2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Heisterman, Madison

Madison Heisterman
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Nanaimo, British Columbia
- High School:
- Brentwood College
Bio
2022 Second Team All-America (Mile, Indoors)
2021 Honorable Mention All-America (1,500m, Outdoors; Distance Medley Relay, Indoors)
2021 All-West Region in Cross Country
2022-23 (Track): Another strong outdoor season after overcoming some bumps and bruises that limited her indoors โฆ only had one individual race outdoors before Pac-12s, but qualified for NCAA West Prelims and went on to make the 1,500m final at the Canadian Outdoor Championships โฆ ran a season-best 4:15.42 in the Canadian Nationals final, placing seventh overall โฆ at West Prelims, finished 29th in the 1,500m in 4:20.76 โฆ was 13th in the 1,500m at Pac-12s, just missing the final, in 4:20.72, and was ninth in the 5,000-meters in 16:34.18 โฆ ran a leg on the 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays, helping UW finish second-place, splitting 2:07.50 โฆ won her section of the 1,500m at the Harry Jerome Classic in July in 4:16.13 โฆ first race outdoors was at the Payton Jordan Invite on Apr. 22, running 4:18.04 โฆ only raced once indoors at the first Dempsey meet, going 4:38.15 for a mile at the UW Indoor Preview then coming back to run the 800m in 2:07.97 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ...ย (Cross Country): Ran in the top-five for the Huskies at all three championships races, helping UW finish 17th at the NCAA Championships โฆ at NCAAs in Stillwater, placed 147th overall as the No. 4 Husky across the line, in 20:22 โฆ was the No. 4 Husky scorer at NCAA West Regionals hosted by UW in University Place, Wash., as she placed 29th in a time of 19:57 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, placed 27th overall as the fifth Husky to the finish in 20:02 โฆ opened her season at the Wisconsin Invite, finishing 198th, seventh on the squad.
2021-22 (Track): Earned All-America honors in the mile during the indoor season, and advanced to the 1,500m quarterfinals outdoors โฆ indoors, ran a mile PR of 4:33.24 at the Husky Classic to go to fifth in school history and qualify for nationals โฆ placed 15th in the mile semifinals at NCAA Indoors in 4:42.51 for All-America Second Team โฆ also helped the DMR qualify for NCAAs, running the opening 1,200m leg when the team ran a converted 10:57.69, third-fastest in school history โฆ also led off the DMR when it ran 11:00.83 at the UW Invitational โฆ another mile time of 4:34.51 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ an indoor 800m PR of 2:06.40 to go to No. 5 in school history โฆ outdoors, scored at Pac-12s, placing eighth in the 1,500m final in 4:18.53 โฆ placed 16th overall in the NCAA West Prelims quarterfinals at 1,500-meters โฆ second in the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:06.76 โฆ competed at the Canadian Outdoor Championships and reached the 1,500-meter final, placing eighth โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ...ย (Cross Country): A strong fall season, scoring at the NCAA Championships to help the team place 11th overall โฆ at the national meet in Tallahassee, was 114th-place as the No. 4 Husky in a time of 20:35 โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 20th-place finish at Regionals, third on the squad, in 20:27 to help UW take second-place โฆ placed 191st overall at the Wisconsin Invitational, seventh on the team โฆ the second Husky finisher at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite, in 33rd-place, in 16:51 for 5k.
