Veronica Pinkerton
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- Hometown:
- Beatrice, NE
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- Year:
- Sr
Bio
2024 - Veronica has qualified for nationals all 12 seasons at Hastings College. She is the only person, male or female, to accomplish this in the history of the school. She is a 3x All-American, 2x National Runner-Up, and 17x All-Conference runner. Veronica currently holds the 6K Cross Country school record, as well as the school record in the indoor 800m, and school records as part of the indoor 4x400m relay, the indoor 4x800m relay,and the distance medley relay. She is listed on the Hastings College All-Time Top 10 list in 13 events. Not only is Veronica one of the top runners in Hastings College history but she is a phenomenal student. She has made the Dean's List 7 of 7 semesters and should make it 8 for 8 at the end of this current semester. She is a 4 time NAIA Cross Country Academic All-American, a 4x NAIA Indoor Track & Field Academic All-American, and a 3x NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-American. Veronica has been a cross country and track & field team captain and is known as one of the loudest and most energetic teammates when encouraging her fellow runners and teammates in cross country and track & field. Veronica is usually one of the first to arrive and volunteer to help load equipment and one of the last to leave helping to unload equipment or clean the bus after long meets. She often volunteers to give teammates rides to and from meets and practices and is well respected by all of her coaches. In addition to all of this Veronica is a double-major in Marketing and Studio Digital Art. She works two jobs, one for Boyd Jones where she interned this previous summer, and another as a Graphic Designer for the Hastings College Center for Applied Media Arts. This year Veronica has volunteered to help with the Kool-Aid Days 5K run, as a Mural Day judge here on campus, and managed and hosted a Trivia Night fundraiser for Food4Thought. Her coaches can think of no one who is more accomplished and truly shows what it means to be a successful student-athlete than Veronica Pinkerton.
2023 - Earned GPAC Track Athlete of the Week for her performance on Jan. 28
Veroncia Pinkerton of Hastings College is this week's track athlete-of-the-week. Pinkerton, a junior, from Beatrice, Nebraska, won the 800m run Friday at the Charlie Foster Classic hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Pinkerton ran a season best 2:15.09 which converts to a 2:12.91. That time was an "A" standard national qualifying time and is the second fastest in the NAIA and leads the GPAC by over four seconds.
News mentions
Marion, IN – The Hastings College women’s track and field team picked a great time to pick up many personal best performances on their way to a 7th place finish at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this past week. Hastings finished tied with Olivet Nazarene in 7th with 27 total points and was the highest finishing team out of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
Orange City, IA – The Hastings College women’s track and field team competed at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championships on Friday and Saturday as the Broncos went on to place fourth with 77.5 team points. Each Bronco that finished in the top eight earned All-Conference honors.
Wichita, KS – The Hastings College women’s track and field team competed down at the KT Woodman Classic hosted by Wichita State and here are the results.
Seward, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was back in action competing in the Concordia Invitational hosted by Concordia University and here are the results from Friday.
Kearney, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was in action on Saturday competing at the Central Nebraska Challenge and here are the results.
Brookings, SD - The Hastings College women?s track and field team was in action this past weekend competing at the NAIA National Indoor Track and Field Championships where the Lady Broncos finished 16thoverall.
Yankton, SD – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was in action this weekend at the Great Plains Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships and would finish fourth with a team score of 62. All athletes that finished in the top eight earned all-conference honors.
Seward, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was in action on Friday afternoon taking part in the Concordia Indoor Invitational and here are the results.
Crete, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was in action on Saturday at the Fred Beile Classic and brought home three gold medals.
(Sioux City, Iowa) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women's indoor track & field athletes-of-the-week for events held January 22-28, 2024. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2023-2024 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program.
ANSAS CITY, Mo. — Veronica Pinkerton of Hastings (Neb.)has been named NAIA Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week, and Arriana Benjamin of Marian (Ind.) has been selected as the NAIA Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from January 22-28 and were selected out of a pool of nominees from across the country.
Kearney, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was in action on Friday competing in the Charlie Foster Classic hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney and here are the results.
Seward, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team was in action on Friday competing in the Polar Dog Invite and here are the results.
Kearney, NE – The Hastings College women’s track and field team opened its indoor season at the UNK Pre-Holiday Classic and here are the results.
