University of Minnesota Morris Athletics

2019 All-Conference Outdoor
2019 All-Conference Indoor
UMAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (1/21/19)

2019 Outdoor: UMAC All-Conference honoree...Competed in six meets...Set a personal-best time of 10:51.89 in the 3,000-meter run at the CSB-SJU Outdoor meet...Tallied a personal-best time of 18:30.80 in the 5,000-meter run at the Hamline Coed Invite...At the UMAC Championships, Novak won four conference titles (4x800-meter relay - 10:12.68, 4x400-meter relay - 4:09.96, 5,000-meter run 19:31.65, 1,500-meter run - personal-best time of 4:48.40) and took second in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:20.11.

2019 Indoor: UMAC Track Athlete of the Week (1/21)...All-Conference honoree...Competed in six meets...At the SDSU Last Chance meet, Novak recorded a personal-best time of 5:18.03 in the mile...At the UMAC Championships, Novak was a member of the second-place distance medley relay (13:29.61), finished second in the 3,000-meter run (10:55.98), was a member of the third-place 4x400-meter relay (4:14.43), and took fourth in the mile (5:26.41).

High School: Attended Champlin Park...Varsity Letter 2012-2015 ... Rookie of the Year 2012 ... Captain 2015 ... Main Link Award 2015 ... Rebel Award 2015.

Personal: Hometown is Champlin, Minnesota...Born April 6, 1997...Parents are Tina and Anthony...Has two siblings, Dillon and Kortney...Majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry...Favorite movie is Princess Mononoke...Favorite TV show is Parks and Rec...Dream vacation destination is Japan.

Why I chose Minnesota Morris: " I wanted the options of a public college but smaller. During my visit, I admired the student atmosphere and the opportunity to do research with salamanders."

Connections to Morris: My high school AP Euro teacher attended Morris and talked about how weird it was.