2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Carolyn Shult

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Augusta, Wis.
  • Highschool Augusta High School
  • Prev School Eau Claire
  • Instagram carolynshult

Biography

Honors: One-time recipient USTFCCCA of USTFCCCA All-Academic honors

TFRRS Profile

2025 Indoor Track:
Cruised to a third-place finish in the 3000 meters race at the Hawkeye Invite, running a 9:52.04 (Jan. 18).

2024 Cross Country: Ran a 20:51.8 at the NCAA Championships, placing 158th in the 6K competition (Nov. 23)... Continued to shine at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, finishing her 6K in 20:08.7 to earn all-region honors with a 22nd-place finish (Nov. 15)... Turned in her all-time personal best in the 6K at the Big Ten Championships, running a 20:15.3 to place 46th in the competition (Nov. 1)... Placed 36th at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in her UW cross country debut, finishing her 6K in 20:50.5 (Sept. 27).

2024 Outdoor Track: finished 31st in the 10,000 meters crossing in 35:18.40 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 23)... finished eighth in the 10,000 meters wth a time of 34:07.31 at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 10)... finished 19th overall in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:26.07 at the Penn Relays (April 25)... won the 1500 meters with a time of 4:29.12 at the UW-Platteville Invitational (April 13)... finished sixth in the 5000 meters crossing in 16:28.13 at the Stanford Invitational (March 29)

Of Note: Grad transfer from UW-Eau Claire in spring of 2024… set a personal best time in the mile in 4:55.28 at the 2023 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships... in the 1500 meters has a personal best mark of 4:31.06 set at the 2023 St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite… personal best 3k time of 9:29.31 recorded at the 2024 Windy City Invitational... best 6k mark of 21:04.3 ran at the 2023 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship

Honors (at UW-Eau Claire): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2024 Dean’s List and graduated Summa Cum Laude 2023

Personal: Parents are Alan and Kim Shult… has one brother, Kyle… Nutrition and Metabolism (PhD program); previously earned B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UW-Eau Claire

 

Why Wisconsin?

“I chose UW-Madison because it seemed like the ideal place to achieve my academic and athletic goals. As a Division III transfer student, I am excited to have such a supportive environment and team that will push me to become a better athlete. When looking for graduate schools, I was attracted to the top-tier academic and research opportunities at UW-Madison!”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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  • 2024-25Junior

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