2020 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2019: All-SAC and All-Southeast Region as a sophomore…Finished third in the SAC Championship meet (22:14.2, 6K) and fourth in the NCAA Southeast Region meet (21:45.7, 6K)…Saved her best for last with her career-best 21:28.2 6K time at the NCAA national championship meet…Started her WU career with a bang, winning the Catawba Fleet Feet Invitational with her 5K time of 18:41.2…Claimed third place in the Bulldog Stampede, thanks to her 6K time of 22:10.2…South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll student…
PERSONAL
- Full name is Franziska Althaus
- Born on May 20th, 1998
- Born in Wiesbaden, Germany
- Daughter of Ute Stader and Stefan Althaus
- Majoring in Exercise Science
- Favorite Athlete is Gesa Felicitas Grause
- Favorite movie is The Hunger Games
- Favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy
- Favorite musical artist is Ed Sheeran
- Favorite food is sushi
- Most memorable sports moment is XC Nationals 2019 in Sacramento. It wasn’t my best race, but all the impressions of such a huge running event with all that team spirit were definitely the most memorable.
- People I admire the most are my family and friends.
- Something people don’t know about me that it is a secret I‘ll never tell.
- Nickname: Franzi
- Favorite Quote: "Don’t dream of winning, train for it." - Mo Farah
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