2022 Cross Country Roster

Maya Smith

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Minden, Nev.
  • High School Douglas

Biography

MEET-BY-MEET TRACK RESULTS | XC RESULTS

2022 Track & Field: 
Ran on SOU's 4x800 relay team that placed 17th at the NAIA Outdoor Championships after logging the second-fastest time in school history (9:21.27) at the Portland Twilight to land at No. 12 on the national performance list ... Placed 12th in the 1,500 at the Cascade Conference Championships with a PR of 4:54.33 ... Recorded a 5K PR of 18:34.55 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic.

2021 Cross Country: An NAIA Scholar Athlete and repeat member of the Academic All-Cascade Conference team ... Ran the 5K in 21:21.1 at the CCC Championships, placing 37th of 73 ... Was SOU's fifth scorer at the NAIA Championships, finishing the 5K in 20:13.2 for 175th place of 340 total runners ... Posted a season-best 5K of 19:02.7 at the Charles Bowles Invitational for seventh place in a 73-person field ... Placed 12th of 37 at the Jim Hunt Invitational (24:57.3, 6K), 76th of 253 at the Lewis & Clark Invite (23:31.7, 6K), and 28th of 88 at the William Jessup Warrior Invite (19:10.5, 5K).

2021 Track & Field: Scored at the Cascade Conference Championships with a sixth-place effort in the 1,500 in 4:54.82 ... Placed 11th in CCC 800 with a PR of 2:23.19 ... Won the 1,500 at SOU Meet No. 3 in 4:56.10, and ran the 3K in 11:16.57 at SOU Meet No. 1.

2020: Named to the Academic All-Cascade Conference team ... No season due to Covid-19.

2019 Cross Country: Placed 57th of 75 runners at the Cascade Conference Championships as a freshman, running the 5K in 20:48.9 ... Ran a season-best 5K of 19:08.4 at the William Jessup Warrior Invitational.

Personal: Born on March 27, 2001 in South Lake Tahoe, California … Parents are Kate Bergquist, Tim Smith and Mark Bergquis t… Has a younger sister, Stella … Majoring in environmental science and policy.

High School: Graduated in 2019 from Douglas High, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and earned Academic All-State team recognition in cross country, track and skiing … A four-year letterwinner in cross country who placed ninth at the Nevada State Championships as a senior and was a three-time team MVP … In track, placed fifth in the state and third at the regional championships in the 800 and set a 1,500 school record as a senior … As a sophomore and junior, placed fourth at regionals and was second-team all-state in the 800 … And as a freshman, placed fourth at regionals and was second-team all-state in the 400 … Listed on the honor roll all four years … Volunteered for numerous food drives and an elementary reading project.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior