Bio

Personal Bests: 55: 7.56 60: 7.99 100: 12.38 200: 25.91 300: 49.27 400: 59.77 LJ: 4.35m (14'3.25") JT: 15.49m (50'10")

TFRRS Profile (Top performances and meet-by-meet results)

Senior (2022-23): Competed in all 10 indoor meets… Set four new personal bests during the season… Tied the 200 meter dash school record time of 26.09 seconds at the Division III Indoor Championships and was named the Division III All-Ohio 200 meter champ at the same event… Won four separate races all at different meets…Was named the Female Sprint Athlete of the Meet at the HCAC Indoor Championships... Named HCAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week twice during indoor season... Competed in seven outdoor meets… Set personal bests in three different events three straight weeks… The 100 meter dash at the HCAC Outdoor Championships, the 400 meter dash at the Billy Hayes Invitational and the 200 meter dash at the Baldwin Wallace Twilight… At the HCAC Outdoor Championships, was named to the Second Team in the 100m and Honorable Mention in the 200m… Ends her DC career by appearing in multiple categories in the record books which includes holding a school record tie in the indoor 200 meter dash

Senior (2021-22): Competed in 15 meets (seven indoor and eight outdoor) ... Member of a 4x200 relay team that placed fourth at the HCAC Indoor Championship ... Placed fifth in the 60-meters with a time of 8.13 seconds at the HCAC Indoor Championship after running a personal best of 8.07 seconds in the prelims ... Placed sixth in the 200-meters at the HCAC Indoor Championship ... Member of a 4x100 relay team that placed third at the HCAC Outdoor Championship ... Placed fifth in the 200-meters at the HCAC Outdoor Championship ... Placed seventh in the 100-meters a the HCAC Outdoor Championship ... Ended her career with personal bests in the 100-meters (12.79 seconds) and 200-meters (26.39 seconds) at the Carius/Gregory Invitational ... Named to the winter Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC team for indoor track...Named to the 2022 Tom Bohlsen Spring HCAC All-Academic Team for outdoor track.

Junior (2020-21): Competed in nine meets (four indoors and five outdoor) ... Recorded a personal best in the 60-meter dash (8.41 seconds at the Dave Meuleman Classic on Jan. 29 ... Recorded a personal best in the 400-meters (1:09.02) at the Reggie Thomas Classic on April 17 ... Placed sixth in the 100-meters at the HCAC Outdoor Championships on May 1 with a personal best time of 13.44 seconds ... Finished fourth in the 60-meter dash at the HCAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 21 ... Won the 100-meters at the Concordia Legacy Invitational with a time of 13.51 seconds on April 24 ... Named to the winter Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC team for indoor track.

Sophomore (2019-20): Competed in seven indoor meets ... Recorded personal bests in the 60-meter dash (8.43 seconds) and the long jump (4.26 meters) at the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invitational on Feb. 7. 

Freshman (2018-19): Competed in nine meets (six indoor and three outdoor) ... Set a personal best in the 300-meter dash with a time of 49.27 seconds at the Mastodon Opener on Dec. 1 ... Set a personal best in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.61 seconds at the Rose-Hulman "Early Bird" Invitational on Mar. 16 ... Recorded a personal best time in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.68 seconds at the IWU Polar Bear Invitational on Mar. 23.

Prep: Two-year letter winner in track and field while at Cape Coral High School.

Personal: Daughter of Simone and Jens Markau ... Majoring in nursing ... Also a member of the Defiance cross country program ... Transferred to Defiance from Florida SouthWestern College.