2020-21 (Track): A breakout season, advancing to both NCAA Outdoors and NCAA Indoors and earning All-America honorable mention in the 1,500-meters and on the distance medley relay โฆ reached the NCAA semifinals outdoors at 1,500-meters, and took 19th overall with a time of 4:15.58 in the semi in Eugene โฆ moved through the quarterfinal round at NCAA West Prelims with a 1,500m PR of 4:14.62, putting her at No. 9 in school history โฆ made the Pac-12 finals in both the 800-meters and the 1,500-meters, placing eighth in both finals โฆ in the Pac-12 800-meter prelims, clocked a big PR of 2:05.46, the fourth-fastest time in school history โฆ cut four seconds off her 1,500m PR at the time with a run of 4:17.74 at the West Coast Relays โฆ third in the 1,500m at the UW-WSU Dual in 4:21.12 โฆ indoors, was the anchor leg on the distance medley relay that competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships โฆ at NCAA Indoors, the Huskies finished 10th but were DQโd for stepping on the inside line, and earned honorable mention All-America โฆ to qualify for NCAAs, led off the DMR that ran 11:06.66 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview, the No. 8 time in school history โฆ fifth in the mile at the Husky Classic in a major PR of 4:39.70, getting the No. 10 spot all-time โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Competed in cross country and indoor track simultaneously, and ran at indoor nationals and cross country nationals just two days apart โฆ a top-five scorer for the Huskies at all four races โฆ was the No. 5 finisher for UW at the NCAA Championships, placing 151st overall, to help the team finish 13th โฆ was 21st overall at the Pac-12 Championships, third on the team, in 20:11, to help UW finish third โฆ at the Battle Born Invite, was 39th overall and fourth on the team in 20:47 โฆ the No. 4 finisher in 26th-place at the Silver State Invite โฆ a Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): First track season after a redshirt year, focused on the 800-meters and made the top-10 lists โฆ ran a 800m PR of 2:08.19 at the MPSF Championships to finish 11th, with the ninth-fastest time in school history โฆ also ran on the 4x400m relay at MPSFs that was 10th in 3:47.40 โฆ also ran the 800-meters at the UW Invitational in 2:08.53 โฆ opened the season with a 600-meters time of 1:31.77, the No. 3 time in school history, at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ...ย (Cross Country): Raced twice in the fall, starting with a 40th-place finish at the John McNichols Invite as the No. 6 Husky in 17:46 โฆ also ran at the Joe Piane Invite, finishing 139th and eighth on the squad.
2018-19 (Track): Redshirted her first season on the track ... (Cross Country): Raced four times in her freshman fall, including a run at the Pac-12 Championships where she finished 78th overall โฆ traveled to Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin and ran in the B race, finishing 27th-place as she had the best finish of any runner in the field โฆ at the Stanford Invite was 53rd overall and the No. 7 runner on the squad.
High School and Personal: Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada โฆ parents are Mandy and Tyler Heisterman โฆ has one younger brother, Keaton โฆ a strong senior season on the track, taking second in the B.C. High School Championships at 800-meters in 2:12.59 and third in the 1,500-meters in 4:38.66 โฆ ran the 800-meters at the 2017 Mt. SAC Relays in 2:12.80 and at the 2017 Bryan Clay Invite in 2:11.83, and set a career-best time of 2:09.83 in 2016 โฆ owns a best 1,500-meter time of 4:30.34 โฆ in February of 2016, Heisterman visited UW's Dempsey where she ran the mile at the UW Indoor Open in 4:55.52 โฆ took sixth at the 2017 B.C. High School Cross Country Championships.
Major Meets
2018 Pac-12 XC - 78th (9th UW)
2020 MPSF TF - 11th, 800m | 10th, 4x400m
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 21st (3rd UW)
2021 NCAA Indoors - DQ, DMR (All-America Honorable Mention)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 151st (5th UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 8th, 800m | 8th, 1500m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 12th, 1500m
2021 NCAA Outdoors - 19th, 1500m (All-America Honorable Mention)
2021 Pac-12 XC - DNF
