Eastern Michigan Athletics
2017-18 Women's Track Roster
Roster
Salzbrunn, Gianna

Gianna Salzbrunn
- Position:
- Multis
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Letters:
- 2
- Hometown:
- North Aurora, Ill.
- High School:
- Montini Catholic
Bio
EMU: 2021: Outdoor: Competed in the heptathlon with 4,113 points finishing in sixth at the Bobcat Invitational, Mar. 25-27... 2020-21: Indoor: Did not compete... 2019-20: Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic...Indoor: Named co-captain...Earned Academic All-MAC honors for the third consecutive season...Competed at seven meets for the Eagles, including the MAC Indoor Championships, Feb. 28-29...Finished ninth in the pentathlon at the conference meet with a total score of 3,417 points, and 15th in the long jump with a distance of 5.21 meters...Finished 10th in the long jump at the Silverston Invitational with a distance of 5.14 meters, Feb. 21...Helped EMU finish fourth in the 4x400m relay at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 3:52.07, while placing 10th in the long jump with a mark of 5.37 meters, Feb. 14...Entered in five events at the Can-Am International, earning a sixth-place finish in the long jump with a distance of 5.45 meters, while placing 13th in the high jump with a mark of 1.50 meters, and 18th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.42, Jan. 25...Came in third place in the long jump at the SVSU Doug Hansen Open with a mark of 5.20 meters, while placing seventh in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.63, and finishing 13th in the 200m dash with a personal-best time of 26.63, Jan. 17...Helped EMU finish fifth in the 4x400m relay at the Wolverine Invitational with a time of 4:00.51, Jan. 11...Made her season debut at the GVSU Holiday Open, where she finished sixth in the long jump with a mark of 5.41 meters, and featured in the 4x400m relay team that came in 10th place with a time of 4:05.52, Dec. 6...2018-19: Outdoor: Academic All-MAC honoree...Competed in six meets for the Eagles as a multis athlete, including the Mid-American Conference Championship, May 9-11, where she finished ninth in the heptathlon competition with a total of 4286 points…At the same meet, placed 10th in the javelin throw with a mark of 38.48m…Recorded her career-best shot put throw at the Len Paddock Open, May 3, clearing 9.75m to place 17th…Earned a bronze finish at the Spartan Invitational in the javelin, throwing to a distance of 38.16m…Indoor: Named an Academic All-MAC honoree…Competed in six meets for the Eagles during the indoor season, including the Mid-American Conference Championships, Feb. 22-23, recording her top pentathlon effort with a total of 3427 points…Earned her top-collegiate effort in the 200m at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invite, Feb. 9, placing 45th with a time of 26.66…Marked her top finish of the year at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 12, earning a silver-medal finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.44m…2017-18: Outdoor: Named an Academic All-MAC honoree…Competed in six meets during the outdoor season, culminating with her performance in the heptathlon and javelin throw at the MAC Championships, May 10-12…Set a personal-record heptathlon total score of 4328 at the conference championship, placing eighth overall…Placed second and third in the long jump and javelin, respectively, at the Otterbein April Fools Invitational, March 30…Had a season-best long jump at the Toledo Invitational, May 3-4, reaching a distance of 5.51m…Assisted the 4x400 relay team to a time of 4:18.00 and a third-place finish at the Spartan Invitational, April 6-7…Indoor: Competed in nine meets for the Eagles, including the MAC Championships, Feb. 23-24, where she marked a personal-record pentathlon score of 2985…Named an Academic All-MAC honoree…Set her career-best in the 200m at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 1, recording a time of 28.10…Took second-place in the 600m at Michigan Silverston Invitational, Feb. 16, finishing with a time of 1:48.11...Took fourth overall in the pentathlon at the Hillsdale “Wide-Track” Classic, Feb. 2-3, never finishing worse than fourth-place in any event…Ran a leg in the 4x400 relay at the BGSU Tom Wright Classic, Jan. 19, assisting the cohort to second place with a time of 4:30.98…2016-17: Outdoor: Participated in six events, including the MAC Championships, May 11-13, where she competed in eight total events, capturing seven top-10 finishes, including a fifth-place finish in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:29.04…Also posted a career-best 100-meter hurdles time of 16.32 at the MAC Championships, claiming 10th place…Took third place in the 800m at the Tennessee Relays, April 6-8, crossing the finish line in 2:30.02…At the same event. claimed sixth place in the 400-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 1:09.85…Notched a career-best javelin throw at the Ball State Challenge, April 14-15, finishing sixth with a distance of 33.37m…Indoor: Competed in six meets as a freshman, including the MAC Championships, Feb. 24-25, where she participated in six different events, having her best performance of the day in the 800m, placing eighth with a season-best time of 2:30.13…Participated in eight events over the course of the season (600m, 800m, 60-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put, pentathlon, and 4x400-meter relay)…Placed in the top-10 in each of the four events she participated in during the EMU Triangular, Jan. 28, including a third place in the high jump with a season and career-best height of 1.60m…Took part in the GVSU Big Meet Invite, Feb. 10, competing in three events…Posted a career-best 60 hurdles time of 9.65 in the preliminaries at the GVSU Open…Notched a career-best long jump distance of 5.39m at the Simmons-Harvey Invite, Jan. 14, placing eighth…HIGH SCHOOL: Competed as a Bronco at Montini Catholic High School…Holds 14 school records at Montini…Finished seventh in the long jump and eighth in the 60m hurdles at the indoor state championships…Named all-state and holds the 300 hurdles school record…Conference champion in the 300 hurdles as a junior…Anchored the winning 4x800-meter relay team at both the indoor and outdoor state championships as a junior…Named team MVP for track…Set the conference record in the 300 hurdles as a sophomore…Holds high school personal-best marks of 7.89 in the 55m, 8.09 in the 60m, 12.82 in the 100m, 27.29 in the 200m, 2:20 in the 800m, 9.62 in the 60 hurdles, 15.57 in the 100 hurdles, 45.20 in the 300 hurdles, and 17-11.5 in the long jump…Member of the National Honors Society and winner of the IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award…High Honor Roll honoree…PERSONAL: Full Name: Gianna Elizabeth Salzbrunn…Daughter of Jeff and Gerianne Salzbrunn…Has one brother, Jeffrey…Major: Sport management.
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