Violet Weibel

Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
La Crosse Central HS
Hometown:
La Crosse, Wis.

2016 - Redshirt Junior Season: Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree - competed in three meets this season - recorded a season-best 6K time of 25:35.24 at the Tori Neubauer Invite to finish 10th among the Gophers.

2015 - Redshirt Sophomore Season: Ran five races - ran a career-best 23:18.09 as the seventh Gopher at the Tori Neubauer Invitational - finished 40th overall as the fifth Gopher at the Blugold Invitational (23:36.2) - finished 13th on the team at both the Oz Memorial (24:35.4) and the Griak Invitational (24:24.7) - placed 44th overall as the 10th female finisher at Jack's Run (24:07.0).

2014 - Redshirt Freshman Season: Ran five races - placed among the top 10 Gophers at four meets - made her Gopher debut at the Griak Invitational, finishing the 6K in 24:47.5 - finished 10th for the Gophers at the UW-Eau Claire Blugold Invite in 23:54.3 - ran a 23:53 as the sixth Gopher in 72nd overall at the Tori Neubauer Invitational - finished ninth on the team and 16th overall at Jack's Run in a career-best 23:30.6 - finished 10th on the team at Rocky's Run (25:01).

2013 - Freshman Season: Redshirted the 2013 cross country season and the 2014 indoor and outdoor track & field seasons.

High School: A 2013 graduate of La Crosse Central High School - competed at Wisconsin Division 1 state meets in both track and cross country - won both the 1,600m and 3,200m to help Central's track team win the 2012 Mississippi Valley Conference championship - repeated as MVC 1,600m champion in 2013 - competed at the Footlocker Midwest Region Championships in 2012.

Personal: Born October 13, 1994 - daughter of Sue and Paul Weibel - has two siblings, Vince and Vance - enjoys yoga, reading and hiking - majoring in nutrition with a minor in biology with plans to attend PA school after graduation.