2021 Regional XC - 20th (3rd UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 114th (4th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 15th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 13th, 800m | 8th, 1500m | 11th, 4x400m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 16th, 1500m
2022 Canadian Outdoor Champs - 8th, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 27th (5th UW)
2022 Regional XC - 29th (4th UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 147th (4th UW)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 13th, 1500m | 9th, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 29th, 1500m
2023 Canadian Outdoor Champs - 7th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:05.46
1500m.......4:14.62
5000m.......16:20.47
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Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:06.40
Mile.......4:33.24
Academic Honors
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Honorable Mention All-America (1,500m, Outdoors; Distance Medley Relay, Indoors)
2021 All-West Region in Cross Country
2022-23 (Track): Another strong outdoor season after overcoming some bumps and bruises that limited her indoors โฆ only had one individual race outdoors before Pac-12s, but qualified for NCAA West Prelims and went on to make the 1,500m final at the Canadian Outdoor Championships โฆ ran a season-best 4:15.42 in the Canadian Nationals final, placing seventh overall โฆ at West Prelims, finished 29th in the 1,500m in 4:20.76 โฆ was 13th in the 1,500m at Pac-12s, just missing the final, in 4:20.72, and was ninth in the 5,000-meters in 16:34.18 โฆ ran a leg on the 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays, helping UW finish second-place, splitting 2:07.50 โฆ won her section of the 1,500m at the Harry Jerome Classic in July in 4:16.13 โฆ first race outdoors was at the Payton Jordan Invite on Apr. 22, running 4:18.04 โฆ only raced once indoors at the first Dempsey meet, going 4:38.15 for a mile at the UW Indoor Preview then coming back to run the 800m in 2:07.97 โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ...ย (Cross Country): Ran in the top-five for the Huskies at all three championships races, helping UW finish 17th at the NCAA Championships โฆ at NCAAs in Stillwater, placed 147th overall as the No. 4 Husky across the line, in 20:22 โฆ was the No. 4 Husky scorer at NCAA West Regionals hosted by UW in University Place, Wash., as she placed 29th in a time of 19:57 โฆ at the Pac-12 Championships, placed 27th overall as the fifth Husky to the finish in 20:02 โฆ opened her season at the Wisconsin Invite, finishing 198th, seventh on the squad.
2021-22 (Track): Earned All-America honors in the mile during the indoor season, and advanced to the 1,500m quarterfinals outdoors โฆ indoors, ran a mile PR of 4:33.24 at the Husky Classic to go to fifth in school history and qualify for nationals โฆ placed 15th in the mile semifinals at NCAA Indoors in 4:42.51 for All-America Second Team โฆ also helped the DMR qualify for NCAAs, running the opening 1,200m leg when the team ran a converted 10:57.69, third-fastest in school history โฆ also led off the DMR when it ran 11:00.83 at the UW Invitational โฆ another mile time of 4:34.51 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ an indoor 800m PR of 2:06.40 to go to No. 5 in school history โฆ outdoors, scored at Pac-12s, placing eighth in the 1,500m final in 4:18.53 โฆ placed 16th overall in the NCAA West Prelims quarterfinals at 1,500-meters โฆ second in the UW-WSU Dual 800-meters in 2:06.76 โฆ competed at the Canadian Outdoor Championships and reached the 1,500-meter final, placing eighth โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member ...ย (Cross Country): A strong fall season, scoring at the NCAA Championships to help the team place 11th overall โฆ at the national meet in Tallahassee, was 114th-place as the No. 4 Husky in a time of 20:35 โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 20th-place finish at Regionals, third on the squad, in 20:27 to help UW take second-place โฆ placed 191st overall at the Wisconsin Invitational, seventh on the team โฆ the second Husky finisher at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite, in 33rd-place, in 16:51 for 5k.
