2022 Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Awards:
- Four-time Academic All-Big Sky (2x cross country; 1x indoor; 1x outdoor)
All-time PSU rankings:
Outdoor:
- Ranks 5th all time in the 6,000 meters - 20:37.8 - Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/16/21)
Indoor:
- Part of 10th-ranked Distance Medley Relay team - 12:28.04 - Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/25/22)
Outdoor:
- Ranks 10th all time in the 10,000 meters - 36:11.49 - Mt. SAC Relays (4/14/22)
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PERSONAL BESTS:
Cross Country:
5k Road Race - 17:31 - Before PSU (2020)
5,000m - 17:33.5 - Big Sky Championships (10/29/21)
6,000m - 20:37.8 - Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/16/21)
Indoor:
Mile - 5:09.37 - Portland Indoor Four (2/13/22)
3,000m - 10:11.00 - Portland Indoor Three (2/5/22)
Outdoor:
3,000m - 10:13.84 - Before PSU (2020)
5,000m - 17:03.87 - OSU High Performance Meet (4/29/22)
10,000m - 36:11.49 - Mt. SAC Relays (4/14/22)
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2022Â CROSS COUNTRY:
Finished 84th overall as the team's fourth runner at the NCAA West Regional (11/11), running the 6k in 20:42.5...Placed as the team's third runner at the Big Sky Championships (10/28), placing 24th overall in a time of 17:34.2...Moved up throughout the women's 6k at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (9/23), finishing 28th overall in 21:13.0.
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2022Â OUTDOOR:
Moved up to 10th all-time in the 5,000 meters while shaving 16 seconds off her personal best with a finish in 17:03.87 at the OSU High Performance Meet (4/29-30)...Set her second freshman record of the season in the 10,000 meters, finishing in 36:11.49 at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/14) to also move up to ninth all-time overall...Lowered her own freshman record in the outdoor 5k with a time of 17:16.90 at the Hayward Premiere (4/1-2)...Originally broke the freshman record in the outdoor 5k with her time of 17:21.63 at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/19).
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2022Â INDOOR:
Part of the Vikings' Distance Medley Relay team that placed ninth in 12:28.04 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/25-26)...Ran her first mile race as a Viking at the Portland Indoor Four (2/13), finishing in 5:09.37...Broke the freshman record in the indoor 3k with her time of 10:11.00Â while placing second in a 1-5 Viking finish at at the Portland Indoor Three (2/5)...Moved up to No. 2 all-time in the freshman rankings of the 3k while leading a 1-5 Viking finish in the event at the Portland Indoor Two (1/23)...Shaved a second off her personal best in the 3k at the Portland Indoor Two, finishing in 10:12.91.
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2021 CROSS COUNTRY:
Helped lead the Vikings to an 11th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional (11/12), tied for the program's best-ever finish at the meet...Finished the women's 6k at the NCAA West Regional 56th overall in 21:03.2, passing 58 runners after the opening mile...Placed 30th overall in 17:33.5 to help lead the Vikings to a third-place team finish at the Big Sky Championships (10/29), their best finish ever at the meet by two spots...Moved up to second all-time in the 6k while dipping under the previous school record with her finish in 20:37.8 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/16)...Finished seventh overall and the Vikings' second runner at the Bronco Invite...Made her Viking debut at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/24), where she helped lead the Vikings to an upset of three regionally ranked teams while finishing 40th individually in a time of 22:14.1.
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BEFORE PORTLAND STATE:
Won the 2020 New Zealand U20 Women’s 5k Road Race…Won the 2020 Otago U20 Women’s Cross Country Championship…Placed second at the 2020 New Zealand U20 Women’s Cross Country Challenge…Placed third in the women’s 3,000 meters at the 2020 New Zealand U20 meet…Won the 3,000 meters at the 2018 North Island Senior Girls’ Championships…Placed third at the 2019 North Island Senior Girls’ Cross Country Championships.
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CLUB:
Member of Egmont Athletics during high school…Switched to Caversham Athletic and Harrier Club once at the University of Otago…Won the Caversham Cup for Otago at the U20 Women’s Cross Country Championships…Earned the Lovelock Medal for the fastest 3,000-meter time by a University of Otago student.
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PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Jacqueline Mann and Jack Irving…Has a twin sister, Xanthe, and an older sister, Elizabeth…Interested in mental health and sport…Volunteers at Taranaki Base Hospital in the mental health unit during summer holidays…Hopes to become a registered psychologist and gain a qualification in sports psychology…Majoring in psychology.
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