Hall of Fame
Madi Talbert Artz
- Induction:
- 2025
- Class:
- 2016
Madi Talbert Artz was a member of the cross country and track and field teams from 2012 to 2016 and is one of the most accomplished members in the history of the program. As a leader of the Lipscomb cross country program, and selected as an ASUN All-Decade Team member for 2011-2020, Artz was a four-time First Team All-ASUN member, a five-time ASUN Athlete of the Week and a 2012 ASUN All-Freshman Team member. She was the 2014 & 2015 ASUN Championship winner and Cross Country Runner of the Year, and she led Lipscomb to four-straight ASUN Cross Country Championships from 2012-2015. Among all competitors in ASUN Conference history, she ranks in the ASUN top-10 in Fastest NCAA Regional Individual times, best NCAA Regional Individual Finishes, and 5000m Fastest Winning Times. Artz was just as impressive as a member of the track & field indoor and outdoor teams, where she earned seven ASUN Athlete of the Week honors, seven medals at the ASUN Indoor Championships during her career and was a seven-time Indoor Track All-ASUN Team member. In addition, she won eight medals, seven first-place medals, at the Outdoor Championships during her career, and was the 2015 Outstanding Performer at the ASUN Outdoor Championshipsan eight-time All-ASUN team member. She holds the ASUN Championship Record in the 3000m Steeplechase and the all-time ASUN record for fastest time in the event in an ASUN Championship. An elite 3000m steeplechase runner, Artz is the only Lipscomb student athletes to qualify for NCAA Nationals in the event all four years of her career and she competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
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