Marie Hostetler

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Mid-distance
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Wellman, Iowa
Prev School:
Home Schooled

TFRRS Profile (Track)
TFRRS Profile (XC)

CUSA Individual Titles (1)
2025 Outdoor Steeplechase

All-CUSA Honors (5)
2024 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st
2024 Cross Country - 8th
2025 Indoor Mile - 2nd
2025 Outdoor 1,500 - 3rd
2025 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st

All-ASUN Honors (2)
2021 Indoor 3K - 3rd
Spring 2021 Cross Country - 8th

2024 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)

Did not compete in any races for Liberty and was redshirted
Racing unattached, achieved personal bests for the 800 (2:10.27 at Liberty Twilight Qualifier), 1,500 (4:27.42 at The Hill City Twilight) and 5K (16:42.48 at Virginia Challenge)
CUSA Commissioner’s Academic Medal winner
CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member

2023-24 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)

Anchored the Lady Flames to a CUSA DMR title in a program and facility-record 11:32.82. She also took fourth place in the mile in 4:55.31 the following day.
Excelled at the Penn State National Open, running a personal-best 4:50.84 mile (No. 6 in program history) and a season-best 9:46.00 3K

2023 Cross Country (R-Jr.)

Finished 23^rd at the CUSA Championship to close out Liberty’s five scorers
Improved her 6K personal-best time to 21:47.0 at the XC23 Pre-Nationals
CUSA All-Academic Team member

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)

Fastest of her four 1,500s on the season was a 4:30.68 at the Virginia Challenge
Season-best 2:13.42 800 came at the rainy Duke Invitational
ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)

Anchored Liberty to second place in the ASUN distance medley relay time in the No. 3 clocking in program history, 11:42.50. She also took 10^th in the ASUN mile final.
Notched the No. 9 marks in program history for both the 800 (2:12.76) and mile (4:53.53) at the Bob Pollock Invitational

2022 Cross Country (R-So.)

Placed 44^th at the ASUN Championship
Liberty’s No. 6 finisher at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship, matching her season-best 6K time of 22:01.7 for 86th
Clocked a 5K personal-best 17:36.8 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational
Opened her season with a third-place finish at the Liberty Challenge
ASUN All-Academic Team member

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)

Ninth-place finisher in the ASUN 1,500
Ran a personal-best 4:28.87 during the Virginia Challenge to crack Liberty’s all-time top 10
Ran 17:29.93 during her lone 5K of the season, at the Stanford Invitational
ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)

Led off for the Lady Flames’ third-place distance medley relay at the ASUN meet and took ninth in the ASUN mile final after clocking a personal-best 4:54.48 in the prelims
Top collegiate finisher in the Virginia Tech Invitational mile, placing second overall

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Fr.)

Season-best 6K clocking (22:15.8) earned a 92^nd-place finish at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship
Came in 21^st at the ASUN Championship
Kicked off her season by coming in 48^th overall (No. 6 Liberty) at the Roy Griak Invitational

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

Came in 11^th in the ASUN 1,500
Clocked a 1,500 personal-best time of 4:30.62 during the Virginia Grand Prix
Fastest 5K of the season was 17:26.14 at the Virginia Challenge
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)

ASUN third-place finisher in the 3K with a Liberty freshman-record time of 9:41.80
Clocked a season-best 16:53.80 5K for fourth place at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

Spring 2021 Cross Country (Fr.)

Liberty’s No. 6 runner at the team’s first NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships appearance, finishing 215^th overall
Also served as the Lady Flames’ No. 6 finisher during their first ASUN title-winning performance. She ended up eighth overall for second team All-ASUN and ASUN All-Freshman Team honors.
Clocked a 5K season-best time of 17:47.5 for fifth place in her collegiate debut at the CSU Buccaneer Invitational, earning ASUN Freshman of the Week honors on Jan. 26
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

Prep

Home schooled, but competed for Mid-Prairie High School
Captured three straight Iowa 2A state cross country titles after placing second to sister Anna as a freshman
Nike Cross Nationals individual qualifier as a senior
Six-time Iowa 2A track & field state champion, including two titles (3,000 and sprint medley relay) in 2018 and four titles (800, 1,500, 3,000 and sprint medley relay) in 2019
3-time Gatorade Iowa Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year (2017, 2018 and 2019)
Top times included 2:17.91 (800), 4:36.81 (1,500), 9:52.50 (3K) and 17:27.4 (cross country 5K)

Personal

Daughter of Mark and Gwen Hostetler
Older sister Anna also ran track & field and cross country at Liberty
Younger sister Danielle is her teammate on the Liberty women’s cross country and track & field squads
Birthday is Aug. 20
Interior design major

Student-Athlete Q&A
What made Liberty University the right place for you to attend college/compete at the collegiate level?
The coaches were passionate about succeeding at a high level while maintaining the integrity of their team and they cared more about me and my relationship with the Lord than my athletic performance.

What is your most memorable athletic moment/accomplishment?
I have two: Nike Cross Regionals and Nationals my senior year of high school and the distance medley at the Indoor CUSA championships in 2024.

Do you have any relatives who are playing or have played college or professional sports? (Names, relation to you, what/where they played)?
My dad ran cross country and track for a JUCO in Danville Illinois and then for Illinois State.