Since 2012, Madi Talbert has hit the ground running for the Lipscomb Bisons track and field club.
On Wednesday, June 8, her historic career was finally completed in Eugene, Oregon, during the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships.
At this years championships, Talbert ran the fastest non-qualifying time of any runner in NCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships history. Her time of 10:07.10 placed her 13th out of 23 competitors — just one spot shy of qualifying.
This was Talbert’s fourth consecutive trip to Eugene to compete for the Bisons in the final round in the 3,000m steeplechase, as she made it every year of her college career at Lipscomb. Her freshman year, Talbert finished 23rd out of 24. Her sophomore year, she came in the 16th spot, and her junior year, she finished 13th, improving each year. In her freshman and sophomore seasons, she received All-American honors.
In Talbert’s overall career, she finished with four National Championships appearances, 10 ASUN titles, 20 All-Conference honors and 13 ASUN Runner of the Week awards.
Talbert graduated from Lipscomb with a degree in Elementary Education in May, 2016.
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