Utah State University Athletics

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2021 XC, 2022 T&F); MW Scholar-Athlete (2021 XC, 2022 T&F, 2022 XC, 2023 T&F, 2023 XC, 2024 T&F).

2024 (JR)
Cross Country (2023): Began season by placing 29th with a 5k time of 20:54 at the Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational… Finished 27th with a 5k time of 20:24.6 at the Utah Open... Earned MW Scholar-Athlete honors. 
Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:34.95 as she placed 32nd at the Weber State Spring Open… Set a personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 5:04.98 as she finished ninth at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational... Earned MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2023 (SO)
Cross Country (2022): Did not compete during the season… Named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Placed eighth in the mile at the USU-hosted Speed and Power Meet with a career-best time of 5:30.09.
Outdoor: Did not compete during the outdoor season… Named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

2022 (FR)
Cross Country (2021): Placed 57th with a time of 21:40.4 at the Mountain West Championships, where Utah State finished second for its best-ever finish at the championship meet… Finished 80th with a time of 21:28.1 at the Lehigh-hosted Paul Short Run, helping the Aggies place third out of 38 teams… Placed 19th with a time of 17:27.50 to help the Aggies cap­ture the team title at the Montana State Invitational… Made her collegiate debut by finishing fourth with a time of 19:00 at the season-opening Utah State-hosted Sagebrush Invitational... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete.
Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase three times during the season, including a career-best time of 11:13.41 at the Fresno State Invitational to finish fifth… Placed fourth in the steeplechase with a time of 11:21.02 at the Arizona-hosted Willie Williams Classic, and sixth in the same event with a time of 11:15.44 at the San Francisco-hosted Mike Fanelli Track Classic… Finished sixth in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 10:27.55 at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete and a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Raft River High School in Malta, Idaho, where she earned four letters in track & field and three letters in cross country… Helped lead the Trojans to three state titles in track & field and one state championship in cross country… Was both the 2021 high jump and 1,600 meters state champion… Is the school record holder in both the 1,600 meters and high jump, and also set the 1,600-meter state classification record… Placed second at the state cross country meet in 2018 and 2020, and third in 2019… Also finished second in the 3,200 meters (2019 and 2021), third in the same event (2018), third in the high jump (2019), fifth in the same event (2018), fourth in the 800 meters (2019 and 2021) and fourth in the 1,600 meters (2018 and 2019) at the state track & field championships… Was also a three-year letterwinner on the basketball team at Malta HS, earning all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior… Helped lead the Trojans to a 17-8 overall record as a senior and a fourth-place finish at state as a junior… Was a member of the National Honor Society while earning the Dennis James Memorial Scholarship and Raft River Booster Club Scholarship… Graduated from Rafter River HS with a 3.99 GPA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Mike and Brooke Christensen… Has two sisters… Her older twin by two minutes, Kaybree, is also a member of the Utah State cross country team… Undeclared on a college major.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:

EVENT	INDOOR	OUTDOOR
Mile	5:30.09	5:34.95
1,500 Meters	NA	5:04.98
3,000 Meters	NA	10:27.55
3,000-Meter Steeplechase	NA	11:13.41

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR	PLACE	TIME
2021	57th	21:40.4