Honors
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022, 2023)
Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2021, 2023)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2020, 2023)
2024
Indoor: Earned a spot in the 60m hurdles final at the Big Ten Championships, clocking a personal-best 8.32 in the prelim…matched that time in the final to claim sixth, while securing a spot on the all-time list at No. 5…member of the eighth-place 4x400m relay at the Big Ten Championships…won the Graduate Classic and Mark Colligan Memorial 60m hurdles races…placed fourth at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and 12th at the competitive Tyson Invitational in the 60m hurdles.
2023
Indoor: Finished 12th in the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 8.47... Placed ninth in the 4x400m relay at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 3.46.56... Recorded a season-best time of 8.47 in the 60m hurdles at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational...Took home first place in the 60m hurdles at the Nebraska Tune-Up, finishing with a time of 8.48.
Outdoor: Clocked a 100m hurdles season-best 13.46 in the Big Ten Championships prelim and went on to place ninth in the final…claimed runner-up honors in the KSU Ward Haylett 100m with a personal-best 11.95, while contributing to the winning 4x100m relay…finished fourth in the 100m hurdles at the Drake Relays (13.55) and the Jim Click Shootout (13.50).
2022
Indoor: Finished 27th in the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, finishing with a time of 8.78... Recorded a season-best time of 8.54 in the 60m hurdles at the Nebraska Tune-Up, finishing in second place... Ran a season-best time of 26.01 in the 200m at the Nebraska Adidas Classic.
Outdoor: Finished 19th in the 100m hurdles at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, finishing with a time of 13.98... Recorded a personal-best time of 13.80 in the 100m hurdles at the Michael Johnson Invitational... Ran a personal-best time of 25.61 in the 200m at the Florida Relays.
2021
Indoor: Finished third in 60m hurdles at Husker Quad while setting a personal-best time of 8.51…Totaled a personal-best score of 3,826 to place third in the pentathlon at the Illini Big Ten Multi Meet…Finished fourth in the long jump at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a personal-best leap of 19-8 (5.99m)…Also had an eighth-place finish in 60m hurdles at Larry Wieczorek Invitational.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
2020
Indoor: Redshirted...did not compete.
Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.
2019
Indoor: Finished 12th in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a score of 3,589...totaled 3,645 points in the pentathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational...won the long jump at the Prairie Wolf Invitational with a mark of 18-2 1/2 (5.55m).
Outdoor: Set a season-best throw of 120-2 (36.63m) at the Herm Wilson Invitational...missed the rest of the season due to injury and received a medical hardship.
Before Nebraska
Joined the Huskers from Koeru, Estonia...competed for club KJK Vike...won the 60m hurdles and finished as the runner-up in the 60m at the Indoor Estonian Junior Championships...took third in the 60m hurdles at the Indoor Estonian Championships....won the 100m hurdles crown at the Estonian Junior Championships and was the runner up in the 100m hurdles at the Baltic Junior Match in 2018...posted a third place finish in the 60m hurdles at the 2018 Internal Junior Match...Ilves has personal records of 7.73 in the 60m, 8.56 in the 60m hurdles and 13.97 in the 100m hurdles.
Personal
Born Jan. 5, 1999...parents are Juri and Anu...agricultural economics major who earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2023.