Tiana LoStracco - Women's Cross Country - Arkansas Razorbacks

Tiana LoStracco

Sr. | 5-6 | Distance | Guelph, Ontario, Canada | St. James HS/Bradley

2023-24
Outdoor: Qualified for NCAA West First Round in 1,500m, placing 22nd in 4:24.18 after a 4:19.35 in the opening round … Placed fourth in SEC 1,500m with a time of 4:15.78 … Set career best in 800m with a 2:03.80 for third in Arkansas Twilight … Ran 4:30.83 to place 13th in 1,500m at John McDonnell Invitational … Finished fourth in 1,500m (4:16.35) and 13th in 800m (2:04.64) at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial Invitational … Won 800m in 2;07.57 at Arkansas Spring Invitational … Placed seventh in 1,500m (4:17.19) at Stanford Invitational.

Indoor: Member of fourth place distance medley relay (10:56.15) at NCAA Championships, running 4:34.05 on anchor leg, to earn first team All-America honor … SEC bronze medalist in mile with a 4:39.57 … Established career best of 4:34.81 to place fourth in mile at Arkansas Qualifier … In Tyson Invitational, finished fourth in mile (4:41.71) and sixth in 800m (2:04.22) … Member of runner-up distance medley relay (10:49.41) at Razorback Invitational, the second fastest time in UA history … Opened season with a career best 2:46.72 for sixth place in 1,000m and finished eighth in mile (4:48.70).

Cross Country: Competed in the SEC Championships, placing 47th with a 21:22.2 on the 6k course … Raced in Virginia Pre-Nationals, covering the 6k course in 21:36.6 … Finished 67th in Chile Pepper Festival, covering the 6k Agri Park course in 18:30.7.

2022-23
Outdoor: Represented Canada finishing fourth in NACAC U23 1,500m (4:16.58) in San José, Costa Rica … Claimed a pair of titles at the 2023 Missouri Valley Outdoor Championships in the 800m (2:05.79) and 1,500m (4:28.75) … Established a pair of career best times of 4:10.80 and 4:10.69 in the 1,500m during NCAA West Preliminary rounds to advance to NCAA Championships in Austin … Set 800m career best of 2:02.13 racing in Guelph in June and followed with a 2:03.29 competing at the Harry Jerome Track Classic in Langley, Canada, in July … Earlier in outdoor season, won the Drake Relays 1,500m and finished as runner-up in 800m.

Indoors: Won the Missouri Valley conference mile title and ran on the winning distance medley relay … Set career best times of 2:05.44 in 800m at Boston University and 4:39.00 in mile at Notre Dame during indoor season.

Cross country: Finished 11th in the Missouri Valley conference meet and 42nd in the NCAA Midwest Region.

COLLEGE
2023 graduate at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois … Coached by Darren Gauson … Currently ranked No. 1 U23 in Canada for 800m and 1,500m … 5-time Missouri Valley Champion in distance medley relay (2021, 2023), mile (2023), 800m (2023) and 1,500m (2023) … Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary round three consecutive years in 800m (2021) and 1,500m (2022, 2023) … Advanced to NCAA Championships semifinal in 1,500m in 2023 … Placed fourth in 1,500m at 2023 NACAC U23 held in Costa Rica …

Majored in Elementary Education … Academic honors include Missouri Valley Scholar-Athlete in track and field for 2022 season … Earned MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award in 2021 and 2022 … MVC Honor Roll in 2020, 2021 … Bradley AD’s Honor Roll from Fall of 2019 to Spring of 2023 … USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2021.

College career best marks
Outdoor: 2:03.12 (800m), 4:10.69 (1,500m)
Indoor: 1:33.12 (600m), 2:05.44 (800m), 4:56.46 (Mile)

HIGH SCHOOL
2019 graduate of St. James High School … Gold medalist in 800m at Athletics Canada U20 Championships in 2018 and 2019 after earning silver medal in 2017 … Seven-time champion in the 800m at the Athletics Ontario Outdoor Provincial Championship, finishing atop the podium four-straight years (2016-19) at the indoor meet and three times (2016, 2018-19) at the outdoor championship … Also, a six-time OFSAA Champion, earning the honor four times in the 800m and twice in the 400m … Finalist at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, finishing seventh in the 800m … Received the Athletics Ontario All-Ontarian Award in U18 Women’s Distance.

PERSONAL
Tiana LoStracco was born November 8, 2001, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada … Daughter of Roberto and Joanne LoStracco … Has an older brother, Nicholas, who plays baseball at the University of Windsor … Hometown is Guelph, Ontario … Plans to earn a Master’s in Education: Recreation and Sport Management … Career plans include being a teacher and/or coach … Favorite athlete is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone … Hobbies include drawing, painting, and photography.

Tiana LoStracco | College Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

  • 600 | 1:33.12
  • 1000m | 2:46.72
  • 800 | 2:04.22
  • Mile | 4:34.81

Outdoor

  • 800 | 2:03.12
  • 1,500 | 4:10.69