Bio

Honors & Awards

• Two-time A-R-C All-Academic Team (2024, 25)
• Four-time letterwinner (2022, 23, 24, 25)

2025 | senior

• Seventh in school history in the indoor DMR
• Clocked a 2:31.37 in the outdoor 800 meter
• Posted a 5:09.68 in the outdoor 1500 meter race
• Ran first on the indoor DMR team that posted a 12:56.77 time
• Second fastest on the team in the indoor 800 meter at 2:29.42
• Recorded the second quickest time on the team in the indoor mile at 5:29.80
• Member of the indoor 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams

2024 | junior

• Placed fifth in the mile at the Darren Young Classic with a career-best 5:33.79
• Set a career-best in the 3,000 meters in a time of 11:34.57 at the Grinnell Invitational

2023 | sophomore

• Set a new career-best in the indoor 800 meters in a time of 2:34.09 at the Liz Wuertz Invite
• Clocked a season-best of 2:32.17 in the outdoor 800 meters at the Dr. Tucker Open
• Part of the 4x800 meter relay team that finished fifth at the conference championships

2022 | freshman

• Set a career-best in her Storm debut in the indoor 600 meters in a time of 1:54.92, placing third
• Part of the indoor 4x400 relay team that placed second at the Grinnell Invitational
• Ran the third-fastest outdoor 800 meter time for the Storm, clocking a 2:29.13 at the Dr. Tucker Open

High School

• A 2021 graduate of GMG High School
• Academic all-state and all-district in basketball (2021)
• Class valedictorian
• Iowa Governor's Scholarship recipient

Personal

• Parents are Tammy and Bill Backoff and Mike and Hazel Schewe
• Has one sibling, Grace
• Majoring in English and educational studies with a minor in honors