Vanessa Horn

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

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.