Link's Performance History & Personal Bests
2023-24 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior): Top finisher for the Bison at the Summit League Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regional … Placed 7th at the Summit League Championships for All-Summit League first team honors, running a 6k season-best of 21:20.8 … Took 72nd overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional … Finished 16th at the Bradley Pink Classic on Oct. 13.
Indoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the mile and 4th in the 3000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Personal-best 4:47.86 in the mile at the Valentine Invitational in Boston, ranking 6th all-time at NDSU … Personal-best 9:38.41 in the 3000m at the conference meet, ranking 8th in NDSU history
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 4th in the 1500m and 8th in the 800m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Season-best times of 2:11.33 in the 800m and 4:29.87 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Ended the season ranked 7th in school history for the 1500m.
2022-23 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore): Finished 2nd at the Summit League Championships for All-Summit League first team honors, leading the Bison women to the team title … Personal-best 6k time of 20:12.0 at the conference meet, ranking fourth-fastest in NDSU history for the cross country 6k … Among NDSU’s top three finishers at all six meets on the season … No. 2 runner for the Bison four times, including at the NCAA Midwest Regional where she placed 67th overall.
Indoor (Sophomore): Anchored the Bison distance medley relay to a Summit League title, posting the 7th-fastest time in school history … Placed 4th in the mile and 5th in the 5,000m at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best mile time of 4:48.25 at the Music City Challenge to rank 6th in NDSU history … Indoor season-best 800m time of 2:14.64 … Won the mile at the Bison Team Cup.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed 3rd in the 1500m, 5th in the 800m, and 6th in the 5000m at the Summit League Championships … Ran the anchor 1600m leg on the Bison distance medley relay that placed 3rd at the Drake Relays and ranked 2nd-fastest in NDSU outdoor history … Personal-best 1500m time of 4:24.69 at Drake to rank 7th all-time at NDSU … Personal-best 800m time of 2:10.74 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic.
2021-22 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman): Placed 12th at the Summit League Championships for All-Summit League second team honors … No. 3 finisher for the Bison at the conference meet … No. 2 finisher for NDSU at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 12, where she placed 73rd overall in a personal-best 21:56.9 for the 6k course … Among NDSU’s top four runners at every meet which she competed.
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 4th in the mile at the Summit League Indoor Championships, running a personal-best 4:53.59 … Also anchored the Bison distance medley relay to 3rd place at the conference meet … Ran 2:16.54 in the 800m at the Iowa State Classic … Ended the season ranked 10th-fastest in school history for the mile.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 5th in the 1500m and 8th in the 5000m at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Ran a 1500m personal-best of 4:29.07 at the Drake Relays to rank 10th-fastest in NDSU history … 800m personal-best of 2:13.17 at the Stanford Invitational … Named NDSU’s Female Rookie of the Year across all sports at the 2022 Green & Gold Gala.
High School: State champion in the 4x800m relay as a senior in 2021 for Wayzata HS ... High school track personal-bests of 11:09 in the 3200m, 5:08 in the 1600m, and 2:19 in the 800m ... Placed 31st at the Minnesota Class AA state cross country meet as a junior in 2019, running 18:57 for the 5k ... 42nd at the state cross country meet as a sophomore.
