Florida Atlantic University Athletics
2016-17 Women's XC/Track & Field Roster
Roster

Anne-Catherine Wasser
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Willich, Germany
- High School:
- St. Bernhard Gymnasium
- Major:
- Public Management
Career Accolades
- School record holder in the 4x400 indoor relay and 600m
- 2020 Owlspy's Female Student Athlete of the Year
- 2020 Owlspy's Female Scholar Athlete of the Year
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- 2019 C-USA All-Academic Team
- 2019 C-USA Spring Spirit of Service Award
- 2019 NCAA East Regional qualifier in 400 meter hurdles
- 2018-19 C-USA Academic Medal
- 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2017-18 C-USA Academic Medal
- 2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2016-17 C-USA Academic Medal
- 2016-17 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
FAU Personal Records
Indoor
60m - 7.97 at Crimson Elite Invitational (2/218)
200m - 25.29 at BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational (2/1/20)
300m - 42.10 at UAB Blazer Invitational (1/2/17)
400m - 56.12 at BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational (2/1/20)
600m - 1:34.76 at UAB Blazer Invitational (1/10/20)
Triple jump - 10.99m at UAB Vulcan Invitational (1/14/17)
Shot put - 8.94m at Gamecock Inaugural Invitational (1/19/19)
Outdoor
100m - 12.36 at USF Bulls Invitational (3/23/18)
200m - 24.95 at Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/7/18)
400m - 57.28 at Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/8/17)
400m hurdles - 59.53 at C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/11/19)
800m - 2:19.31 at UCF Knights Invitational (3/23/19)
Long jump - 5.17m at UAB Vulcan Invitational (1/13/18)
All-Time Program Top Showings
Indoor
300m - 7th, 42.10 (1/13/17)
400m - 4th, 56.12 (2/1/20)
600m - 1st, 1:34.8 (1/10/20)
4x400m relay - Lambert, Schmalz, Francois, Wasser: 1st, 3:47.20 (2/1/20)
4x400m relay - Valentin, Holland, Francois, Wasser: 4th, 3:48.00 (2/18/18)
4x400m relay - Martinez, Boldin, Valentin, Wasser: 5th, 3:48.88 (2/19/17)
4x400m relay - Valentin, Holland, Boldin, Wasser: 7th, 3:49.93 (1/13/18)
4x400m relay - Valentin, Boldin, Martinez, Wasser: 10th, 3:51.10 (2/2/17)
Distance medley relay - Jonsson, Wasser, Giovanniello, Lersch: 3rd, 12:11.03 (2/17/18)
Triple jump - 8th, 10.99m (1/14/17)
Shot put - 8th, 8.94m (1/18/19)
Outdoor
400m hurdles - 5th, 59.53 (5/11/19)
4x400m relay - Valentin, Holland, Wasser, Francois: 6th, 3:44.22 (2/23/18)
4x400m relay - Glades, Boldin, Wasser, Valentin: 10th, 3:44.90 (4/28/17)
Senior (2019-20)
Indoor:
- Held ninth fastest time in the 400m (56.12) in Conference USA
- Contributed to sixth place in the 4x400m relay (3:49.25) and 16th place in the 400m dash prelims (57.63) at the 2020 C-USA Championships
- Finished in 25th in the 400m dash (57.13) at the South Carolina Invitational
- Contributed to third place and a school record in the 4x400m relay (3:47.20), as well as eighth in the 400m dash with a PR of 56.12 and 17th in the 200m dash (25.29) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at Boston University
- Captured third in the 400m dash (57.00) and 21st in the 200m dash (25.53) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite in Houston
- Tallied fourth in the 200m dash (25.78) at the UAB Vulcan Invite
- Broke a school and facility record in the 600m at the UAB Blazer Invitational, where she tallied first with a time of 1:34.76
- One of 10 on track & field team to be named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Earned the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for the fourth straight year after achieving a 3.75 cumulative GPA
Junior (2018-19)
Indoor:
- Competed in shot put at the Gamecock Inaugural Invite, throwing for 8.94 meters which is the eighth best throw on the FAU all-time performance list
Outdoor:
- Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Tabbed CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- Named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team
