2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster
Panning, Lexi

Lexi Panning
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Concordia Lutheran
- Hometown:
- Fort Wayne, Ind.
Bio
TFRRS Profile
PERSONAL BESTS
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 2024-25 | FreshmanÂ
   IndoorÂ
PERSONAL BESTS
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Event | Time/Mark | Date/Meet |
1 Mile (I) | 5:03.74 | 1/10/2025 at Early Bird Invitational |
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Bowling Green |
   IndoorÂ
- Appeared in one meet, competing in the 1 Mile
- Finished fourth with a PR (5:03.74) in the1 mile at the BGSU Early Bird InvitationalÂ
Concordia Lutheran High School |
Fort Wayne, Ind. |
- Was a four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Concordia Lutheran High School under coach Scott Steffan
- Finished second at the state cross country meet in 2023 and seventh in 2024
- Named Indiana Miss Cross Country and was a team captain as a senior
- Was a four-time individual Summit Athletic Conference champion in cross country
- Notched a first-place finish in the 4x800m relay at the 2024 state meet
- Also lettered in basketball for a year
- Was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated as class salutatorian
Personal |
- Daughter of Brent and Tara Panning
- Has two younger brothers, Hunter and Austin
- Relative, Zach Panning, runs professionally for Hansons-Brooks and won a Division II cross country individual national title for Grand Valley State in 2018
- Majoring in applied health
- Aspires to become a physician's assistant
- Favorite athlete is Serena Williams
- Lists her parents, Brent and Tara, as her biggest influences, "because of their unwavering love for me and my brothers and the countless things that they do for us"
- Born on October 24, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio
BGSU In the Nest : Track and Field
Tuesday, June 10
Lou Snelling Post-MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Interview (May 17, 2025)
Wednesday, May 21
Lou Snelling Post-Meet Interview (December 7, 2024)
Wednesday, December 11
BG TF : Coach Snelling Postmen
Saturday, January 13