2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Rusnak, Hannah

Hannah Rusnak
- Position:
- Multis
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lynden, Wash.
- High School:
- Lynden Christian
Bio
2020 All-America (Pentathlon)
2020 MPSF Pentathlon Champion
2019 All-America Second Team (Heptathlon)
2019 Pac-12 Heptathlon Champion
2019 MPSF Pentathlon Runner-Up
Rusnak Features
ยปย Despite Cancellation, Rusnak's Illustrious Career Continues (UW Daily; Apr. 16, 2020)
2022: Wrapped up her career with another strong season in the multis, coming up just two spots shy of a spot at NCAA Outdoors, as she finished 26th with a season-best heptathlon score of 5,578 โฆ set personal-bests during the season in the shot put and javelin โฆ qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the open javelin, placing 44th overall โฆ at final Pac-12 Championships, placed seventh in the heptathlon while managing a leg injury, scoring 5,291 points, including a PR in the javelin of 155-8 that put her No. 8 in school history in the javelin โฆ won the long jump at the West Coast Relays with a season-best leap of 19-6 ยพ โฆ scored 5,578 points in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays including a shot put PR of 42-7, a long jump of 19-2 ยพ, a high jump make of 5-4 ยผ, and a javelin throw of 150-3 โฆ season-best 100m hurdles of 13.91 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ indoors, competed unattached for the first three meets, but then competed in uniform at the Pac-12 Invitational where she took third in the pentathlon with 3,939 points โฆ won the pentathlon high jump at 5-6 ยฝ and the shot put at 42-0 ยพ and ran a season-best 60m hurdles of 8.65 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2021: Finished ranked 31st in the heptathlon nationally, falling just a few spots short of an NCAA Outdoor bid โฆ ranking fourth after day one, was on pace to potentially set a season-best in the heptathlon at the Pac-12 Championships but had three fouls in the long jump โฆ in the Pac-12 multis, had set an outdoor high jump best of 5-7 ยพ and a shot put PR of 42-2 ยผ โฆ completed a heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout, scoring 5,508 points for fourth and winning the long jump at 19-7 ยฝ and the javelin with a PR of 148-6 โฆ at the UW-WSU Dual, second in the long jump at 19-1 ยฝ, third in the 100m hurdles in 14.06, and fifth in the high jump at 5-5 โฆ cleared 5-7 in the high jump to win the Doris Heritage Festival โฆ competed just once indoors, going 40-3 ยฝ in the shot put at the Husky Classic โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Captured a second-straight conference title in the multi-events and earned her first indoor All-America honor in the pentathlon while shattering the School Record โฆ posted the sixth-best pentathlon score in the NCAA during the indoor season with her total of 4,190 points at the MPSF Championships which she won โฆ broke the UW School Record with that score by 275 points โฆ qualified for NCAA Indoors but did not get to compete as the meet was canceled due to COVID-19 โฆ set new PRs in all five pentathlon events, with four of five PRs coming at MPSFs โฆ in the MPSF pentathlon, won the first four events, taking the 60m hurdles in 8.43 seconds, getting a high jump PR of 5-9 1/4 to rank No. 4 in school history in that event, winning the shot put at 41-2 1/2, and winning the long jump at 19-7 which ranks No. 7 in school history, and then PRโing in the 800-meters in 2:30.09 โฆ ran her 60m hurdles PR of 8.40 (altitude converted from 8.38) at the Don Kirby Invite to go to No. 4 in school history in that list โฆ improvement in the high jump was especially impressive, as she came into the year with an outdoor PR of 5-6 1/2 from the 2019 NCAA Outdoor meet, then raised that by over two inches to 5-8 3/4 at the UW Last Chance Meet and then another half-inch at MPSFs to 5-9 1/4; her best indoor high jump from 2019 was just 5-3 1/4 โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2019: A record-shattering sophomore season as she became the best heptathlete in Washington school history and claimed the Pac-12 Heptathlon title, the first by a Husky since 1992 โฆ qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships and finished ninth in the heptathlon, the highest finish ever by a Husky at NCAAs, and just 14 points out of eighth-place and a podium spot โฆ earned Second Team All-America honors for ninth โฆ raised her heptathlon PR by 800 points from her freshman season โฆ broke the school record for the third time at the NCAA Championships, scoring 5,779 points, and setting PRs in the 100m hurdles (13.51), the high jump (5-6 1/2), the shot put (41-10), and the javelin (141-3) โฆ her 100m hurdles time of 13.51 from NCAAs is third-fastest in school history โฆ won the heptathlon title at the Pac-12 Multi-Events in Tucson with a then-PR and school record of 5,762 points, which included PRs in the 200-meters (24.46), the long jump (19-9), and the 800-meters (2:24.93) โฆ returned to Tucson the next week for the Pac-12 Championships and scored in the 100m hurdles final, taking sixth in 13.65 and taking 12th in the long jump โฆ also qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 100m hurdles, finishing 40th overall in 13.89 โฆ first shattered the heptathlon school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a 700 point PR of 5,642, breaking the old record by nearly 400 points โฆ won the 100m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual in 13.75 seconds and was second in the long jump at 19-2 3/4 โฆ won the long jump collegiate section at the Stanford Invitational going 19-8 โฆ indoors, raised her pentathlon PR to 3,848 points, the third-best mark in school history, in a runner-up finish at the MPSF Championships โฆ ran a 200-meters indoor PR of 24.57 at the Last Chance Elite Meet, going to seventh in school history in that event โฆ clocked a 60m hurdles PR of 8.42 at the UW Indoor Preview for the No. 5 mark in school history โฆ all told put her name in six different Husky top-10 lists in 2019.