- Earned the Spring Spirit of Service Award from C-USA
- Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 400 meter hurdles. Completed the first round in 1:01.91 for 40th place overall
- Finished in fifth place in the 400 meter hurdles finals at the C-USA Championship after qualifying with her personal best time of 59.53 in the prelims. That time is the fifth best on FAU’s all-time performance list
- Ran in the 4x400m relay at the C-USA Championship and the group finished 11th in 3:46.79
- Ran the 200 meters at the Hurricane Alumni Invite, finishing in 25.49
- Competed in the 800 meters at the UCF Knights Invite, recording a PR with a time of 2:19.31 for 10th place
- Part of the 4x400m relay team that finished in sixth place at the Tom Jones Invitational with a time of 3:50.43
- Part of the 4x400m team that took fourth place at the UCF Knights Invite with a time of 3:55.31
- Received the C-USA Academic Medal and was named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Sophomore (2017-18)
Indoor:
- Set a new best in the indoor long jump at the Vulcan Invite, a leap of 5.17 meters
- Was eighth the next meet in the 400 meters, running 58 seconds flat
- Garnered another personal standard, in the 60 meters, at the Crimson Elite (7.97)
- Ran in four events at the C-USA Indoor Championship
- Top individual showing was 14th in the 400m, in a time of 57.16
Outdoor:
- Won the 400m hurdles at the opener, the UM Hurricane Invite, in 1:01.22
- Was sixth in that race at the USF Bulls Invite at 1:01.29
- Lowered her time to 1:00.78 at the Florida Relays
- Continued to improve, to 1:00.54 and fifth place at the UM Alumni Invite
- Set a PR of 1:00.32 and was fourth at Miami's Collegiate Invitational
- At the C-USA Outdoor Championship, placed fourth in the prelims (1:00.98) and fifth in the finals (1:01.05) of the 400mH
Freshman (2016-17)
Indoor:
- Her debut meet, combined in the 4x400 relay to finish fifth (3:54.55) at the Blazer Invitational
- Leapt 10.99 meters in the triple jump for eighth place all-time the following day, at the Vulcan Invite
- Three times more made it onto the all-time list in the 4x400: At the Terrier Classic (3:51.70), seventh, now ninth; and at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup (3:51.10), sixth, now seventh; and finally, at the Conference USA Indoor Championship, where the team was sixth and third all-time (3:48.88)
- Moved onto the ledger of the indoor 400 meters, running a 56.90 for eighth best ever
- Was fifth in the 400 at Sykes & Sabock (57.81)
Outdoor:
- Placed sixth at the outdoor opener, the Hurricane Invitational, in the 400 meter hurdles (1:03.94)
- Eighth in the 4x400 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3:46.07), and a smidge better than that at the Florida Relays (3:46.01)
- Placed 10 among collegians in the 400 meters at the Miami Alumni Invite (57.28)
- Ran 12th and set a PR in the 400 hurdles at the Virginia Challenge (1:02.49)
- Season-best mark in the 4x400 came at the Tom Jones Memorial, as the relay squad came in fifth and is now ninth all-time (3:44.90)
- Lowered her 400mH time to 1:01.45 at the C-USA Outdoor Championships and came in in sixth place
- Was also seventh there in the 400m hurdles (1:03.52)
- Included on the President's List for both the fall and spring semesters
International
- Set a new PR in 2019 at the German U23 Championships with a time of 59.21 in the 400 meter hurdles
- In the summer of 2017, came in fifth in the 400m hurdles in the German Under-20 Championships (1:01.56)
- Also in the summer, won the North-Rhine Westphalian Championships in the same event
High School
- At the 2016 German Youth Championships, finished second in the 4x200m indoor relay
- Was seventh at the same meet in the 400m
- Won the North-Rhine Westphalian Championships in the triple jump in 2015 (11.27m)
- Second at that same meet in the 400m
- Earned a 4.0 at St. Bernhard Gymnasium
Personal
- Born on August 4
- Majoring in public management
- Daughter of Dr. Iring Wasser and Cordula Wasser