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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Events Results

2025 Women's Track & Field Roster

Logan Howard
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Alan Steible
Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Alan Steible

Savannah Ackley

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hart, MI
  • High School Hart

Biography

CAREER STATS

2024-25 (Senior)
  • Sat out the cross country season as a red shirt
 
2023-24 (Junior)
  • All-G-MAC Indoor First Team repeating as DMR champion 11:47.20
  • G-MAC Indoor runner-up in the 3,000 meters in 9:57.96
  • Posted indoor PR’s in the mile (4:58.07) at Ashland and the 5K (16:40.97) at Grand Valley State
  • All-G-MAC First Team honoree as the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meter champion
  • Won the 5K in 17:28.04 as well as the 10K in 35:03.76
  • USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region in the 10,000 meters
  • NCAA Division II All-American in cross country
  • Placed 38th of 264 competitors in 20:40.6 for 6K as Cedarville’s No. 2 finisher
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Region and All-G-MAC First Team
  • Helped team to third straight G-MAC Championship placing third in 22:10.1
  • Finished 21st in the Midwest Regional in 21:12.5 for the 6K as the Jackets took runner-up honors
  • Placed 15th of 356 runners in a 5K time of 17:59.1 at the Alabama-Huntsville Invitational for runner-up squad
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
 
2022-23 (Sophomore)
  • Competed in six indoor and six outdoor track & field events
  • Ran the 5,000 meters in 16:58.41 at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championship
  • Produced a career-best time of 9:45.92 to win the 3,000 meters at the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invitational
  • Registered a PR of 16:42.97 in the indoor 5K meters to place fourth at the GVSU Big Meet
  • Competed in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship
  • Finished first in the 10K with a career PR of 34:57.13 at the Lee Flames Invite
  • Recorded a career-best time of 17:05.42 in the 5K at the Cincinnati Invitational
  • USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-Region Team (3,000; 5,000)
  • USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region Team (10,000)
  • G-MAC Indoor First Team (DMR) helping foursome to first place finish in 11:45.95
  • G-MAC Outdoor First Team (5K) as individual champion in 17:06.77
  • Ran in seven of the eight cross country meets as CU’s #1 or #2 finisher each time out
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Region
  • G-MAC Runner of the Year and All-G-MAC First Team
  • G-MAC individual champion covering the 6,000 meters in 21:22.8
  • Paced USTFCCCA Division II No. 6 Cedarville to its second consecutive G-MAC Championship
  • Led the squad to best-ever seventh place showing at the NCAA Division II Championship
  • Finished 41st individually in 21:24.9 for the 6K missing All-America honors by one spot
  • Registered a career-best 5K time of 17:25.7 to place fifth among 400 participants at the 44-team Alabama-Huntsville Invitational leading Jackets to overall title
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic and G-MAC Academic Team
 
2021-22 (Freshman)
  • Season-best indoor 800 meter effort was 2:25.36 at the Ashland Open
  • Placed sixth in the 3K meters with a time of 9:59.39 at the G-MAC Indoor Championship
  • Ran the 5,000 meters in 17:38.13 at the season-opening Grand Valley State Holiday Open
  • Top mile run effort was a 5:00.01 to finish sixth at the Ashland Open
  • Participated in five outdoor meets on the spring schedule
  • Won the 5,000 meters with a 17:25.34 performance at the Western Kentucky Relays
  • Registered a time of 35:47.07 in the 10,000 meters to place fifth at the G-MAC Outdoor Championship
  • Best 1,500 meter outing was 4:41.81 at the Lee Last Chance Meet in Tennessee
  • Participated in all seven varsity cross country meets on the schedule
  • CU’s top finisher with a 6K time of 22:28.5 at the All-Ohio Championship
  • Produced a season-best 6K effort of 21:41.7 to finish 26th of 216 competitors at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional
  • Best 5K performance was 17:36.6 to finish seventh of 300 runners as Cedarville won the Queens Challenge in North Carolina
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic and G-MAC Academic Team
 
High School
  • Four-year cross country letter winner at Hart High School
  • Member of four cross country state title squads
  • Four-time all-state, all-region, and all-conference selection
  • Prep squad’s No. 1 runner as a junior and senior
  • Finished in the Top 10 at each of the four state meets including a career-best third place as a senior
  • Four-year letter winner in track & field
  • Achieved  all-state, all-region, and all-conference accolades each year
  • Member of the 2017 state championship team
  • Produced personal bests of 2:34.4 in the 800 meters, 5:13.65 in the 1, 600 meters, and 11:10.54 in the 3,200 meters
 
Personal
  • Dean’s List student as a sport business management major
  • Born January 10, 2003 in Muskegon, Michigan
  • Daughter of Calvin and Amy Ackley
  • Older sister, Alayna, was a five-year member of the Cedarville distance running program
  • Older sister, Adelyn, is a senior distance runner at NCAA Division I Liberty
  • Younger brother, Clayton, is a sophomore distance runner DII Colorado Christian
  • Has two other younger brothers

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2023Sophomore

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2024Junior

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2025Senior

    Distance
    5'4"