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2023 Women's Cross Country Roster

Breena Shreeves

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Knoxville, Ill.
  • High School Knoxville
  • Instagram breena_22
  • Twitter breenashreeves

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023

  •  Ran a personal-best 5k and placed 10th at the Illini Open (18:59.9)
  • Recorded a personal-best 6k at the Gans Creek Classic (64th, 22:34.6)
  • Placed 122nd at the Big Ten Championships (23:55.0)
  • Placed 139th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (22:58.8)

2022

  • Ran a personal-best 6k (22:56.3) at the Gans Creek Classic
  • Placed fifth in the 5k (19:26.6) at the Illini Challenge

2021

  • Placed 11th in the 5k at the Walt Crawford Invite with a time of 19:11.82
  • Ran a 24:01.5 at the Illini Open, placing 13th

High School

  • Three-time All-State honors in track and cross country
  • 2019 IHSA 4x800 state champion
  • Holds school records in the 800m, mile, 4x800, and 4x400
  • Four-time letterwinner in track and two-time letterwinner in cross country
  • Also was a four-time letterwinner in basketball and two-time letterwinner in volleyball
  • Coached by Tom Hilier and Greg Ruetz

Personal

  • Born July 23, 2001
  • Daughter of Gary and Lisa Shreeves
  • Has two sisters, Kayla and Ciara
  • Both her father ('88) and sister ('20) graduated from Illinois
  • Majoring in Community Health and plans to attend law school
  • Chose Illinois for its academic reputation and knew that Illinois was the right choice after her official visit

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior