2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Aani Hardesty

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Alamosa
  • Hometown Alamosa, Colo.
  • Major Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2024-25: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in seven indoor meets in the sprints and hurdles … Set a 200m PR of 25.99 at the Colorado Invitational … Timed a season-best 60m hurdles of 9.30 at the Mines Winter Classic … Ran a 400m best of 58.17 at the Colorado Invitational. Outdoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (400m hurdles) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in six outdoor meets focused on the 400m hurdles … RMAC bronze medalist in the event after running a personal-best 1:01.09 in finals … Moved to #2 all-time in the 400m hurdles at Mines … Also helped Mines to fourth in the RMAC 4x400 and fifth in the 4x100 … The 4x100 relay ran the #2 in Mines history at RMACs.

2023-24: USTFCCCA All-Academic. Indoor Track & Field - First-Team All-RMAC (4x400) … Second-Team All-RMAC (400) … Sprinter and hurdler competed in the 60m hurdles and 400m as a true freshman … RMAC champion as part of the 4x400 … Finished fifth at RMACs in the 400m and 15th in the 60m hurdles … Set collegiate-best times of 9.16 in the hurdles at the Mines Pre-Conference, and 57.69 in the 400m at the Colorado Invitational. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (400H) … Competed in eight meets as a true freshman, focusing on the two hurdles distances … Set a career-best 15.30 time in the 100m hurdles at the Maverick Invite & Multi, and 1:01.59 in the 400m hurdles at the RMAC Championships … Finished sixth in the 400m hurdles at RMACs in the #2 time in program history … Also placed 15th in the 100m hurdles and was fifth as part of the 4x400 relay.

HIGH SCHOOL: Standout hurdler at Alamosa HS ... Colorado state triple champion in 2023 capturing the 3A 100m and 300m hurdle championships and anchoring the winning 4x400m relay ... Also a two-time 300m hurdles state runner-up in 2021 and 2022 ... Helped Alamosa to the 3A team title as a senior ... Owns PRs of 15.33 in the 100m hurdles, 44.10 in the 300m hurdles, and 59.16 over 400m ... Alamosa HS Female Senior Athlete of the Year ... Three-time SPUD ORR Athlete of the Year nominee ... All-conference ... Holds school record in the 300m hurdles ... Also lettered in volleyball ... Four-time Academic Letterwinner ... Four-year Minds in Motion Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2025-26Junior

    Hurdles