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Florida Atlantic University Athletics
2020-21 Women's XC/Track & Field Roster
Roster
Jonsson, Mikaela
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Mikaela Jonsson
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- High School:
- Pietermaritzburg Girl's
- Major:
- Studio Art
- Birthday:
- 05/07
Bio
Career Accolades
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2018 C-USA Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week (10/09)
- 2017-18 C-USA Academic Medal
- 2017-18 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
FAU Personal Records
Cross Country
5K - 18:18.0 at Mountain Dew Invitational (9/22/18)
6K - 22:34.10 at UAB Blazer Classic (10/18/19)
Indoor
800m - 2:11.70 at South Carolina Invitational (2/8/20)
1000m - 2:58.84 at UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12/18)
Mile - 4:59.96 at C-USA Indoor Championships (2/17/18)
3000m - 10:27.13 at C-USA Indoor Championships (2/18/18)
Outdoor
800m - 2:13.74 at Florida Relays (3/31/17)
1500m - 4:42.31 at C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/10/19)
5000m - 20:23.28 at C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/14/17)
Indoor
800m - 3rd, 2:11.70 (2/8/20)
1000m - 1st, 2:58.84 (1/11/19)
Mile - 6th, 4:59.96 (2/17/18)
4x800 Meter Relay - Jonsson, Giovanniello, Butterfield and Wellman: 1st, 9:18.96 (3/28/19)
Distance Medley Relay - Jonsson, Wasser, Giovanniello and Lersch: 3rd, 12:11.03 (2/17/18)
Distance Medley Relay - Jonsson, Woods, Giovannielo and Wellman: 6th, 12:13.90 (2/16/19)
Distance Medley Relay - Fontanez, Martinez, Lersch and Jonsson: 7th, 12:14.64 (2/2/17)
Outdoor
800m - 9th, 2:13.74 (3/31/17)
1500m - 9th, 4:42.31 (5/11/19)
4x800 Meter Relay - Jonsson, Wellman, Fontanez and Lersch: 2nd, 9:10.51 (3/31/17)
4x800 Meter Relay - Jonsson, Giovanniello, Butterfield and Wellman: 3rd, 9:18.90 (3/28/19)
Redshirt Senior (2020-21)
Cross Country:
- Opted out of XC season
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Redshirt Junior (2019-20)
Cross Country:
- Captured 10th place at the FAU XC Invitational with a 5K time of 19:35.35 to help the Owls win their sixth consecutive opening race
- Crossed the finish line in 59th place at the Gator Mountain Dew Invite in the 5K (19:45.15) to help the Owls clinch sixth place out of 35 teams
- Achieved a 79th place feat out of 215 runners at the UAB Blazer Classic with a personal record time of 22:34.10 in the 6K
- Took 66th place at the Conference USA Championships with a 5K time of 19:22.61
- Completed 160th place at the NCAA South Regionals with a 6K time of 23:20.6
- One of 10 on the cross country team to be named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Indoor:
- Held third fastest 800m time (2:11.70) in Conference USA
- Captured seventh in the mile with a time of 5:20.16 at the UAB Vulcan Invite
- Logged fourth in the 800m run (2:15.52) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite in Houston
- Finished the 1000m in 2:59.14 for seventh place at the UAB Blazer Invitational
- Punched in at second place in the mile (5:05.94) at the Harvard Crimson Elite
- Completed 16th place in the 800m run (2:14.68) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at Boston University
- Ran a personal record time of 2:11.70 in the 800m run for seventh place and earned 16th in the 1-mile run (5:13.81) at the South Carolina Invitational
- Rounded out in sixth in in the 800m run finals (2:16.89) after tallying eighth in the prelims (2:15.35), while also contributing to ninth in the distance medley relay (12:21.14) at the 2020 C-USA Championships
Outdoor:
- Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Junior (2018-19)
Cross Country:
- Opened the season with a fourth place finish at the FAU Cross Country Invite with a time of 18:48.56
- Finished in fifth place at the UCF Alumni Invite with a time of 18:50.1
- Notched a new personal best time at the Mountain Dew Gator Cross Country Invite with a time of 18:17.93 for a 35th place finish
- Earned her first collegiate win at the Great American XC Festival with a time of 18:48.3, topping 97 runners. Named Conference USA Female Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance
- Raced to a 12th place finish at the South Florida Invite with a time of 19:16.44
- Completed the Conference USA Championship in 18:33.73 for a 34th place finish
