University of Minnesota Athletics
2026 Women's Cross Country Roster
Zoie Dundon
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Position:
- Distance
- High School:
- Burnsville High School
- Hometown:
- Burnsville, Minn.
Zoie Dundon's TFRRS Bio
Zoie Dundon's IAAF Bio
2026 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Junior Season: Tabbed as an Academic All-Big Ten honoree... Earned All-Academic status from the USTFCCCA for performance on the track and in the classroom... Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase for the second time in her career... Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 3000m steeplechase for the second time and first time since 2024... Stopped the clock in a lifetime-best time of 9:50.96 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to finish 16th overall and ended the season at No. 2 all-time in Minnesota history in the steeplechase... Ran to an outdoor lifetime best of 2:02.31 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite to move to No. 2 all-time at Minnesota outdoors... Added a 4:13.50 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invite to catapult up to second all-time at the 'U' in the 1500m... Earned a Big Ten Outdoor Championships bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:07.50... Opened the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays with a steeplechase time of 10:04.32 to finish fifth.
2026 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Junior Season: Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time and finished sixth overall in the 800m to become a First Team All-American... Used a lifetime best, and school record, time of 2:01.42 in the NCAA Indoor Championships final to place sixth and help Minnesota's women's team finish tie for 17th... Snagged bronze in the 800m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 2:01.56... Reached the NCAA Indoor Championships final with a preliminary time of 2:02.51 to finish eighth in the opening round... Reached the Big Ten Indoor Championships 800m final with a prelim time of 2:04.29... Was third at the Meyo Invite 800m championship final with a time of 2:03.88... Opened the indoor season with wins in both the 800m and mile at the Graduate Classic... Also ran the indoor mile at the Tyson Invitational and won in a school record time of 4:31.92... Ran the opening leg of Minnesota's Alex Wilson Invite Distance Medley Relay (DMR) school record team that clocked a time of 10:55.64... Earned a Big Ten Indoor Championships silver medal as a member of Minnesota's DMR team that stopped the clock at 10:57.35.
2025 Cross Country • Redshirt Junior Season: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors... Finished six different competitions during the cross country season... Finished third among the Golden Gophers lineup at the NCAA Midwest Regional with her 21:12.5 good enough for 29th overall... Was 57th overall (21:13.7) at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships, fourth among the Gophers, to help the team finish seventh overall... Was 19th overall at the 39th Roy Griak Invitational in a time of 22:30.2... Clocked a lifetime best 6K time of 20:49.79 at the Loyola Lakefront Invite to finish 56th overall... Also ran at the Oz Memorial and the Nuttycombe Invite.
2025 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten team... Stepped onto the track in five different outdoor meets... Improved to No. 3 all-time in the 3000m steeplechase at the Univeristy of Minnesota with a time of 9:52.46 at the Bryan Clay Invitational to finish ninth overall... Opened the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays, running to a lifetime best 800m time of 2:06.62, which sits at No. 10 all-time at Minnesota... Was fifth in the 1500m at the Drake Relays in a time of 4:18.54... Scored at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:58.45... Came up one spot short of returning to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 13th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional at Texas A&M in a time of 10:05.41.
2025 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Took part in five competitions during the indoor season... Earned a bronze medal at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as a part of the Distance Medley Relay, finishing third in a time of 11:02.42... Helped Isabelle Schmitz, Dyandra Gray and Erin Reidy post a new DMR school record (11:02.42) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships... Missed out on the 800m indoor Big Ten final by one position with a ninth-place time of 2:06.98... Was the runner-up in the mile at the Windy City Invite in a lifetime best indoor time of 4:44.08... Ran to a seventh-place finish at the Meyo Invitational in the 800m in a time of 2:08.20... Was the 1000m runner-up at the Graduate Classic in Lincoln, Neb... Opened the indoor campaign at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational and clocked a lifetime 3000m best time of 9:43.47 to finish eighth overall.
2024 Cross Country • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team... Was a part of Minnesota's lineup in four meets during the XC season... Opened the season at the Oz Memorial with a 5K time of 19:06.4 to finish seventh... Ran to a 6K lifetime best 21:13.8 at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational to finish 84th overall... Ran at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill., and finished 12th among the Gophers.
