Hannah Arason

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Multi-Events/Javelin
High School:
Red River HS
Hometown:
Grand Forks, N.D.

PRONUNCIATION

2021 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Senior Season: Competed at five meets, including two appearances in the pentathlon • scored a season-best 3,569 points to place seventh in the pentathlon and tied for 19th in high jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships • recorded season bests in shot put (11.06m, 36-03.50) and the 800m (2:29.11) during the B1G pentathlon • ran a season-best 9.13 in the 60m hurdles at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational • cleared a season-best 1.70m (5-07.00) in high jump at both the Hawkeye Border Battle and Husker Triangular • recorded a season-best mark of 5.24m (17-02.25) to place third in long jump at the Hawkeye Border Battle.

2021 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Senior Season: Named Academic All-Big Ten honoree • competed at five meets, including two appearances in the heptathlon • placed fifth in the heptathlon with a career-best 5,303 points, ranked fifth in Minnesota history, and finished 12th in javelin (41.07m, 134-09) at the Big Ten Championships • recorded career bests in the 800m (2:27.00), long jump (5.60m, 18-04.50), and shot put (11.27m, 36-11.75) during the B1G heptathlon • recorded career bests in the 200m (26.10) and 100m hurdles (14.74) during the Husker B1G Invite heptathlon, scoring 5,124 points • finished third in javelin with a career-best throw of 43.01m (141-01) at the M City Classic.

2020 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Junior Season: Named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, and Academic All-Big Ten • letterwinner • competed at five meets with two appearances in the pentathlon • finished as pentathlon runner-up with a season-best 3,683 points at the SDSU Holiday Multi where she ran a career-best 9.01 second in the pentathlon 60m hurdles and a season-best 2:27.12 to win the pentathlon 800m • tied her indoor career-best mark of 1.75m (5-08.75) to place third in high jump at the Iowa State Classic • recorded a season-best mark of 5.35m (17-06.75) in long jump at the Larry Wieczorek Invite • recorded a season-best mark of 10.99m (36-00.75) in the pentathlon shot put at the Jack Johnson Classic • tied for 17th in high jump (1.65m, 5-05.00) and competed in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Championships but did not finish • indoor season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns.

2020 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Junior Season: The 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns.

2019 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Competed at seven meets, including three appearances in the pentathlon • scored a season-best 3,581 points to place 13th in the pentathlon and tied for fifth in high jump (1.68m, 5-06.00) at the Big Ten Championship • recorded a career-best mark of 11.54m (37-10.50) in the B1G pentathlon shot put • cleared a season-best 1.70m (5-08.75) to tie for seventh in high jump at the Wieczorek Invite.

2019 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Named Academic All-Big Ten • letterwinner • competed at seven meets, including seven appearances in high jump • posted career bests in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout in the 100m hurdles (15.01), long jump (5.09m, 16-08.50), and shot put (10.77m, 35-04.00) but did not finish the heptathlon • cleared a career-best 1.71m (5-07.25) as high jump runner-up at the Tommie Twilight • tied for 15th in high jump at the Big Ten Championship.

2018 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Freshman Season: Competed at five meets with three appearances in the pentathlon • scored a career-best 3,851 points to place fourth in the pentathlon at the Power Five Invite • set career bests in high jump (1.75m, 5-08.75) and long jump (5.43m, 17-09.75) in the Power Five pentathlon • placed ninth in the pentathlon (3,711) and high jump (1.70m, 5-07.00) at the Big Ten Championship • set career bests in the 60m hurdles (9.08), 800m (2:22.09), and shot put (11.41m, 37-05.25) in the B1G pentathlon • ended the season ranked fourth in the pentathlon (3,851 points) and seventh in high jump (1.75m, 5-08.75) among all-time Gophers.

2018 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Freshman Season: Named Academic All-Big Ten • letterwinner • competed at four meets with three appearances each in high jump and javelin • made Big Ten Outdoor Championship debut with a 14th-place finish in javelin (40.90m, 134-02) and did not clear a height in high jump • tied her career-best mark of 1.65m (5-05.00) in high jump at the Beach Invite • threw a season-best 41.91m (137-06) as javelin runner-up at Louisville.

2017 Indoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Competed unattached at six meets, including two appearances in the pentathlon at the SDSU Holiday Open and the Jack Johnson Classic.

2017 Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Competed unattached at six meets, including a runner-up finish in lone heptathlon appearance at the CSB-SJU Invite/Heptathlon.

High School: A 2016 graduate of Red River High School in Grand Forks, N.D., where she competed for coaches Tracey Heisler, Tim Delmore, and Tim Tandeski • three-sport letterwinner for the Roughriders, earning six letters in track & field along with being a three-year letterwinner in volleyball and four-year letterwinner in basketball • 14-time North Dakota Class A State Track & Field Championship participant in high jump, javelin, and the 4x400m relay • six-time state meet qualifier in high jump, placing fourth as a seventh-grader (4-11) and an eighth-grader (5-02), third as a freshman (5-01), and seventh as a junior (5-01) and winning state titles as a sophomore (5-03) and senior (5-06) • five-time state meet qualifier in javelin, winning back-to-back titles as a freshman (139-03) and sophomore (139-08) and placing fifth as an eighth-grader (112-11), third as a junior (133-05), and second as a senior (139-05) • earned three top-seven state meet finishes with the 4x400m relay team, placing fourth as a freshman (4:07), second as a sophomore (4:04), and seventh as a senior (4:08) • three-year all-state and All-Eastern Dakota Conference honoree • five-time Eastern Dakota Conference champion in high jump (2014, 2016), javelin (2013, 2014), and 4x400m relay (2014) • missed most of her junior season due to injury • named Eastern Dakota Conference Track & Field Athlete of the Year and Grand Forks Herald Female Athlete of the Year • owns high school personal-best marks of 5-07 in high jump and 141-03 in javelin • two-time javelin participant at USATF Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placing 16th in 2013 and 2014 • three-time all-conference honoree and two-time MVP in basketball, ending her career as the Roughriders all-time assists leader.

Personal: Daughter of Kristopher and Terry Arason • has two siblings, Jake and Logan • Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences major • enjoys playing piano and singing.

Arason's Indoor Career Bests (2020-21 Final)
Event	Mark	Meet (Date)
800m	2:22.09	Big Tens (2/23/18)
60m Hurdles	9.01	SDSU Holiday Invite (12/6/19)
High Jump	1.75m, 5-08.75	Power Five Invite (2/2/18); Iowa State Classic (2/14/20)
Long Jump	5.443m, 17-09.75	Power Five Invite (2/2/18)
Shot Put	11.54m, 37-10.50	Big Tens (2/22/19)
Pentathlon	3,851	Power Five Invite (2/2/18)
Arason's Outdoor Career Bests (2020-21 Final)
Event	Mark (All-Time Rank)	Meet (Date)
200m	26.10	Husker B1G (4/16/21)
800m	2:27.00	Big Tens (5/15/21)
100m Hurdles	14.74	Husker B1G (4/16/21)
High Jump	1.71m, 5-07.25	Tommie Twilight (5/1/19); Big Tens (5/14/21)
Long Jump	5.60m, 18-04.50	Big Tens (5/15/21)
Shot Put	11.27m, 36-11.75	Big Tens (5/14/21)
Javelin	43.01m, 141-01	M City Classic (5/1/21)
Heptathlon	5,303 (AT-5th)	Big Tens (5/14/21-5/15/21)