2018: The top multi-event athlete for the Dawgs in her first season, setting a UW freshman school record in the heptathlon โฆ completed her first collegiate heptathlon at the Pac-12 Multi-Events, and scored 4,934 points to finish 10th overall โฆ that score ranked her No. 5 in school history and broke the freshman record โฆ also ran on the 4x100m relay that was sixth at Pac-12s in 46.71, and took 13th in the 100m hurdles in a wind-aided time of 13.88 seconds โฆ best Pac-12 heptathlon event finishes were the shot put, where she was third at 39-5 and the 100m hurdles where she was fifth at 14.27 โฆ had a season-best javelin throw of 127-4 at the Beach Invitational โฆ did four events at the UW-WSU Dual, scoring in the shot put with a PR of 40-10 ยฝ for third, and was fourth in the 100m hurdles in 14.50 โฆ indoors, completed two pentathlons, including an eighth-place finish at the MPSF Championships to score a team point โฆ at MPSFs, scored 3,550 points for the No. 10 spot in school history โฆ had a season-best 60m hurdles of 8.65 at in the MPSF pentathlon that ranks just outside the UW top-10, and was second with a shot put of 39-4 and seventh with a long jump of 17-9 ยพ โฆ long jump season best of 18-1 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ also completed a pentathlon at the UW Invitational, scoring 3,321 points for 14th.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellingham, Wash. โฆ parents are Tammy and Joseph Rusnak โฆ has one older brother, Nathan, who runs track for Trinity Christian โฆ captured five Washington State Championships at the 1A level and was top-three at state in four different events her senior year in 2017 โฆ as a senior, won her third 100m hurdles state title and ran a 14.12 second PR in the prelims with a 2.8 tailwind and won the long jump title with a career-best 19-0 ยผ jump into a headwind while also finishing third in the 100-meter final and third in the 200-meter final โฆ won the long jump and 100m hurdles state titles as a sophomore and hurdles title as a freshman โฆ ranked second in the state in 2017 at all levels in the 100m hurdles and fifth in the long jump โฆ named Whatcom County Track Athlete of the Year in 2017 โฆ also lettered three years in volleyball and was an All-League First Team pick โฆ earned a 3.52 grade point average.
Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 8th, Pentathlon
2018 Pac-12 - 13th, 100mย Hurdles | 6th, 4x100mย | 10th, Heptathlon
2019 MPSF - 2nd, Pentathlon
2019 Pac-12 - 1st, Heptathlon (Pac-12 Champion) | 6th, 100m Hurdles | 12th, Long Jump
2019 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, Heptathlon (All-America Second Team)
2020 MPSF - 1st, Pentahtlon (MPSF Champion)
2020 NCAA Indoors - Pentathlon Qualifier (All-America)
2021 Pac-12 - DNF, Heptathlon
2022 Pac-12 - 7th, Heptathlon
2022 NCAA Prelims - 44th, Javelin
Outdoor Bests
200m.......24.46
800m.......2:24.93
100mย Hurdles.......13.51
High Jump.......5-7 3/4
Long Jump.......19-9
Shot Put.......42-7
Javelin.......155-8
Heptathlon.......5,779
Indoor Bests
60m.......7.91
200m.......24.57
800m.......2:30.09
60m Hurdles.......8.40a
High Jump.......5-9 1/4
Long Jump.......19-7
Shot Put.......42-0 3/4
Pentathlon.......4,190 -ย School Record
Academic Honors
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2020 MPSF Pentathlon Champion
2019 All-America Second Team (Heptathlon)
2019 Pac-12 Heptathlon Champion
2019 MPSF Pentathlon Runner-Up
Rusnak Features
ยปย Despite Cancellation, Rusnak's Illustrious Career Continues (UW Daily; Apr. 16, 2020)
2022: Wrapped up her career with another strong season in the multis, coming up just two spots shy of a spot at NCAA Outdoors, as she finished 26th with a season-best heptathlon score of 5,578 โฆ set personal-bests during the season in the shot put and javelin โฆ qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the open javelin, placing 44th overall โฆ at final Pac-12 Championships, placed seventh in the heptathlon while managing a leg injury, scoring 5,291 points, including a PR in the javelin of 155-8 that put her No. 8 in school history in the javelin โฆ won the long jump at the West Coast Relays with a season-best leap of 19-6 ยพ โฆ scored 5,578 points in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays including a shot put PR of 42-7, a long jump of 19-2 ยพ, a high jump make of 5-4 ยผ, and a javelin throw of 150-3 โฆ season-best 100m hurdles of 13.91 at the Raleigh Relays โฆ indoors, competed unattached for the first three meets, but then competed in uniform at the Pac-12 Invitational where she took third in the pentathlon with 3,939 points โฆ won the pentathlon high jump at 5-6 ยฝ and the shot put at 42-0 ยพ and ran a season-best 60m hurdles of 8.65 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2021: Finished ranked 31st in the heptathlon nationally, falling just a few spots short of an NCAA Outdoor bid โฆ ranking fourth after day one, was on pace to potentially set a season-best in the heptathlon at the Pac-12 Championships but had three fouls in the long jump โฆ in the Pac-12 multis, had set an outdoor high jump best of 5-7 ยพ and a shot put PR of 42-2 ยผ โฆ completed a heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout, scoring 5,508 points for fourth and winning the long jump at 19-7 ยฝ and the javelin with a PR of 148-6 โฆ at the UW-WSU Dual, second in the long jump at 19-1 ยฝ, third in the 100m hurdles in 14.06, and fifth in the high jump at 5-5 โฆ cleared 5-7 in the high jump to win the Doris Heritage Festival โฆ competed just once indoors, going 40-3 ยฝ in the shot put at the Husky Classic โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Captured a second-straight conference title in the multi-events and earned her first indoor All-America honor in the pentathlon while shattering the School Record โฆ posted the sixth-best pentathlon score in the NCAA during the indoor season with her total of 4,190 points at the MPSF Championships which she won โฆ broke the UW School Record with that score by 275 points โฆ qualified for NCAA Indoors but did not get to compete as the meet was canceled due to COVID-19 โฆ set new PRs in all five pentathlon events, with four of five PRs coming at MPSFs โฆ in the MPSF pentathlon, won the first four events, taking the 60m hurdles in 8.43 seconds, getting a high jump PR of 5-9 1/4 to rank No. 4 in school history in that event, winning the shot put at 41-2 1/2, and winning the long jump at 19-7 which ranks No. 7 in school history, and then PRโing in the 800-meters in 2:30.09 โฆ ran her 60m hurdles PR of 8.40 (altitude converted from 8.38) at the Don Kirby Invite to go to No. 4 in school history in that list โฆ improvement in the high jump was especially impressive, as she came into the year with an outdoor PR of 5-6 1/2 from the 2019 NCAA Outdoor meet, then raised that by over two inches to 5-8 3/4 at the UW Last Chance Meet and then another half-inch at MPSFs to 5-9 1/4; her best indoor high jump from 2019 was just 5-3 1/4 โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2019: A record-shattering sophomore season as she became the best heptathlete in Washington school history and claimed the Pac-12 Heptathlon title, the first by a Husky since 1992 โฆ qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships and finished ninth in the heptathlon, the highest finish ever by a Husky at NCAAs, and just 14 points out of eighth-place and a podium spot โฆ earned Second Team All-America honors for ninth โฆ raised her heptathlon PR by 800 points from her freshman season โฆ broke the school record for the third time at the NCAA Championships, scoring 5,779 points, and setting PRs in the 100m hurdles (13.51), the high jump (5-6 1/2), the shot put (41-10), and the javelin (141-3) โฆ her 100m hurdles time of 13.51 from NCAAs is third-fastest in school history โฆ won the heptathlon title at the Pac-12 Multi-Events in Tucson with a then-PR and school record of 5,762 points, which included PRs in the 200-meters (24.46), the long jump (19-9), and the 800-meters (2:24.93) โฆ returned to Tucson the next week for the Pac-12 Championships and scored in the 100m hurdles final, taking sixth in 13.65 and taking 12th in the long jump โฆ also qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 100m hurdles, finishing 40th overall in 13.89 โฆ first shattered the heptathlon school record at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a 700 point PR of 5,642, breaking the old record by nearly 400 points โฆ won the 100m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual in 13.75 seconds and was second in the long jump at 19-2 3/4 โฆ won the long jump collegiate section at the Stanford Invitational going 19-8 โฆ indoors, raised her pentathlon PR to 3,848 points, the third-best mark in school history, in a runner-up finish at the MPSF Championships โฆ ran a 200-meters indoor PR of 24.57 at the Last Chance Elite Meet, going to seventh in school history in that event โฆ clocked a 60m hurdles PR of 8.42 at the UW Indoor Preview for the No. 5 mark in school history โฆ all told put her name in six different Husky top-10 lists in 2019.
