2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Odessa Zentz

  • Class Junior
  • High School Helena High School
  • Hometown Helena, Mont.

Biography

Indoor Personal Bests Event Outdoor Personal Bests
41.12 at Friday Night Axe 'Em Open (1/13/23) 300 ---
57.68 at Friday Night Axe 'Em Open (1/10/25) 400 56.66 at Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18/25)
1:32.15 at Friday Night Axe 'Em Open (1/10/25) 600 ---
2:08.21 at Husky Classic (2/15/25) 800 2:06.74 at Big Sky Championships (5/16/25)
--- 1500 4:41.87 at Willie Williams Classic (3/22/25)
 

2025 Outdoor: Obtained a personal best 1500 meter time of 4:41.87 at the 2025 Willie Williams Classic to place seventh… Set a personal best 800 meter time of 2:06.75 to finish 29th… Ran an 800 meter time of 2:10.28 to place 15th at the 2025 Desert Heat Classic… Member of the 13th-place 4x400 meter relay team... At the Big Sky Championships, she ran a personal best of 2:06.74 in the prelims of the 800-meters to place second... Earned a sixth-place finish in the finals (2:09.00)... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round where she ran 2:07.93 in the first round to place 32nd. 

2025 Indoor: Finished fourth at the Friday Night Axe ‘Em Open with a 400 meter time of 57.68… Obtained a personal best 600 meter time of 1:32.15 to finish third… Placed third at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with an 800 meter time of 2:10.36… Ran an 800 meter time of 2:14.42 to finish first at the Ron Man Classic… Finished 12th at the 2025 Husky Classic with an 800 meter time of 2:08.21… Placed fourth at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship with an 800 meter time of 2:11.78…

2024 Outdoor: Ran a personal best 400-meter time of 57.41 at the Willie Williams Classic…Finished first in the 800-meter at the UNLV Home Meet with a time of 2:13.57…Ran a personal best 800-meter time of 2:10.64 at the Big Sky Conference Championships…Placed seventh in the 800-meter at the Big Sky Conference Championships.

2024 Indoor: Did not compete.

2023 Outdoor: Ran a personal best 400-meter time of 57.47 at the Willie Williams Classic…Ran a personal best 800-meter time of 2:11.85 at the Bryan Clay Invitational…Competed in the 800-meter at the Big Sky Conference Championships, finishing 28th with a time of 2:32.07.

2023 Indoor: Ran a personal best 300-meter time of 41.12 at the Axe ‘Em Open…Ran a personal best 600-meter time of 1:36.45 at the Axe ‘Em Open…Finished first in the 400-meter at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 58.26…Finished first in the 800-meter at the Ron Mann Classic with a time of 2:16.83…Member of the Big Sky Champion distance medley relay team which set a new conference championship record with a time of 11:31.98…Finished ninth in the 800-meter at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a time of 2:12.11.

High School: Ran a personal best 100-meter time of 12.40...Ran a personal best 200-meter time of 25.07...Ran a personal best 400-meter time of 56.02...Ran a personal best 800-meter time of 2:12.55...Ran a personal best 1,600-meter time of 5:18...Ran a personal best 5K time of 19:13.

TF/XC Accomplishments: 7-time individual state champion (200m [1], 400m [3], 800m [3])...2022 team state champion...16 All-State performances...School record holder in the 200m, 400m, and 4x100m...2019, 2021, and 2022 All-Area Track & Field Athlete of the Year...2022 Pat Donovan Award (given to a female Helena High student who participates in two or more sports for four years while exhibiting stellar attributes in athletics, academics, character, attendance, sportsmanship, leadership, and citizenship)  

Why did you choose NAU?

I chose NAU because I immediately felt welcomed by the team, coaches, and community. I have a passion for funning and school, and I feel like I can thrive in both areas here at NAU. The coaches are very respectable, and they are people that I am excited to train under.

Personal: Daughter to Jesse and Michele...Sister to Leila...Birthday is January 8...Majoring in Psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

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  • 2024Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Junior

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