University of Minnesota Athletics
Warm-Up Lap: Q&A with Hannah Arason
2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
MINNEAPOLIS -- Hannah Arason is one of 16 redshirt freshmen making her official Gophers debut this season. After competing unattached as a true rookie last season, Arason has competed in four meets so far this indoor season and has already made her mark on Minnesota's all-time top-10 list.
A multi-event athlete from Grand Forks, N.D., Arason came to the University of Minnesota as a 14-time North Dakota Class A State Track & Field Championship participant in high jump, javelin, and the 4x400m relay, including winning two state titles each in the high jump and javelin.
After making her official debut for the Maroon & Gold at the SDSU Holiday Invite back in December, Arason most recently placed fourth in the pentathlon at the Power Five Invite. She set career-best marks in all five pentathlon events on the way to a career-best score of 3,851, which ranks fourth among all-time Gophers pentathletes.
Get to know Arason on and off the track as the Gophers prepare for a three-meet week, just two weeks out from the 2018 Big Ten Conference Indoor Championship.
Name: Hannah Arason
Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.
Major: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Favorite class at the U: Sign Language
Best place to study on campus: Bordertown
Career goal: Speech pathologist within my own private practice of young individuals
Favorite indoor event: High jump
Favorite outdoor event: Javelin
Favorite motivational quote: "Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her." - Mia Hamm
If you could play another sport at the U, it would be: Basketball
Dream vacation: Greece
Favorite animal: Monkey
Pre-meet ritual: Have to shave the left leg before right leg or it's bad luck. Hair needs to be braided, and certain socks and accessories need to be the same every meet.
What advice would you give a young athlete: Live in each day. Everything goes by so fast. Cherish every boot camp and stairway to heaven -- it's worth it.
Name one word that describes you: Goofy
Favorite Netflix series: Friends
Biggest pet peeve: People being late
Name one food you could not give up: Pasta
What actress would you play in a movie: Jennifer Lawrence. Being in the hunger games would be so cool.
Favorite thing to do in your spare time: Spend time with friends and family, and listen to new music.
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