2016-17 Track and Field Roster

Mikayla Sonneborn
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- West Greene Senior
- Hometown:
- West Finley, Pa.
Sonneborn's Career Best Performances | |
Event | Time (Date) |
Indoor | |
1,000 Meter | 3:04.10 (1/10/14) |
One Mile | 5:01.57 (2/8/14) |
Outdoor | |
800 Meter | 2:23.73 (4/13/13) |
1,500 Meter | 4:43.10 (4/25/15) |
3,000 Meter | 10:36.67 (3/9/13) |
5,000 Meter | 18:45.49 (5/17/15) |
2,000 Meter Steeplechase | 8:01.11 (5/7/16) |
3,000 Meter Steeplechase | 11:17.33 (4/27/13) |
As a redshirt senior (2016-17)
Indoor Track & Field
- Named to Tulane University's Spring 2017 Dean's List
As a redshirt junior (2015-16)
Indoor Track & Field
- Did not compete in the indoor season
- Competed in three regular-season meets
- Posted results in the 1,500 meter, 2,000 meter steeplechase and 3,000 meter steeplechase
- Career-best 8:01.11 in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the Longhorn Invitational (5/7)
- 3rd in the 1,500 meter at the Southeastern Invitational (4:50.92, 4/16)
- 4th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the LSU Alumni Gold (11:35.55, 4/23)
Indoor Track & Field
- Competed in four regular-season meets
- Posted results in the 1,000 meter and one mile
- Season-best 1,000 meter time of 3:08.41 at the UAB Blazer Invite (1/9)
- 2nd in the one mile at the BSC Panther Icebreaker (5:16.03, 12/6)
- 3rd in the one mile at the LSU Twilight (5:34.17, 2/20)
- Competed in eight regular-season meets and the American Athletic Outdoor Championships
- Posted results in the 1,500 meter, 3,000 meter steeplechase, 5,000 meter, 4x800 meter relay and distance medley
- 3rd in the 1,500 meter for a personal best at the Southern Miss Invite (4:43.10, 4/25)
- 2nd in the 1,500 meter at the McNeese Cowboy Relays (4:55.47, 3/14)
- 1st in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the LSU Alumni Gold (11:22.32, 4/18) and South Alabama Invite (11:59.58, 4/11)
- 9th at the American Outdoor Championships (5/16) in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (11:36.61)
Indoor Track & Field
- Competed in three regular-season meets and the Conference USA Indoor Championships
- Posted results in the 1,000 meter run, one mile and distance medley relay
- 4th in the distance medley relay at the C-USA Indoor Championships (11:59.49, 2/28)
- Personal-best 5:01.57 in the one mile at the Samford Multis and Invitational (2/8), ninth-best time in school history
- 6th in the distance medley at the Husky Classic (11:45.72, 2/14), the sixth-best mark in school history
- Did not compete in the outdoor season
Indoor Track & Field
- Competed in two regular-season meets and the Conference USA Indoor Championships
- Career-best 5:11.64 in the one-mile run at the C-USA Championships (2/24)
- First Team All-Louisiana team member in the steeplechase
- Competed in six regular-season meets and the Conference USA Outdoor Championships
- Posted results in the 800 meter run, 1,500 meter run, 3,000 meter run, 2,000 meter steeplechase and 3,000 meter steeplechase
- Led Tulane in the 1,500 meter, 3,000 meter, 2,000 meter steeplechase and 3,000 meter steeplechase
- Career-high 4:51.86 in the 1,500 meter at the SLU Lion Invitational (4/19)
- Personal-best 10:36.67 in the 3,000 meter at the Bob Hayes Cowboy Relays (3/9)
- Second-fastest 3,000 meter steeplechase time in school history at the Samford Invitational (11:17.33, 4/27)
- Personal-best 2:23.73 in the 800 meter dash at the South Alabama Invitational (4/13)
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
About Mikayla Sonneborn
Prep: Lettered all four years in track and field under Frank Hunter at West Greene Senior High School...ran two seasons as an independent athlete in cross country under Rick Sonneborn...selected as team captain during her junior and senior seasons...named team MVP as a sophomore, junior, and senior ...holds school records in 800m, 1600m, 3200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and 5000m...qualified for the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League championships five times in track and field...qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Cross Country Championships as a senior.
Personal: ..Great uncle Dr. James Fischer is Professor Emeritus in Tulane's Department of Pharmacology.