Kansas Jayhawks
Lydia Saggau - Cross Country - Kansas Jayhawks

Lydia Saggau

Position Middle Distance
Height 5'4''
Class Junior
Hometown West Des Moines, Iowa
High School Valley HS

CAREER RESULTS

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.