2020-21 (Track): A breakout season, advancing to both NCAA Outdoors and NCAA Indoors and earning All-America honorable mention in the 1,500-meters and on the distance medley relay โฆ reached the NCAA semifinals outdoors at 1,500-meters, and took 19th overall with a time of 4:15.58 in the semi in Eugene โฆ moved through the quarterfinal round at NCAA West Prelims with a 1,500m PR of 4:14.62, putting her at No. 9 in school history โฆ made the Pac-12 finals in both the 800-meters and the 1,500-meters, placing eighth in both finals โฆ in the Pac-12 800-meter prelims, clocked a big PR of 2:05.46, the fourth-fastest time in school history โฆ cut four seconds off her 1,500m PR at the time with a run of 4:17.74 at the West Coast Relays โฆ third in the 1,500m at the UW-WSU Dual in 4:21.12 โฆ indoors, was the anchor leg on the distance medley relay that competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships โฆ at NCAA Indoors, the Huskies finished 10th but were DQโd for stepping on the inside line, and earned honorable mention All-America โฆ to qualify for NCAAs, led off the DMR that ran 11:06.66 at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview, the No. 8 time in school history โฆ fifth in the mile at the Husky Classic in a major PR of 4:39.70, getting the No. 10 spot all-time โฆ made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... (Cross Country): Competed in cross country and indoor track simultaneously, and ran at indoor nationals and cross country nationals just two days apart โฆ a top-five scorer for the Huskies at all four races โฆ was the No. 5 finisher for UW at the NCAA Championships, placing 151st overall, to help the team finish 13th โฆ was 21st overall at the Pac-12 Championships, third on the team, in 20:11, to help UW finish third โฆ at the Battle Born Invite, was 39th overall and fourth on the team in 20:47 โฆ the No. 4 finisher in 26th-place at the Silver State Invite โฆ a Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll selection โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): First track season after a redshirt year, focused on the 800-meters and made the top-10 lists โฆ ran a 800m PR of 2:08.19 at the MPSF Championships to finish 11th, with the ninth-fastest time in school history โฆ also ran on the 4x400m relay at MPSFs that was 10th in 3:47.40 โฆ also ran the 800-meters at the UW Invitational in 2:08.53 โฆ opened the season with a 600-meters time of 1:31.77, the No. 3 time in school history, at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ...ย (Cross Country): Raced twice in the fall, starting with a 40th-place finish at the John McNichols Invite as the No. 6 Husky in 17:46 โฆ also ran at the Joe Piane Invite, finishing 139th and eighth on the squad.
2018-19 (Track): Redshirted her first season on the track ... (Cross Country): Raced four times in her freshman fall, including a run at the Pac-12 Championships where she finished 78th overall โฆ traveled to Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin and ran in the B race, finishing 27th-place as she had the best finish of any runner in the field โฆ at the Stanford Invite was 53rd overall and the No. 7 runner on the squad.
High School and Personal: Born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada โฆ parents are Mandy and Tyler Heisterman โฆ has one younger brother, Keaton โฆ a strong senior season on the track, taking second in the B.C. High School Championships at 800-meters in 2:12.59 and third in the 1,500-meters in 4:38.66 โฆ ran the 800-meters at the 2017 Mt. SAC Relays in 2:12.80 and at the 2017 Bryan Clay Invite in 2:11.83, and set a career-best time of 2:09.83 in 2016 โฆ owns a best 1,500-meter time of 4:30.34 โฆ in February of 2016, Heisterman visited UW's Dempsey where she ran the mile at the UW Indoor Open in 4:55.52 โฆ took sixth at the 2017 B.C. High School Cross Country Championships.
Major Meets
2018 Pac-12 XC - 78th (9th UW)
2020 MPSF TF - 11th, 800m | 10th, 4x400m
2020-21 Pac-12 XC - 21st (3rd UW)
2021 NCAA Indoors - DQ, DMR (All-America Honorable Mention)
2020-21 NCAA XC - 151st (5th UW)
2021 Pac-12 TF - 8th, 800m | 8th, 1500m
2021 NCAA Prelims TF - 12th, 1500m
2021 NCAA Outdoors - 19th, 1500m (All-America Honorable Mention)
2021 Pac-12 XC - DNF
2021 Regional XC - 20th (3rd UW)
2021 NCAA XC - 114th (4th UW)
2022 NCAA Indoors - 15th, Mile (All-America Second Team)
2022 Pac-12 TF - 13th, 800m | 8th, 1500m | 11th, 4x400m
2022 NCAA Prelims TF - 16th, 1500m
2022 Canadian Outdoor Champs - 8th, 1500m
2022 Pac-12 XC - 27th (5th UW)
2022 Regional XC - 29th (4th UW)
2022 NCAA XC - 147th (4th UW)
2023 Pac-12 TF - 13th, 1500m | 9th, 5000m
2023 NCAA Prelims TF - 29th, 1500m
2023 Canadian Outdoor Champs - 7th, 1500m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:05.46
1500m.......4:14.62
5000m.......16:20.47
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Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:06.40
Mile.......4:33.24
Academic Honors
2023ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2022 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020ย USTFCCCA All-Academic Team XC
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
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