2025-26 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster

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Ava Nuttall

  • Position CC/Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Century
  • Hometown Rochester, Minn.

Biography

CAREER ACCOLADES
  • Set school record in 10,000m (outdoor) in 2023
  • Recognized as Second-Team All-MACĀ (cross country) in 2023
  • Won bronze in the 5000m at 2024 MAC Indoor Championships
  • Earned Second-Team All-America honors with an 11th-place finish at 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships (33:51.78)
  • Finished fifth place in 10,000-meter race at 2023 NCAA East Prelims (outdoor)
  • Won gold in 10,000m at 2023Ā MAC Outdoor Championships and took silver in 5,000m
  • Earned First Team All-MAC recognition (outdoor) in 2023
  • Captured silver in 5k and bronze in 10kĀ at 2022 MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Earned bronze in 10k at MAC Outdoor Championships in 2021
  • Honored as Second Team All-MAC (cross country) in 2021 after finishing eighth at MAC Championships
  • Ranks in top five in program history in 3000m and 5000m (indoor)
  • Owns sixth-best time in 5000m (outdoor) in program history
2024-25 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Made season debut at Music City Challenge, taking 22nd in 5000m (indoor)
  • Finished 13th in 5000m and 20th in 3000m at MAC Indoor Championships
2023-24 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Took 16th place in the 5k at Live in Lou XC Classic with a time of 17:25.5
  • Finished 13th in the 6k (21:04.53) at MAC Cross Country Championships
  • Competed in the 6k at NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships, taking 24th place with a time of 21:01.7
  • Recognized as Second-Team All-MACĀ (cross country)
  • Won the 5000m with a time of 16:40.60 at Indiana Invitational (indoor)
  • Finished third in the 5000m (16:33.24) and 16th in the 3000m (9:57.24) at MAC Indoor ChampionshipsĀ 
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Earned Second-Team All-America honors with an 11th-place finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships (33:51.78)
  • Produced a time of 33:23.74 to take fifth place in 10,000-meter race at NCAA East Prelims (outdoor)
  • Won 10,000m at MAC Outdoor Championships with time of 34:33.80, setting new record at Akron's track
  • Finished as runner-up in 5,000m (16:22.11) at MAC Outdoor Championships as Miami swept top three podium spots
  • Earned First Team All-MAC recognition (outdoor)
  • Named MAC Women's Track Athlete of Week (3/29) after setting school and MAC record in 10k (33:10.75) at Raleigh Relays (outdoor)
  • Set personal best (16:15.94) in 5k at Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener (indoor), beating previous school record
  • Set PR in mile (5:07.96) at Gladstein Invitational (indoor) and claimed victory in 3,000m at same meet (9:44.78)
  • Set a personal best (9:38.77) and took fourth in 3,000m at MAC Indoor Championships, earning a top-10 time in program history
  • Finished third in the 5k with a time of 16:16.39 at MAC Indoor Championships
  • First Team All-MAC honoree (cross country)
  • Took fourth in MAC Cross Country Championships, finishing 6k course in personal-best 20:13.3
  • Set PR of 17:21.1 in 5k at Louisville Classic (cross country)
  • Won RedHawk Rumble (cross country) with time of 17:36.9 (5k)
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Placed second in 5k with time of 16:51.18 at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Placed third in 10k with time of 34:30.09 at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Recorded personal-best 16:29.81 in the 5k at 2022 Indiana Invitational (outdoor), good for fifth on Miami’s all-time list
  • Ran a 33:38.00 in the 10k at Stanford Invitational (outdoor), the second-best mark in program history
  • Placed sixth in 5k with time of 16:48.38 at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships
  • Ran a 16:35.86 in 5k at the Music City Challenge to rank fourth in program history (indoor)
  • Honored as Second Team All-MAC (cross country)
  • Finished eighth at MAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 21:11.1 (6k)Ā 
  • Competed in NCAA Div. I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships, finishing in 22:07.0 (6k)
2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Placed sixth in the 5K (16:58.19) at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Took third place at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 10K (35:29.91)Ā 
PRIOR TO MIAMI
  • Lettered four times each in track & field and figure skating
  • Also earned a letter in Nordic skiing
  • Ranks fifth in school history in 5K
  • Qualified for state cross country meet in 2019 and 2020
  • Part of Theater on Ice national champions in 2017
  • Helped high school team win four team city titles and two conference championships in cross country
  • Earned academic all-state honorsĀ 
PERSONAL
  • Majoring in Liberal Studies with focus in Social Sciences and Humanities

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    CC/Distance
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    CC/Distance
  • 2022-23Junior

    CC/Distance
  • 2023-24Senior

    CC/Distance
  • 2024-25Fifth Year

    CC/Distance
  • 2025-26Graduate Student

    CC/Distance