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2020 Women's Track & Field Roster

Photo By Jeff Porcaro

Linnea Saltz

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Highschool Coronado High School
  • Hometown Henderson, Nevada

Biography

2020 | Senior Outdoor

  • Season canceled due to concerns surrounding COVID-19

2020 | Senior Indoor

  • Competed in six meets for the Thunderbirds
  • Broke the school record in the 600-meter with a time of 1:30.62
  • Broke her own school record twice in the 800-meter with a time of 2:07.37
  • Nominated Big Sky Athlete of the Week
  • Claimed the Big Sky Championship Title in the 800-meter 
  • Part of the second place 4x400-meter relay team at the Big Sky Championships
  • Named Leavitt Land Student Athlete of the Week

2019 | Junior Outdoor

  • Competed in nine meets for the Thunderbirds
  • Finished first in the 400-meter at the BYU Robinson Invite with a personal best time of 53.99
  • Broke the school record in the 800-meter in at the Payton Jordan Invite with a time of 2:05.82
  • Finished first in the 800-meter at the Big Sky Championships
  • Part of the second place 4x400-meter relay team at the Big Sky Championships
  • Competed in the 800-meter at the NCAA DI West Region Preliminaries

2019 | Junior Indoor

  • Competed in six meets for the Thunderbirds
  • Finished second in the 600-meter with a school record breaking time of 1:30.81
  • Broke the school record in the 400-meter at the Big Sky Championships with a time of 54.80
  • Finished second in the 400-meter and the DMR at the Big Sky Championships
  • Part of the school record breaking women's 4x400 team 
  • Placed second in the 800-meter at the Mountain T's Invitational

2018 | Sophomore Outdoor

  • Competed in five meets for the T-Birds
  • Finished third in the 400-meter at the Highlander Twilight Invititational
  • Competed in the 400-meter, 800-meter and 4x400 relay at the Big Sky Championships
  • All-Academic status

2018 | Sophomore Indoor

  • Competed in six meets for the Thunderbirds
  • Part of the school record breaking 4x400 relay team
  • Finished first in the 600-meter at the Don Kirby Invite
  • Finished fifth in the 400-meter and fourth in the 4x400 at the Big Sky Championships
  • Broke her own school record in the 600-meter with a time of 1:33.34
  • All-Academic athlete

2017 | Freshman Outdoor

  • Bronze Medalist in the 400-meter dash at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships
  • Ran the second-fastest 400-meter time in Southern Utah history with a 54.6
  • Set the third-fastest 800-meter time in Southern Utah history with a 2:10.93
  • Part of 4x400 team that set the third-fastest time in SUU history

2017 | Freshman Indoor

  • Broke into the SUU Record Book in the indoor 400-meter with an altitude adjusted time of 55.67 in the 400-meter, and a 2:14.37 in the 800-meter
  • Part of SUU DMR team that set the third fastest time in school history and claimed the Bronze Medal at the Big Sky Indoor Championships
  • Finished 4th in the 400-meter dash at the Indoor Championships
  • Competed in six total meets for the Thunderbirds

Top Collegiate Marks:

  • 200-meter: 25.53
  • 400-meter: 54.60
  • 600-meter: 1:33.34
  • 800-meter: 2:10.93
  • 4x400 relay: 3:46.63

Personal:

  • Parents are Eric and Tida Saltz
  • Majoring in Philosophy with a minor in Economics
  • 4x400 State Champion her junior year 
  • Holds Sunrise Region Record in the 4x400
  • Goal in life is to be a prosecuting attorney
  • Favorite movie is Legally Blonde 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sprints
    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Sprints
    5'8"
  • 2020Senior

    Sprints
    5'8"