2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Freshman Season: Earned Second Team All-America honors (12th place) in the 3000m steeplechase... Claimed the Big Ten title in the 3000m steeplechase, becoming the first freshman to win the event since 2012 (Leah O'Connor)... Was named the Big Ten Outdoor Freshman of the Year, the first for the women's program outdoors since 2018... Ran her first official outdoor event for the Gophers at the Hurricane Invitational, clocking a 2:12.42 in the 800m and a 4:30.02 in the 1500m... Ran her first attached 3000m steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays, where she finished eighth overall and sixth among college runners, in a time of 10:16.72... Was 12th at the Bryan Clay Invite in the steeplechase, breaking the 10-minute mark for the first time at 9:57.44... Ran a 1500m season-best time of 4:20.53 at the 114th Drake Relays to finish fourth... Ran 10:09.56 at the Big Ten Championships to win her first conference title... Was ninth overall at the NCAA West Regional with an automatic qualifying time of 10:20.76... Earned the last spot in the 3000m steeplechase NCAA final with a season best 9:54.53 in the prelims... In the final finished 12th overall in a time of 10:00.55.
2024 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Freshman Season: Made indoor debut at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite in Houston, earning a third-place finish in the mile... Followed up with an 800m performance of 2:11.53 at the Simmons-Harvey... Posted a lifetime best 600m time at the 2024 Meyo Invite, clocking a 1:31.80 to finish fourth overall, also finished seventh in the 800m in a time of 2:07.85... Ran her best indoor mile of the season at the Badger's Windy City Invite, posting a 4:48.53 to finish 13th overall... In her indoor postseason debut, finished 7th in the 800m at the Big Ten Championships, clocking a 2:06.70 in the prelims before going 2:07.67 in the final.
2023 Cross Country • Redshirt Freshman Season: Finished six different cross country races during her first season wearing the Maroon and Gold... Made her official debut at the Oz Memorial where she finished ninth overall.. Was 59th at the Wisconsin Badger Classic... Came in at 81st overall at the Griak Invitational... Posted a season best 5K time of 18:02.9 at the Joe PIane Invitational to finish 81st and sixth overall among Minnesota's lineup... Posted a 6K season best at the XC23 College & Open in Virginia in a time of 21:39.4... Ended her cross season at the Big Ten Championships, where she was 97th overall.
2023 Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Redshirtted first season at the University of Minnesota... Ended the season with a first-place finish in the 1500m at the Janis Rider/Doug Bolstorff Invitational with a time of 4:41.24… Finished first at a time of 10:47.69 in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Running on Hope Invitational… Placed in first with a time at 10:53.07 in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Bethel Invitational… Began the outdoor season with a second-place time of 4:35.15 in the 1500m at the St. Thomas Tomcat Invitational.
2023 Indoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Redshirtted first season at the University of Minnesota... Finished the indoor season with back-to-back first-place finishes in 600ms races with times of 1:33.55 at the Snowshoe Open and 1:36.37 at the Gopher Classic… Placed third at the Jack Johnson Classic in the 800m race at a time of 2:13.94… Began her collegiate career with a first-place finish in the 800m race during the Ice Breaker Open & Multi with a time of 2:16.20
2022 Cross Country • Freshman Season: Redshirtted first season at the University of Minnesota... Ran in four meets as an unattached athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Derek Schlager, Charlie Burnhan and Jeff Webber in high school... Competed in cross country, hockey, track and soccer in high school... Out of Burnsville, Minn., Dundon defended her state championship in the 800m this past season with a personal best time of 2:09.51... A year prior she had won the state title, giving Burnsville its first individual state championship in over 10 years... She also brings in great times in the 1600m at 4:58.70 and in cross country with a 5K time of 18:28... Was the Student Council President... a member of the National Honors Society... Was All-Conference in cross country twice, hockey once and track four times... Earned Third-Team All-Metro honors in girls hockey... Helped win a conference championship in hockey and a fifth-place team finish her senior year.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marylou and James Dundon... Has two siblings Thomas and Danielle... Lists traveling and being outside as interests outside of running.
Zoie Dundon's IAAF Bio
2026 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Junior Season: Tabbed as an Academic All-Big Ten honoree... Earned All-Academic status from the USTFCCCA for performance on the track and in the classroom... Reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase for the second time in her career... Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 3000m steeplechase for the second time and first time since 2024... Stopped the clock in a lifetime-best time of 9:50.96 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to finish 16th overall and ended the season at No. 2 all-time in Minnesota history in the steeplechase... Ran to an outdoor lifetime best of 2:02.31 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite to move to No. 2 all-time at Minnesota outdoors... Added a 4:13.50 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invite to catapult up to second all-time at the 'U' in the 1500m... Earned a Big Ten Outdoor Championships bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 10:07.50... Opened the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays with a steeplechase time of 10:04.32 to finish fifth.
2026 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Junior Season: Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time and finished sixth overall in the 800m to become a First Team All-American... Used a lifetime best, and school record, time of 2:01.42 in the NCAA Indoor Championships final to place sixth and help Minnesota's women's team finish tie for 17th... Snagged bronze in the 800m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 2:01.56... Reached the NCAA Indoor Championships final with a preliminary time of 2:02.51 to finish eighth in the opening round... Reached the Big Ten Indoor Championships 800m final with a prelim time of 2:04.29... Was third at the Meyo Invite 800m championship final with a time of 2:03.88... Opened the indoor season with wins in both the 800m and mile at the Graduate Classic... Also ran the indoor mile at the Tyson Invitational and won in a school record time of 4:31.92... Ran the opening leg of Minnesota's Alex Wilson Invite Distance Medley Relay (DMR) school record team that clocked a time of 10:55.64... Earned a Big Ten Indoor Championships silver medal as a member of Minnesota's DMR team that stopped the clock at 10:57.35.
2025 Cross Country • Redshirt Junior Season: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors... Finished six different competitions during the cross country season... Finished third among the Golden Gophers lineup at the NCAA Midwest Regional with her 21:12.5 good enough for 29th overall... Was 57th overall (21:13.7) at the Big Ten Cross Country Championships, fourth among the Gophers, to help the team finish seventh overall... Was 19th overall at the 39th Roy Griak Invitational in a time of 22:30.2... Clocked a lifetime best 6K time of 20:49.79 at the Loyola Lakefront Invite to finish 56th overall... Also ran at the Oz Memorial and the Nuttycombe Invite.
2025 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten team... Stepped onto the track in five different outdoor meets... Improved to No. 3 all-time in the 3000m steeplechase at the Univeristy of Minnesota with a time of 9:52.46 at the Bryan Clay Invitational to finish ninth overall... Opened the outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays, running to a lifetime best 800m time of 2:06.62, which sits at No. 10 all-time at Minnesota... Was fifth in the 1500m at the Drake Relays in a time of 4:18.54... Scored at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 9:58.45... Came up one spot short of returning to the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 13th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional at Texas A&M in a time of 10:05.41.
2025 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Took part in five competitions during the indoor season... Earned a bronze medal at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as a part of the Distance Medley Relay, finishing third in a time of 11:02.42... Helped Isabelle Schmitz, Dyandra Gray and Erin Reidy post a new DMR school record (11:02.42) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships... Missed out on the 800m indoor Big Ten final by one position with a ninth-place time of 2:06.98... Was the runner-up in the mile at the Windy City Invite in a lifetime best indoor time of 4:44.08... Ran to a seventh-place finish at the Meyo Invitational in the 800m in a time of 2:08.20... Was the 1000m runner-up at the Graduate Classic in Lincoln, Neb... Opened the indoor campaign at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational and clocked a lifetime 3000m best time of 9:43.47 to finish eighth overall.
2024 Cross Country • Redshirt Sophomore Season: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team... Was a part of Minnesota's lineup in four meets during the XC season... Opened the season at the Oz Memorial with a 5K time of 19:06.4 to finish seventh... Ran to a 6K lifetime best 21:13.8 at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational to finish 84th overall... Ran at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill., and finished 12th among the Gophers.
