic Team

High School
  • Homeschool graduate
  • Member of the distance running program with the Saugeen Track & Field Club
  • Named the 2019 Club Female Junior Athlete of the Year in both track & field and cross country
  • Produced personal best efforts of 18:14 in the 5K, 10:07.05 in the 3,000 meters 4:42.62 in the 1,500 meters and 2:19.80 in the 800 meters
  • Club team captured a gold medal at the 2018 Athletics Ontario Provincial U18 5K Cross Country Championships
  • Team earned a silver medal in the 2019 Athletics Ontario Provincial U20 Cross Country 8K Championships

Personal
  • Dean’s List student as a nursing major
  • Born July 5, 2001 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
  • Daughter of Ron and Robin Herman
  • Father played football and member of the track & field program at Queen’s University and was drafted in 1991 by the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League 
  • Mother played collegiate basketball, squash and hockey at York, Queen’s and Guelph Universities
  • Older sister, Rebecca, was a four-year track & field thrower at Central Michigan University
  • Also has a younger sister and three younger brothers

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2022Sophomore

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2023Junior

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2024Senior

    Distance
    5'10"