Academy of Art University Athletics

2022 (T&F): 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (1500m) ... 2022 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team (Mile, DMR) ... 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (800m, 1500m, 5000m) ... 2022 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (800m, Mile, 3000m, DMR) ... 2022 All-PacWest First Team (1500m) ... 2022 All-PacWest Second Team (5000m) ... 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ... 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team ... 2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team ... broke program records in the indoor mile (4:45.71) at the Fastrack Last Chance Invite and 3000m (9:30.67) at the BU Last Chance Meet as well as the outdoor 800m (2:07.81) at the APU Last Chance Meet ... posted an indoor personal record of 2:12.61 in the 800m at the Hillsdale Wide-Track Classic ... delivered an outdoor personal record of 17:03.90 in the 5000m at the PacWest Championships ... offered an outdoor season-best of 4:22.43 at the APU Last Chance Meet.

2021 (XC): 2021 USTFCCCA All-America Team (second in ART U history) ... 2021 USTFCCCA All-Region Team ... 2021 PacWest Runner of the Year ... 2021 PacWest Championship Individual Winner ... 2021 All-PacWest First Team ... 2021 USTFCCCA NCAA DII National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 25) ... 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ... 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, 2022 PacWest WXC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... 2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team ... competed in six meets, leading ART U in five ... ran the third-fastest 6k in ART U history (21:20.7) at NCAA Nationals.

2021 (T&F): 2021 USTFCCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (1500m) ... 2021 PacWest Most Outstanding Track Athlete ... 2021 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (800m, 1500m, 4x400m) ... 2020-21 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (Mile, DMR) ... 2021 All-PacWest First Team (800m, 1500m) ... 2020-21 Academic All-PacWest ... 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team ... 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... posted an indoor season-best 4:58.51 at the Indoor Gorilla Classic ... broke outdoor program records in the 800m (2:09.57) at the PacWest Championships, 1500m (4:18.60) at the Bryan Clay Invite, and 3000m (10:17.91) at the State Center Invite.

2020 (XC): Did not compete.

2020 (T&F): 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America (Mile) ... 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (800m, Mile) ... 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest ... 2020 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... broke the program record with a 4:48.25 in the indoor mile at the Boston Last Chance Meet ... posted a personal-record 2:14.74 in the indoor 800m at the GVSU Big Meet.

2019 (XC): 2019 All-PacWest First Team ... 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... 2019-20 Academic All-PacWest ... competed in five meets ... ran an 5k season-best 18:35.5 at the Biola Invite ... offered a 6k personal-best 21:50.2 at NCAA West Regionals ... had her highest placement (fifth) at the PacWest Championship.

Previous Experience: Novak is a junior transfer from California Baptist ... competed in three cross country races during her sophomore season with CBU and was named Academic All-WAC ... ran the 5k in 18:20.2 at the UCR Invite ... competed in both cross country and track & field for two years at Gyula Andrássy High School in Békéscsaba, Hungary.

Personal: Natalia Novak was born in Békéscsaba, Hungary ... parents are Szilvia and Zoltán Novak ... has three siblings, Szonja, Gyozo, and Fanni ... Communications & Media Technologies major.