2024 Outdoor Track & Field • Redshirt Freshman Season: Earned Second Team All-America honors (12th place) in the 3000m steeplechase... Claimed the Big Ten title in the 3000m steeplechase, becoming the first freshman to win the event since 2012 (Leah O'Connor)... Was named the Big Ten Outdoor Freshman of the Year, the first for the women's program outdoors since 2018... Ran her first official outdoor event for the Gophers at the Hurricane Invitational, clocking a 2:12.42 in the 800m and a 4:30.02 in the 1500m... Ran her first attached 3000m steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays, where she finished eighth overall and sixth among college runners, in a time of 10:16.72... Was 12th at the Bryan Clay Invite in the steeplechase, breaking the 10-minute mark for the first time at 9:57.44... Ran a 1500m season-best time of 4:20.53 at the 114th Drake Relays to finish fourth... Ran 10:09.56 at the Big Ten Championships to win her first conference title... Was ninth overall at the NCAA West Regional with an automatic qualifying time of 10:20.76... Earned the last spot in the 3000m steeplechase NCAA final with a season best 9:54.53 in the prelims... In the final finished 12th overall in a time of 10:00.55.
2024 Indoor Track & Field • Redshirt Freshman Season: Made indoor debut at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite in Houston, earning a third-place finish in the mile... Followed up with an 800m performance of 2:11.53 at the Simmons-Harvey... Posted a lifetime best 600m time at the 2024 Meyo Invite, clocking a 1:31.80 to finish fourth overall, also finished seventh in the 800m in a time of 2:07.85... Ran her best indoor mile of the season at the Badger's Windy City Invite, posting a 4:48.53 to finish 13th overall... In her indoor postseason debut, finished 7th in the 800m at the Big Ten Championships, clocking a 2:06.70 in the prelims before going 2:07.67 in the final.
2023 Cross Country • Redshirt Freshman Season: Finished six different cross country races during her first season wearing the Maroon and Gold... Made her official debut at the Oz Memorial where she finished ninth overall.. Was 59th at the Wisconsin Badger Classic... Came in at 81st overall at the Griak Invitational... Posted a season best 5K time of 18:02.9 at the Joe PIane Invitational to finish 81st and sixth overall among Minnesota's lineup... Posted a 6K season best at the XC23 College & Open in Virginia in a time of 21:39.4... Ended her cross season at the Big Ten Championships, where she was 97th overall.
2023 Outdoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Redshirtted first season at the University of Minnesota... Ended the season with a first-place finish in the 1500m at the Janis Rider/Doug Bolstorff Invitational with a time of 4:41.24… Finished first at a time of 10:47.69 in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Running on Hope Invitational… Placed in first with a time at 10:53.07 in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Bethel Invitational… Began the outdoor season with a second-place time of 4:35.15 in the 1500m at the St. Thomas Tomcat Invitational.
2023 Indoor Track & Field • Freshman Season: Redshirtted first season at the University of Minnesota... Finished the indoor season with back-to-back first-place finishes in 600ms races with times of 1:33.55 at the Snowshoe Open and 1:36.37 at the Gopher Classic… Placed third at the Jack Johnson Classic in the 800m race at a time of 2:13.94… Began her collegiate career with a first-place finish in the 800m race during the Ice Breaker Open & Multi with a time of 2:16.20
2022 Cross Country • Freshman Season: Redshirtted first season at the University of Minnesota... Ran in four meets as an unattached athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Derek Schlager, Charlie Burnhan and Jeff Webber in high school... Competed in cross country, hockey, track and soccer in high school... Out of Burnsville, Minn., Dundon defended her state championship in the 800m this past season with a personal best time of 2:09.51... A year prior she had won the state title, giving Burnsville its first individual state championship in over 10 years... She also brings in great times in the 1600m at 4:58.70 and in cross country with a 5K time of 18:28... Was the Student Council President... a member of the National Honors Society... Was All-Conference in cross country twice, hockey once and track four times... Earned Third-Team All-Metro honors in girls hockey... Helped win a conference championship in hockey and a fifth-place team finish her senior year.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marylou and James Dundon... Has two siblings Thomas and Danielle... Lists traveling and being outside as interests outside of running.
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