Idaho State: (2009-10) Competed in both the indoor and outdoor seasons … placed 12th in the 3000m at the Indoor Big Sky Conference Championships (02/26) … placed seventh in the 1 mile at the Indoor Big Sky Conference Championship (02/26) … placed sixth in the 1500m at the Outdoor Big Sky Conference Championships (05/12) … placed third in the 3K Steeplechase at the Outdoor Big Sky Conference Championships (05/12) … placed 15th in the 3K Steeplechase at the NCAA Division 1 West Region Prelims with a career best 10:29.45 (05/27) … scored for the Bengals in every meet and was the top ISU finisher twice during the 2009 season including her 13th-place overall finish a the Big Sky Conference Championship (10/31/2009) ... also led the Bengals at the Oktoberfest Invitational (10/17/2009) with a third-place overall finish ... finished second for ISU and 47th overall a the NCAA Mountain Regional (11/14/2009) ... also finished second for the Bengals at the BYU Autumn Classic (9/5/2009), Southern Utah Dual (9/12/2009), Bob Firman Invitational (9/26/2009) and Color Country Invitational (10/10/2009) ... named to the 2009 Big Sky Conference All-Academic team … (2008-09) Finished second at the MSU-UM-ISU Duals (1/30) in the mile run with a career best 5:08.49 ... ran a career best in the 3,000 meters at the Medalist Invitational (2/13) with a time of 10:26.34 ... finished 11th at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship (2/27) in the 3,000-meter run (11:01.51) and ninth in the mile run (5:20.51) ... set a career best in the 5,000 meters at the Robison Invitational (4/25) with a time of 18:10.12 ... finished seventh in the 5,000 meters (18:07.68) at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship (2/27) and sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:48.65) ... currently sits in third for ISU’s All-Time Top 10 Performances in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a career best 10:41.17 set at the NCAA West Regional (5/30) … finished in the top 10 five times and in the top five twice for the cross country season ... strongest Idaho State runner at the Autumn Classic (14th, 20:12.1), Big Sky Conference Championships (10th, 17:37.5) and NCAA Regional (60th, 21:59.10) ... finished second for the Bengals and third overall at both the ISU Dual (11:05.76) and ISU Triangular (16:00.50) ... also finished second for ISU and sixth overall at the Bob Firman Invitational with a time of 18:45.74 ... third Bengal runner to complete the course at both the Utah Valley Invitational (15th, 19:39.1) and Color Country Invitational (eighth, 19:36.00) ... Big Sky Conference All-Academic honoree … (2007-08) Competed in distance events during the indoor and outdoor seasons ... finished 12th in the 5,000-meter run at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/29), posting a time of 20:11.49 ... finished eighth in the 3,000-meter run at the Snake River Open (1/19), running a time of 10:46.83 ... ran a 4:39.89 in the 1,500-meter run at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/17) ... her time of 11:05.89 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/17) was good for sixth place ... took third in the All-Idaho Cup (4/5) in the 400-meter hurdles, posting a time of 1:03.74 ... finished sixth in the All-Idaho Cup (4/5) in the 5,000-meter run, running a time of 18:52.77 ... cleared a height of 5-07.00 in the high jump at the BYU Invitational (4/26), finishing second … For the cross country season, she recorded Idaho State’s best time at the NCAA Mountain Region Meet (11/10), finishing the 6K course in 22:43.5 to place 62nd overall ... placed second in ISU’s lineup in every other event she took part in, including a third-place finish at ISU’s dual with Albertson College and Westminster College (10/6), sixth place at ISU’s dual with Southern Utah (9/1) and third at the Oktoberfest Alumni meet (10/20) ... took 23rd place at the Big Sky Conference Championships, completing the 5,000-meter course in 18:59.9.
Skyline High School: Three-time record holder ... received most inspirational runner ... track and cross country rookie of the year ... two-time cross country runner of the year ... track and cross country team captain ... received high honor roll ... active in school as Key Club Historian and V.P., Student Senate, Science Student of the Year, History Student of the Year and Seminary President.
Personal: Parents are Kraig and Annette Wendt ... majoring in history.
Wendt-Richardson’s Best ISU Performances
Event Season Result Meet Date
800m Outdoor 2:16.74 SUU Invitational 05/02/2009
1500m Outdoor 4:41.16 Big Sky Championships 05/12/2010
1 Mile Indoor 5:03.03 MSU Fleet Feet Sports Duals 02/12/2010
3000m Indoor 10:23.15 Mountain State Games 02/05/2010
5000m Outdoor 18:10.12 Robison Invitational 04/25/2009
3K Steeple Outdoor 10:29.45 NCAA Division 1 West Prelims 05/27/2010
Big Sky Championship Results
2008 Outdoor 1500m 4:39.89 14th
3K Steeple 11:05.89 Sixth
2009 Indoor 3000m 11:01.51 11th
1 Mile 5:11.29 Ninth
2009 Outdoor 5000m 18.07.68 Seventh
3K Steeple 10:48.65 Sixth
2010 Indoor 3000m 10:55.44 12th
1 Mile 5:08.72 Seventh
2010 Outdoor 3K Steeple 10:55.53 Second
1500m 4:41.16 Sixth