2018: The top multi-event athlete for the Dawgs in her first season, setting a UW freshman school record in the heptathlon โฆ completed her first collegiate heptathlon at the Pac-12 Multi-Events, and scored 4,934 points to finish 10th overall โฆ that score ranked her No. 5 in school history and broke the freshman record โฆ also ran on the 4x100m relay that was sixth at Pac-12s in 46.71, and took 13th in the 100m hurdles in a wind-aided time of 13.88 seconds โฆ best Pac-12 heptathlon event finishes were the shot put, where she was third at 39-5 and the 100m hurdles where she was fifth at 14.27 โฆ had a season-best javelin throw of 127-4 at the Beach Invitational โฆ did four events at the UW-WSU Dual, scoring in the shot put with a PR of 40-10 ยฝ for third, and was fourth in the 100m hurdles in 14.50 โฆ indoors, completed two pentathlons, including an eighth-place finish at the MPSF Championships to score a team point โฆ at MPSFs, scored 3,550 points for the No. 10 spot in school history โฆ had a season-best 60m hurdles of 8.65 at in the MPSF pentathlon that ranks just outside the UW top-10, and was second with a shot put of 39-4 and seventh with a long jump of 17-9 ยพ โฆ long jump season best of 18-1 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ also completed a pentathlon at the UW Invitational, scoring 3,321 points for 14th.
High School and Personal: Born in Bellingham, Wash. โฆ parents are Tammy and Joseph Rusnak โฆ has one older brother, Nathan, who runs track for Trinity Christian โฆ captured five Washington State Championships at the 1A level and was top-three at state in four different events her senior year in 2017 โฆ as a senior, won her third 100m hurdles state title and ran a 14.12 second PR in the prelims with a 2.8 tailwind and won the long jump title with a career-best 19-0 ยผ jump into a headwind while also finishing third in the 100-meter final and third in the 200-meter final โฆ won the long jump and 100m hurdles state titles as a sophomore and hurdles title as a freshman โฆ ranked second in the state in 2017 at all levels in the 100m hurdles and fifth in the long jump โฆ named Whatcom County Track Athlete of the Year in 2017 โฆ also lettered three years in volleyball and was an All-League First Team pick โฆ earned a 3.52 grade point average.
Major Meets
2018 MPSF - 8th, Pentathlon
2018 Pac-12 - 13th, 100mย Hurdles | 6th, 4x100mย | 10th, Heptathlon
2019 MPSF - 2nd, Pentathlon
2019 Pac-12 - 1st, Heptathlon (Pac-12 Champion) | 6th, 100m Hurdles | 12th, Long Jump
2019 NCAA Outdoors - 9th, Heptathlon (All-America Second Team)
2020 MPSF - 1st, Pentahtlon (MPSF Champion)
2020 NCAA Indoors - Pentathlon Qualifier (All-America)
2021 Pac-12 - DNF, Heptathlon
2022 Pac-12 - 7th, Heptathlon
2022 NCAA Prelims - 44th, Javelin
Outdoor Bests
200m.......24.46
800m.......2:24.93
100mย Hurdles.......13.51
High Jump.......5-7 3/4
Long Jump.......19-9
Shot Put.......42-7
Javelin.......155-8
Heptathlon.......5,779
Indoor Bests
60m.......7.91
200m.......24.57
800m.......2:30.09
60m Hurdles.......8.40a
High Jump.......5-9 1/4
Long Jump.......19-7
Shot Put.......42-0 3/4
Pentathlon.......4,190 -ย School Record
Academic Honors
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
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