Lisa (Kroll) Mattern

Athlete (2009)

Track & Field

Lisa Kroll Mattern was a sprinter who shone at every level in track and field from high school days to international meets.

As a student at Holy Cross, she set Saskatoon records, which still stand today, and at the provincials, she won 10 of 11 finals and still holds one record. She also holds or shares three Saskatchewan indoor age-class records and five Saskatchewan outdoor age-class marks.

With the University of Saskatchewan, she earned 12 Canada West medals, including the sprints and relays, from 1983 until 1987, and she was a CIAU medallist nine times, four of them gold. She was a member of two gold medal-winning Huskie teams at the CIAU finals in 1985 and 1986.

She twice competed at the Canada Summer Games, ran with the Canadian junior teams three times, including the Pan Am Games in Bahamas in 1984 and competed for Canada in England and Wales in 1987.