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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2019 Track & Field Roster

Kristen Walker

  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Valencia HS
  • Hometown Valencia, Calif.
  • Prev School Valencia HS

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m - 15:36.4 - Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1/18)
5,000m - 19:14 - Prep (2017)
6,000m - 24:47.9 - Cougar Classic (9/13/19)

Outdoor: 

800m - 2:23 - Prep (PSU Best: 2:33.79 - John Knight Twilight, 4/5/19)
1,500m - 5:20.52 - L&C Spring Break Open (3/16/19)
1,600m - 5:18 - Prep (2016)
 

2019 CROSS COUNTRY:

Set a new personal best in the 6k while finishing in 24:47.9 at the Cougar Classic (9/13).
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/7 Viking Rust Buster (4k) 9th 58th 16:12.1
9/13 Cougar Classic (6k) 10th 83rd 24:47.9

2019 OUTDOOR:
Ran her first 800-meter race as a Viking at the John Knight Twilight (4/5), finishing in 2:33.79...Shaved more than 12 seconds off her personal best in the 1,500 meters with a finish in 5:07.90 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/29)...Made her outdoor debut while running the 1,500 meters in 5:20.52 at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16).
 

2019 INDOOR:

Did not compete during the season.
 

2018 CROSS COUNTRY:

Ran at only one meet for the Vikings in the season-opening Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1), finishing 25th overall in the 4k in 15:36.4.
 

Date

Meet (Distance)

PSU Finish

Overall Finish

Time

9/1 Viking 'Rust-Buster' (4k) 9th 25th 15:36.4
 

VALENCIA HIGH SCHOOL:

Named MVP of her varsity girls track team as a junior in 2017…Coaches Award recipient as a sophomore on her track team…Received the Steve Prefontaine Award as a junior on her cross country team in 2016…Coaches Award recipient as a junior on her cross country team…Named Girls Frosh/Soph MVP of her cross country team as a freshman.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Jill Walker…National Honors Society member…California Scholarship Federation member…Lists biking, swimming, filming/editing videos and watching movies as hobbies/interests…Plans on majoring in business administration: marketing with a minor in education.
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