In cross country, Sommerfeld was an all-state 12th in 2021 (16:58.37 for 3.0 miles) and was 30th last November (18:20.0) with the Lions’ state-qualifying team.Īs a junior, Sommerfeld missed nearly the entire indoor track season recovering from a stress reaction in her shin. The 3,200 time came in winning the indoor West Suburban Silver Meet just ahead of Bennis. Healthy this entire indoor track season, Sommerfeld set indoor school records in the 1,600 (4:57.90) and the 3,200 (10:45.58) in March.
Sommerfeld earned 2022 IHSA Class 3A all-state track honors in the 3,200-meter run (7th, all-time school-record 10:35.21) and reached the 1,600 finals (12th, 5:11.58). “I’ve always been interested in math and last year I realized that engineering is probably what I want to do,” Sommerfeld said.
Her future teammates include two other senior standouts, York’s Bria Bennis, whom she competes against often in the West Suburban Conference Silver, and Nazareth Academy’s Colette Kinsella. Sommerfeld plans to major in engineering, possibly environmental, at Vanderbilt. I feel like I do focus, I’m able to study better after a good workout.” “It helps me focus more sometimes in school because activity activates the brain. “Honestly, it correlates a lot mentally because I think running is very mentally challenging,” Sommerfeld said.
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