Lynae Ackley

Bio

2023 at Taylor:

• Ran in six meets, including the CL and NAIA Championships
• Clocked a PR of 22:29.8 at the Blazing Tiger Classic on Oct. 21.
• Finished in the top five among TU’s runners for three meets, including NAIA Nationals.
• NAIA Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Crossroads League.

2022 at Taylor:

• Competed in five events, including the Crossroads League Championship on November 4 … Posted a career-best time of 18:40.6 at the Great Lakes Challenge-Maroon meet … Finished fourth overall at the Ray Bullock Invite on September 16 … Posted three top-20 overall finishes.
• NAIA Scholar-Athlete.

2021 at Taylor: Competed in five meets during her freshman campaign, including a 19th-place finish at the Crossroads Championships … Posted a personal-best time of 18:56.6 in her very first collegiate race, where she finished as Taylor’s third runner … Finished in the top-20 overall twice.

Prep: Ran cross country for Terry Tatro and track for Calvin Ackley at Hart High … Named four-time Michigan State Cross Country Meet qualifier and four-time all-state finisher … Finished as the cross country division-three Michigan State Champions from 2017-2020 and track and field Michigan State Champions in 2017 … Honored as the 2021 4x800-meter relay state champions … Earned cross country all-region honors all four years of high school and helped her team win the regional championships for four years … Won the 3,200-meters conference title in 2019 … Finished as a four-time all-conference runner … Selected to race at the cross country Michigan Meet of Champions in 2020 … Selected to run for Team Michigan at the track and field Midwest Meet of Champions in the 3,2000-meter run … Collected Michigan Academic All-State honors for cross country four years in a row and for the 4x800-meter relay in 2021 … Member of the National Honor Society … Named Hart High School’s Salutatorian … Graduated with summa cum laude honors … Member of the academic honor roll for four years … Honored as the Outstanding Senior of the Year … Enjoys running with her cousins, reading, writing, being outdoors, spending time with family, playing the piano, singing and painting.

Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Britney Ackley … Majoring in philosophy and biblical literature.