Lydia Saggau
JUNIOR (2016)
Member of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (11/11) team, placing 48th overall with a season-best 6K time of 21:16.4 … Took 23rd at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) after clocking a 6K time of 22:17.8 … Posted a 6K time of 21:41.4 at the Big 12 Championship (10/29), good enough for 31st overall … Placed 216th at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) with her time of 22:25.1.
SOPHOMORE (2015)
Ran in five of the Jayhawks’ six meets on the year, finishing among the team’s top-four in each outing … Earned All-Region honors after claiming 24th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/13) with a 6K clocking of 20:57.3 … Kansas’ fourth finisher at the NCAA Championships (11/21) by way of her 6K time of 21:35.2 and 195th-place finish … Opened her season with a victory in at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1), completing the 5K in 18:04.8 … Posted a 6K time of 21:30.2 and finished 17th at the Big 12 Championship (10/31).
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2014)
Competed in just one meet for the Jayhawks, posting a 134th-place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/27) with a 6K time of 23:27.7.
FRESHMAN (2013)
Utilized redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named to the Cross Country Elite Iowa All-State Team as a junior in 2011 … Two-time Drake Relays champion in the 800 meters as well as the 4×800-meter relay … School record holder in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:11.2, 4×800-meter relay (9:13.64), 4×400-meter relay (3:54.27) and the 4K (14:23) … Recipient of the United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.
PERSONAL
Lydia Nadine Saggau is the daughter of Dave and Kris Saggau … Has three older siblings: Helen, Anna and Bernie … Majoring in business and marketing.