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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Gianna Hoving

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Father Gabriel Richard
  • Hometown Ypsilanti, Mich.

Biography

2024-25
Indoor:

  • Competed in four meets
  • Won the mile at the W-C-W Meet (5:02.71), the Parkside Classic (5:02.46), and the Jet's Pizza Invite (5:05.34)
  • Hit a PR of 10:25.75 in the 3000m
Outdoor:
  • Ran the 1500m at the Redbird Challenge, finishing at 4:46.78 for 11th place

2023-24
Indoor:

  • Named USTFCCCA All-Region in the DMR
  • Ran in four meets during the indoor season
  • A member of the DMR team that set a new school record of 11:49.87 at the Maverick Premier
  • Medaled in the DMR at the GLIAC Championships, helping the relay team take 3rd with a time of 11:50.42
  • Set a PR in the mile at the GLIAC Championships, placing 6th with a time of 4:57.99
  • Earned two other podium finishes in the DMR, including a season-opening 1st place victory at the SVSU Jet's Pizza Invite
Outdoor:
  • Ran in six events during the outdoor season
  • Won the 1500m race at the Pacific Coast Invitational, finishing in a personal best time of 4:33.27
  • Set another PR of 2:14.38 in the 800m race at the Beach Invitational
  • Finished in 1st at the Elaine Leigh Invite in the 1500m, crossing the finish line at 4:41.11
  • Participated in the 800m and the 1500m at the GLIAC Championships, finishing in 4th in the 1500m with a time of 4:35.05 and 9th in the 800m with a time of 2:21.91

2022-23
Indoor:

  • Competed in five indoor meets including the GLIAC Championships where she took 5th in the mile with a time of 5:01.70 and 7th in the 800m race with a PR time of 2:16.27
  • Recorded a 1st place finish in the mile at the UW-Oshkosh Titan Challenge
  • Placed 2nd in the mile at the WCW Meet

Outdoor:

  • Ran in five outdoor meets
  • Helped set a new school record in the 4x800m relay at the Tiffin Track Carnival with a time of 9:35.90
  • Took 1st in the 800m with a time of 2:15.97 and 3rd in the 1500m at the Elaine Leigh Invite

Before NMU

  • Division 2 Regional Champion in 2020
  • All-State finisher in the 5K
  • Four-time varsity letter winner
  • Three-time state qualifier in Cross Country and two-time state qualifier in Track & Field
Personal
  • Daughter of John and Julia Hoving
  • From Ypsilanti, Michigan
  • Hobbies include painting and drawing, camping, and road trips

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Distance
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Mid-Distance/Distance
  • 2024-25Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2025-26Senior

    Mid-Distance