HONORS AND AWARDS
Two-Time All-Missouri Valley Conference (Cross Country): 2016, 2017
All-Missouri Valley Conference (Track & Field): 2017 (Indoor 5,000m)
MVC Cross Country Athlete of the Week: Sept. 20, 2016
MVC Scholar-Athlete (Cross Country): 2017
MVC Scholar-Athlete (Track & Field): 2018
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2017
MVC Honor Roll: 2015, 2017, 2018
Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll (7): Fall '14, Spring '15, Spring '16, Fall '16, Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18
2017-18 SEASON
Cross Country: Earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the second-straight season • Placed eighth at the conference meet, helping the Braves to the MVC Championship for the third time in her career • Finished in the team’s top two in three of five meets she ran during the season • Placed 39th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best 6K time of 21:07.14.
Indoor: Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes at the MVC Championship • Placed sixth in the 3,000m run, while also finishing ninth in the 5,000m • Clocked the program’s sixth-fastest time in the 3,000m at Indiana in 9:53.35 • Ran a season-best 17:13.59 in the 5,000m at Notre Dame.
Outdoor: Added another pair of top-10 finishes at the MVC Outdoor Championship • Finished fourth in the 10,000m run before adding a 10th-place finish in the 5,000m run at the conference meet • Set season-best times with a 17:19.36 in the 5,000m at the Drake Relays and with a 35:41.05 in the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays.
2016-17 SEASON
Cross Country: Named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Team • Finished fifth at the conference championship to lead the Braves to a second-place finish • Overall, led Bradley in each of her five races during the 2016 season • Won the Bradley Intercollegiate, while also placing fifth at Notre Dame • Named MVC Female Athlete of the Week after her performance at the Bradley Intercollegiate • Set her PR at Notre Dame with a 5K mark of 17:24.2 • Led Bradley at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 32nd overall with a career-best 6K time of 21:05.2.
Indoor: Received All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in the 5,000m run, placing second at the conference championship in the event with a PR time of 16:56.74 • Her mark is the fourth-fastest career-best time in Bradley history • Also finished seventh in the 3,000m run at the MVC Championship • Set her PR in the 3,000m at the GVSU Big Meet with a mark of 9:55.58, ranking fifth in the school’s record book • Won the 3,000m run at the Gladstein Invitational.
Outdoor: Recorded her fourth and fifth top-10 finishes of the year at MVC Championships during the outdoor campaign, placing sixth in the 10,000m run at the conference meet and ninth in the 5,000m run • Also posted the fifth-fastest time in the Bradley record book in the 10,000m run with a mark of 35:05.80 at the Mt. SAC Relays, while placing sixth in BU history in the 5,000m run with a time of 16:50.20 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival • Also ran the 1,500m at Southern Illinois with a time of 4:40.57.
2015-16 SEASON
Cross Country: Finished fourth at the Bradley Invitational and eighth at the Illini Open, where she turned in a career-best 5K time of 18:45.47.
Indoor: Closed out the indoor season with a career-best 3,000m time of 10:37.60 at the EIU Friday Night Special.
Outdoor: Clocked the 13th-fastest 5,000m time in school history at the MVC Outdoor Championship • Finished second in the 5,000m at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic to start the outdoor season • Also posted a career-best time in the 1,500m during the spring.
2014-15 SEASON
Cross Country: Ended the cross country season with a season-best 5K of 19:28.64 at the Illini Open • Clocked a 6K of 24:10.1 at the Bradley Classic.
Indoor: Saw action in four indoor meets, posting a season-best mile of 5:25.94 at the Orange & Blue Open.
Outdoor: Finished 27th in the 5,000m at the MVC Outdoor Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-time all-conference performer in cross country, she was named team MVP all four years • Helped the Bandits to a regional title as a sophomore and was a state qualifier as an individual her senior year • Also lettered in soccer all four years.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Michelle and Chris Witczak, Hannah has two siblings, Abigail and Ivy • Majoring in nursing.
CAREER BESTS
Cross Country
4K: 16:10 || WIU Early Bird / Macomb, Ill. || Sept. 29, 2014
3 Miles: 16:48.7 || Bradley Intercollegiate / Peoria, Ill. || Sept. 16, 2016
5K: 17:24.2 || Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational / South Bend, Ind. || Sept. 30, 2016
6K: 21:05.2 || MVC Midwest Regional / Iowa City, Iowa || Nov. 11, 2016
Indoor Track
800m: 2:37.91 || EIU John Craft Invite / Charleston, Ill. || Jan. 24, 2015
Mile: 5:06.15 || Illinois Open / Champaign, Ill. || Jan. 13, 2018
3,000m: 9:53.35 || Gladstein Invitational / Bloomington, Ind. || Jan. 19, 2018
5,000m: 16:56.74 || MVC Championship / Cedar Falls, Iowa || Feb. 25, 2017
Outdoor Track
800m: 2:32.85 || EIU Big Blue Classic / Charleston, Ill. || Apr. 4, 2015
1,500m: 4:40.57 || Bill Cornell Spring Classic / Carbondale, Ill. || Mar. 25, 2017
3,000m: 10:40.36 || Illinois Twilight / Champaign, Ill. || Apr. 18, 2015
5,000m: 16:50.20 || San Francisco State Distance Carnival / San Francisco, Calif. || Mar. 31, 2017
10,000m: 35:05.80 || Mt. Sac Relays / Walnut, Calif. || Apr. 13, 2017
