2011 Cross Country Roster
Biography
2014
Finished her final season recieving First-Team All-Conference and Valley Scholar-Athlete… her first appearance of the season was at the Wisconsin opener with a 4K time of 14:55…placed ninth at the Country Financial Illinois State Invitational earning a time of 17:56 in a 5K run… At the Roy Griak Invitational Christensen clocked a 6K with 23:35…she placed eighth at the Bradley Classic with a time of 21:16…she received her personal-best 5K time with a clocked time of 17:56 at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship where she placed eighth …she finished her career at the NCAA Midwest Regional and earned a 6K clocked time of 20:55.
2013
Captured honorable mention honors at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships with a 14th-place finish, running a 5K time of 18:03.8 and helping the Redbirds to a third-place Valley finish … helped the Redbirds earn an 11th-place regional ranking with a 36th-place finish at the Midwest Regional, clocking a personal-best 6K time of 21:24.3 … ran to a 6K time of 23:07.10 at the competitive Roy Griak Invitational … crossed the line at 21:39.72 in the Pre-NCAA 6K … finished 27th at the Country Financial ISU Invite with a 5K time of 18:41.39.
2012
Competed in five events as a sophomore, earning All-Conference and Valley Scholar-Athlete honors...Opened up her season with a 5K time of 18:50 at the Illinois Intercollegiate...Notched a season-best 6K time of 21:58 at the Bradley Classic to finish 36th...Picked up a seventh-place finish at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships with a season-best 5K time of 17:52, helping the team to a conference championship...Ran a 22:39 6K at the Midwest Regional to finish 93rd.
2011
Redshirt season.
2010
Ran a career-best 5K time of 18:54.23 for 161st place at the Greater Louisville Classic ... competed at the NCAA Pre-Nationals open race with a 6K time of 24:23.2 for 118th place ... finished 25th at the Illini Open after crossing the finish line in 19:20 ... finished 44th at the 2010 State Farm MVC Championships and finished the race in 19:17.00.
PRIOR TO ISU
Carl Sandburg High School: Earned all-state, all-sectional, all-regional and all-conference honors during her senior cross country season ... finished third overall at the IHSA AAA state cross country meet with a time of 17:19 ... led the team to a second-place team finish ... named the team MVP in cross country and track as a senior ... finished in 11th place at the state cross country meet her junior season with a time of 17:26 ... a member of the 4X800 meter relay that placed eighth at state ... recorded a personal-best time of 2:16.60 in the 800-meter run and 5:09.00 in the 1600-meter run.
Personal: Born: 4/15/92 ... daughter of Larry and Cindy Christensen ... siblings are Brigitte and Laura ... her dad, Larry, wrestled and played baseball at Chicago State and her sister, Laura, played softball at Benedictine University ... major health/physical education.
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