Vanessa Horn

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
High School:
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
Hometown:
Ludwigsfelde, Germany

2025 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets for Akron...member of MAC Champion 4x100 relay team that crossed the line in 44.51...ran leg on 4x100 relay at NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier that crossed the line in 44.65...placed seventh in the 400 meters in a time of 55.42 at the MAC Championships (May 17)...member of sixth-place 4x400 relay at MAC Championships (May 17), while placing 17th in the 200 meters in a season-best time of 24.63...registered season-best time of 54.94 in the 400 meters at the Bob Davidson Team Challenge (March 22).

2025 OUTDOOR ACCOLADES: NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier as member of 100 relay...MAC Champion (4x100 relay)...First-Team All-MAC (4x100 relay)...Academic All-MAC honoree...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree...USTFCCCA All-Academic recipient.

2025 INDOOR: Competed in six meets for Akron...member of winning 4x400 relay in a time of 3:44.85 at the MAC Championships (March 1)...placed sixth in the 400 meters and seventh in the 200 meters at the MAC Championships (March 1) in times of 55.27 and 24.91, respectively...recorded season-best time of 24.46 in the 200 meters at the Al Campbell Invitational (Jan. 17)...registered season-best time of 54.66 (No. 4 in indoor program history) in the 400 meters at the Windy City Invitational (Feb. 14).

2025 INDOOR ACCOLADES: MAC Champion (4x400 relay)...First-Team All-MAC (4x400 relay)...Academic All-MAC honoree.

2024 OUTDOOR: Competed in seven meets for Akron...garnered Second-Team All-MAC accolades as part of runner-up 4x400 relay team at the MAC Championships (May 11) that crossed the line in a school-record time of 3:39.10...crossed the line in a 54.45 to place fourth in the 400 meters at the MAC Championships (May 11), while recording a time of 24.69 in the 200 meters...ran the No. 2 time in outdoor program history of 54.09 in the preliminary round of the 400 meters at the MAC Championships (May 10)...ran a season-best time of 23.99 in the 200 meters at the Len Paddock Invitational (April 27)...member of winning 4x100 relay at Tiffin Track Carnival (April 13).

2024 OUTDOOR ACCOLADES: Second-Team All-MAC (4x400 relay)...Academic All-MAC honoree...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.

2024 INDOOR: Competed in five meets for Akron...earned Second-Team All-MAC honors with a runner-up performance in the 400 meters at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24) crossing the line in a season-best time of 55.52...member of fourth-place 4x400 relay team at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24)...posted a season-best time of 25.18 in the 200 meters at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2).

2024 INDOOR ACCOLADES: Second-Team All-MAC (400 meters)...Academic All-MAC honoree.

2023 OUTDOOR: Did not compete for the Zips.

2023 INDOOR: Competed in four meets for the Zips...placed sixth in the 400 meters at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25) in a time of 56.92...member of fifth place 4x400 relay team at MAC Championships (Feb. 25)...recorded season-best time of 55.24 in the 400 meters at the Penn State National (Jan. 28)...added season-low time of 25.23 in 200 meters at Akron-Kent State Dual (Jan. 20).

PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology...daughter of Rene and Nadine Horn.