Upcoming Event: Women's XC/Track & Field versus NCAA South Championships on November 14, 2025 at TBD
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Women's XC/Track & Field
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Paige Saiz
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Highland, Mich.
- High School:
- Milford
- Prev School:
- Northern Michigan
- Major:
- Business Management
- Birthday:
- 5/22
Career Accolades
Indoor
Mile - 9th, 5:01.03 (2/19/22)
1000m – 5th, 3:02.2 (2/2/23)
3000m - 7th, 10:02.60 (2/20/22)
DMR - 2nd, 11:59.61 (2/19/22)
Outdoor
5000m - 9th, 17:51.94 (4/1/22)
FAU Personal Records
Cross Country
5K – 20:02.7 at NAIA Pre-Nationals Invitational (9/17/22)
6K - 22:52.43 at NCAA South Regional (11/12/21)
Indoor
Mile - 5:01.93 at C-USA Championship Prelims (2/19/22)
1000m – 3:02.20 at Celebration Pointe Indoor Classic (2/2/23)
3000m - 10:02.60 at C-USA Championship Finals (2/20/22)
Outdoor
800m - 2:21.41 at UCF Knights (4/24/21)
1500m – 4:49.25 at UNF East Coast Relays (4/28/23)
3000m - 10:56.05 at Hurricane #1 (3/19/21)
5000m - 17:51.94 at Vertklasse (4/1/22)
Junior (2022-23)
Cross Country:
Cross Country:
Cross Country:
- 2022-23 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- 2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Indoor
Mile - 9th, 5:01.03 (2/19/22)
1000m – 5th, 3:02.2 (2/2/23)
3000m - 7th, 10:02.60 (2/20/22)
DMR - 2nd, 11:59.61 (2/19/22)
Outdoor
5000m - 9th, 17:51.94 (4/1/22)
FAU Personal Records
Cross Country
5K – 20:02.7 at NAIA Pre-Nationals Invitational (9/17/22)
6K - 22:52.43 at NCAA South Regional (11/12/21)
Indoor
Mile - 5:01.93 at C-USA Championship Prelims (2/19/22)
1000m – 3:02.20 at Celebration Pointe Indoor Classic (2/2/23)
3000m - 10:02.60 at C-USA Championship Finals (2/20/22)
Outdoor
800m - 2:21.41 at UCF Knights (4/24/21)
1500m – 4:49.25 at UNF East Coast Relays (4/28/23)
3000m - 10:56.05 at Hurricane #1 (3/19/21)
5000m - 17:51.94 at Vertklasse (4/1/22)
Junior (2022-23)
Cross Country:
- Opened season with a time of 20:49.9 at the UCF XC Invite (9/2/23)
- Contributed to the team’s first place finish at the NAIA Pre-Nationals Invite (9/17/22), finishing with a time of 20:02.7
- Recorded a 20th place finish in the USF XC Invite (20:19.4)
- Placed in 42nd running a 6K (23:33.3) at the C-USA Championships (10/29/22)
- Finished in 10th place in the 3000m (10:54.4) at the UAB Blazer Invite (1/13/23)
- Earned third place in the 1000m (3:02.20) at the Celebration Pointe Indoor Classic (2/2/23)
- Tallied a time of 5:10.32 in the mile at the C-USA Championships (2/18/23)
- Ran for a time of 2:24.62 in the 800m at the UCF Black and Gold Invite (3/18/23)
- Captured ninth place in the 1500m (4:51.75) at the USF Invite (4/8/23)
- Bested her 1500m time (4:49.25) in the UNF East Coast Relays (4/28/23)
- Put up 19th place in the 1500m (4:58.96) at the C-USA Championships (5/13/23)
Cross Country:
- In her first race of the season, registered 96th out of 290 finishers at the FSU XC Open, clocking in at 23:26.8 in the 6K
- Led the Owls at the UCF Invite with 13th place out of 92 finishers, clocking in at 17:30.1 in the 5K, which ended up being 2.9 miles
- Was the first Owl to cross the line in the 6K at the FSU XC Pre-Nationals Invite, tallying 71st place out of 277 racers with a time of 22:32.7
- Tabbed to the C-USA Third Team following her 21st-place finish in the 6K at the C-USA Championship with a time of 21:58.8
- Led FAU for the final race of the season, tallying 94th out of 225 runners at the NCAA South Regional competition (22:12.10)
- Opened up indoor season at the UAB Blazer Invite with an 11th-place finish in the 3000m (10:22.86)
- Finished fifth in the mile run (5:08.36) at the UAB Vulcan Invite
- Tallied 22nd in the mile (5:05.59) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invite
- Finished right behind Casey O’Connor in the mile run with a second-place showing (5:13.73) at the Harvard Crimson Elite
- Produced 14th in the 3000m with a time of 10:05.01 at the BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite
- Put up 15th in the mile (5:01.93), which is the second fastest by an Owl this season, and 17th in the 3000m (10:02.60) at the Conference USA Indoor Championship, both marking personal records
- Also contributed to seventh in the distance medley relay, which marked a new school record with a time of 11:59.61, at the championships
- Had a stellar performance in the 5000m at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting to earn third place in the race with a personal best time of 17:51.94, which is the ninth fastest time in school history
- Put on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Cross Country:
- Became the third Owl to cross the finish line in the 6K at the 2020 C-USA XC Championships, tallying 42nd place and a personal record time of 23:20.00
- Ran her first race as an Owl at the UAB Blazer Classic, where she achieved 57th place in the 6K with a time of 23:27.56
- Took sixth place in the mile (5:18.11) at the UAB Blazer Invitational
- Finished in ninth in the 3000m (10:19.92) at the UAB Vulcan Invitational
- Captured 18th in the 3000m run (10:19.18) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational
- Tallied 14th in the 3000m run (10:20.44) and contributed to seventh in the distance medley relay (12:18.39) at the C-USA Championships
- Commenced the outdoor season with seventh in the 3000 meter run (10:56.05), ninth in the 1500 meters (4:53.50) and was a part of the 4x400 meter relay team who placed fourth (4:18.02) at the Miami Hurricane Invitational
- Tallied third in the 5000 meter run (18:08.16) at the High Point Vertklasse Meeting
- Captured 10th in the 1500 meter run (4:59.52) at the Miami Alumni Invitational
- Came up with 14th in the 1500 meter run (4:52.16) and 20th in the 800 meter run (2:21.41) at the UCF Knights Invite
- Recorded 32nd in the 5000 meter run (18:56.68) at the North Florida Invitational
- Registered 31st in the 5000 meter run (18:47.22) at the 2021 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- One of 10 honored with the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
- Did not compete
- Coached by Jenny Ryan
- Awarded All-Conference in cross country/track
- Recognized to All-County Team for cross country/track
- Tallied All-Region honors for cross country/track
- All-State in 4x400 meter relay
- Holds school record in 4x1600 meter relay
- Coached by Brian Salyers
- Born on May 22
- Daughter of John and Melissa Fundukian
- Majoring in business management
- Holds professional goal of using business management degree to work with a professional sports team
- Enjoys snowboarding in the winter and boating in the summer
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