University of Nevada Athletics

SENIOR (2025) - Competed in three meets so far during the season ... Opened with a 23rd-place finish at the USF Invitational (21:57.8) ... Placed 6th at the Kim Duyst Twilight with a time of 21:14.6 ... Finished 13th at the Bronco Invitational with a season-best time of 21:10.0.

JUNIOR (2024) - Competed in six meets during the season ... Opened the year at the George Kyte Classic, placing 17th with a 2.5-mile time of 15:43.6 ... Finished 46th in the 6K at the UCR Cross Country Invitational, running 20:58.7 ... Clocked 21:42.4 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (68th) ... Took 35th at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 22:03.9 ... Placed 88th at the NCAA Mountain Regional with a 6K mark of 21:48.5 ... Opened the 2025 cross country season with a 23rd-place finish at the USF Invite (21:57.8) and ran a season-best 21:14.6 at the Kim Duyst Twilight Invitational (6th).

PRIOR TO NEVADA - Competed at Portland State (2021-23) ... Awarded to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2023) ...  Five-time Academic All-Big Sky (2x cross country; 1x indoor; 2x outdoor) ... Had indoor marks of 2:26.24 (800 meters), 5:02.51 (Mile), and 10:37.54 (3,000 meters) ... Had outdoor marks of 2:13.74 (800 meters), 4:32.32 (1500 meters), and 17:29.50 (5,000 meters).

HIGH SCHOOL - Graduated from Winnebago HS ... State champion in the 1,600 meters at the 2021 IHSA 1A meet…Three-time IHSA 1A Cross Country All-State honoree, placing as high as sixth as a junior in 2019…Led her team to the IHSA 1A state title during the 2019 cross country season…Team won the 2020 XC Championships hosted by Shazam, the unofficial state cross country meet during her COVID-affected senior season…Earned IHSA 1A Track & Field All-State honors in the 3,200 meters after placing eighth as a freshman in 2018…Placed 80th at the 2019 Nike Cross Country Midwest Regional as a junior…Named the All Star Preps Best of Rock River Valley Runner of the Year for both the 2020 cross country season and the 2021 track season…Two-time Big Northern Cross Country champion (2018, 2020)…Four-time 1A Regional Cross Country champion (2017-20)…Set the school records in the indoor 3,200 meters and cross country three-mile race…Placed eighth at the 2020 XC Championships hosted by Shazam (the unofficial cross country state meet during her COVID-affected 2020 season)…2019 Big Northern Conference champion in the 1,600 meters…Two-time sectional champion in the 3,200 meters (2018, 2019), and won another section championship in the 1,600 meters as a freshman in 2018.
 
PERSONAL - Daughter of Vera Gjersten and Phillip Martino…Has a brother, Nicolai Martino, and a sister, Sophia Martino…Lists reading, hiking in the mountains, painting, arts & crafts, crocheting, and making string art boards for her Etsy Shop as hobbies/interests…Was involved in Servant Leadership, Student Council, and the National Arts Honors Society during high school…Served as Key Club Treasurer and National Arts Honors Society Secretary in high school…Hopes to become a medical doctor, or work in biology for her career…Majoring in biology.