2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Randy Colson
Randy Colson

Linde Fonville

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Charlotte Country Day

Biography

Collegiate Bests:
800m: 2:08.26
1000m: 2:48.09
1500m: 4:24.05
Mile: 4:46.76
3k: 9:37.85
4000m (XC): 14:00.6
5000m (XC): 18:02.1
6000m (XC): 20:33.4

2025-26: Elected cross country captain for 2025 season.

2024-2025: Began cross country season with third-place finish at Harvard-Yale dual meet... Was Yale's second finisher at Lehigh Paul Short Run and ECAC Championships, where she earned All-East honors with her eighth-place finish... Earned second team All-Ivy with 10th-place finish at Ivy League Cross Country Championships, setting 6k personal record of 20:33.4... Ended cross country season as Yale's third finisher at NCAA Regional Championships... Opened indoor track with win in 3k at Yale Season Opener, setting personal record of 9:37.85... Raced at Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia tri-meet, River Hawk Invitational and Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational... Set mile PR of 4:46.76 at Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational... Wrapped up indoor season by finishing sixth in mile and third in DMR at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships... Began outdoor season with 800m personal record of 2:08.26 at Black and Gold Invite... Was member of Yale's 4x800m relay at Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

2023-2024: Opened up cross country season over 4k in a PR at HYP running 14:00 to place 10th... Followed up with 5k PR of 18:02 to win Codfish Bowl... Ran at Lehigh Paul Short Run, running 21:43 over 6k to place 98th... At XC23 Pre-Nationals, placed 24th in 21:40... Scored at Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, running 21:58 to place 26th... Set new 6k PR at NCAA Northeast Regionals of 21:11.4 to place 69th... For indoor track, opened with fourth-place finish in mile at Giegengack Invitational... Earned sixth place in both 1000m and 4x800m at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships... For outdoor track, set personal record of 2:11.24 in 800m and finished second with personal record of 4:24.05 in 1500m at Wake Forest Invitational... Competed in 1500m and 4x800m relay at Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track & Field Championships... Finished season with fifth-place finish in 1500m at Yale Twilight meet.

2022-2023: For cross country, opened season with 25th place finish at Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet… Ran 5k collegiate best of 18:59.9 at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown… Ran 6k personal best of 22:23.8 at Paul Short Run… Was Yale’s third finisher at ECAC XC Championships… Competed at Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships… Was Yale’s seventh finisher at NCAA Northeast Region Cross Country Championships… For indoor track, placed fourth in 4x800m and fifth in 1000m at Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia tri-meet… Won 4x880y relay and placed fourth in 800m at Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet… Competed in mile at BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational… Qualified for mile final in collegiate best of 4:53.37 and placed fifth in 4x800m relay at Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships… Placed seventh in 1000m with collegiate best of 2:48.09 at Indoor ECAC Track and Field Championships… Opened outdoor season with collegiate best of 2:11.39 in 800m at the Raleigh Relays… Competed in 800m and 1500m at Harvard-Yale vs. Oxford-Cambridge meet in April… Competed in 800m and placed fourth in 1500m at Virginia Invitational… Qualified for 1500m final and placed fourth in 4x800m at Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships… Set collegiate best of 4:27.30 in 1500m to place third at West Point Twilight meet… Competed in 1500m at Yale Last Chance Meet. 

Before Yale: 2020 and 2021 XC Team Captain…2020 and 2021 XC MVP…2021 and 2022 outdoor track MVP…NCISAA all-state cross country 2020 and 2021… NCISAA all-state outdoor track 2019, 2020 and 2022… Set indoor track school records in 300, 400, 500, 800, 1000, DMR and 4x800m… Set outdoor track school records in 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m, DMR, SMR, 800, 1600, mile and 3200m… Team was 2021 XC State Champions and Garmin Running Lane XC Silver Champions… Outdoor state champion in 4x800m (2019), 4x100m (2021) and 4x400m (2022)... Indoor state champion in 4x800m (2020) and 4x400m (2022)... Team earned All-America honors with second-place finish in DMR in 11:51.52 at New Balance Nationals Outdoor… Team earned All-America honors with third-place finish in 4x800m in 9:01.66 at New Balance Nationals Outdoor… Played varsity tennis freshman and sophomore years… 2019 Varsity tennis junior captain… 2019 all-state in tennis… Throughout high school, volunteered with local organizations in Charlotte community, RunningWorks and BabyBundles… Swam for neighborhood swim team since she was 5 years old; also coached.

Off the track: Loves to swim and bake. 

Why Yale? “The welcoming team environment, tight-knit communities (such as Yale’s residential housing system), and engaged faculty collectively create an environment where I believe I will thrive as student, athlete, and individual!”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Middle Distance
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2024-25Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2025-26Senior

    Middle Distance