- Ran a new personal best time of 23:29.9 in the NCAA Regional 6K for a 137th place showing
- Finished the season leading the Owls in all but one race
- Finished the 1,000 meter in 3:01.19 at the UAB Blazer Invite
- Recorded her season best in the mile at the Harvard Crimson Elite with a time of 5:09.14 for sixth place overall
- Had her best time of the season in the 800 meter at the Bruce Lehane Memorial Invite, finishing in 2:15.31
- Helped the distance medley relay team finish in 12:13.90 at the C-USA Championship, just missing the podium in fourth place. It was also the sixth fastest time in program history
- Ran the 800 meter prelims at the Conference USA Championship in 2:17.51 for a 15th-place finish
- Competed in the 3000 meters at the C-USA Championship, finishing in 10:38.96
- Was part of the only 4x800 relay team of the season for the Owls at the UF Relays where she and her teammates ran to a 17th place finish in 9:18.96, which is the third fastest time in school history
- Had her best time of the season in 800 meters at the UCF Knights Invite with a time of 2:14.70 for fourth place
- Finished 12th in the 1500 meter finals at the Conference USA Championship with a time of 4:54.62. Her time of 4:42.31 in the prelims qualified her for the finals and was a new personal record and the ninth best time in program history
- Finished 12th in the 1500 meter finals at the C-USA Championship with a time of 4:54.62
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Sophomore (2017-18)
Cross Country:
- Ran a 19:24 in the 5K in her first collegiate XC meet, crossing in 15th at the FAU-hosted XC Invitational
- Was fourth at the FLRunners.com Invite
- Notched a PR of 19:18 at the C-USA XC Championship
- Ran her first 6K, and crossed in 24:10, at the South Region XC Championship
Indoor:
- Began the season by placing third in the 1000m at the UAB Blazer Invitational (2:58.84), a new school record
- Was 10th the following day at the UAB Vulcan Invitational, in the 800 meters (2:18.67)
- Got another top-10 showing in that same event at the Dr. Sander Challenge, ninth, in 2:17.52
- Placed second in the mile at the Crimson Elite (5:04.69)
- Lowered her indoor 800m PR in the BU Lehane Invitational, placing 12th in 2:13.34
- Got two more bests at the C-USA Indoor Championship, in the mile (eighth, 4:59.56) and the 3000m (27th, 10:27.13)
Freshman (2016-17)
Indoor:
- In her debut meet, came in 10th in the mile at the Blazer Invite (5:16.11)
- The next day at the Vulcan Invitational, was fourth in the 800 meters (2:16.69)
- Shaved over a second off that to 2:15.62 in the 800m, the seventh-fastest in program history, at the Terrier Classic
- As part of her first distance medley relay, placed fourth (and fifth all-time) at the Sykes & Sabock Cup, in a total time of 12:14.64
- Ninth in the 800 meters at that event (2:14.85)
- Ran a 2:14.79 for fifth place in the preliminaries at the C-USA Indoor Championships, and improved to third and set a PR the following day in the finals (2:14.48)
Outdoor:
- Ran to third place in the 800 meters at Miami's Hurricane Invite, crossing the line in 2:14:18
- Was the sixth-fastest college finisher there in the 1500 meters (4:50.61)
- At the UM Collegiate Invitational, placed eighth among collegians (2:14.24)
- Competed at the Florida Relays in the 4x800m relay, garnering 10th place and second in school history (9:10.51)
- Also ran the 800 meters there at 2:13.74, a personal best
- Was eighth, fifth among those in college, in the 800 meters at the Tom Jones Memorial (2:14.13). She was also 16th in 1500m there, a new PR (4:43.79), 10th all-time
- Ran her first 5000 meter race at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (20:23.28)
High School
- Ran for coach Jane Smith
- Named High School Sportswoman of the Year in 2015
- Was Provincial Champion in the 800m from 2011 to 2015
- Fifth in the finals of the same event in the National Championships in 2015
- Member of the South African National triathlon, duathlon and cross triathlon teams
- Placed second at the ITU World Cross Triathlon Championships in 2016
Personal
- Plans to major in graphic design
- Born on May 7
- Daughter of Karen Jonsson
- Goal after college is to race professionally and to work and a graphic artist and photographer
- Hobbies include photography, surfing and scuba diving
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