Varvara Lissichkina

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Karaganda Secondary School #85
Hometown:
Karaganda, Kazahkstan

RESULTS

2022 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets for the Zips, including placing third in the 800 meters in a time of 2:09.27 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 14), while also running on the sixth place 4x400 relay team...recorded a season-best time of 2:09.17 in the preliminary round of the 800 meters at the MAC Championships (May 13)...added season-best time of 4:35.30 to finish third in the 1,500 meters at the Northeast Ohio Tri-Meet (April 2).

2022 OUTDOOR ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC honoree.

2022 INDOOR: Competed in five meets for Akron...member of school-record DMR at Akron Invitational (Feb. 4) crossing the line in 11:33.91...won the 800 meters in a time of 2:10.24 at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 26)...recorded season-best time of 2:09.49 to win the 800 meters at the Grand Valley State Big Meet (Feb. 11)...finished in top two five times in the 800 meters...member of fourth-place 4x400 relay at MAC Championships (Feb. 26) that crossed the line in 3:49.57.

2022 INDOOR ACCOLADES: First-Team All-MAC (800 meters)...Academic All-MAC honoree...MAC Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 16).

2021 CROSS COUNTRY: Didn’t compete in a race for the Zips.

2020 CROSS COUNTRY: Didn’t compete in a race for the Zips.

2020 INDOOR: Garnered second-team All-Mid-American Conference accolades placing second in the 800 meters in a career-best time of 2:08.66 at the MAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 29)...her performance stands as the No. 5 time in indoor program history...competed in six meets for the Zips, including running on the fifth-place 4x400 relay squad at the MAC Championships (Feb. 29)...posted five top-three finishes in the 800 meters...won the 800 meters in 2:10.45 at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8)...placed second, second and third, respectively, in the 800 meters in times of 2:14.38, 2:08.66, 2:09.09 at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 11), MAC Championships (Feb. 29) and Grand Valley State Big Friday meet (Feb. 14)...placed fourth in the 400 meters at the Al Campbell Invitational (Feb. 21) crossing the line in 57.30, while also running on the winning 4x400 relay.

2020 INDOOR ACCOLADES: Second-team All-MAC (Indoor 800 Meters)...named MAC Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11).

2019 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in a trio of races for Akron, including crossing the line in 23:47.6 (66th) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Nov. 2)...posted a season-best 6K time of 23:24.4 (133rd) at the Penn State National (Oct. 18)...made her Akron debut with a time of 18:22.21 (80th) at the Joe Piane-Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 4).

PERSONAL: Majoring in sport science...daughter of Pavel and Svetlana Lissichkina.