2008 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2008 Established her fastest ever 5k time of 17:00.60 at the UC Riverside Invitational on September 27 ... Earned All-Conference honors while setting her personal 6k best (20:15.20) with a third place finish at the Big West Championship - the highest finish ever by a Highlanders cross country runner ... Member of UC Riverside's 2008 Big West Conference Championship Team ...
2007 Earned her second Big West Cross Country Athlete of the Week accolade following her first place finish at the Nevada Twilight Invitational ... Earned All-Conference honors after finishing eighth at the Big West Championship ...
2006 Broke the 22 minute barrier for the first time in the 6k with a time of 21:32.00 at the Sundodger Invitational ... Improved her best 4k time by nearly two minutes with a time of 14:02:00 at the UCR Season Opener on September 1 ... Became the first Highlanders woman to earn Big West Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors after finishing second at the UCR Season Opener ... Had three Top-20 and two top-10 finishes on the year ...
2005 Saw her first action as a member of the Highlanders at the Craig Regional Park meet on September 3 ... Recorded two top-20 finishes on the year - at the Drews/Neubauer meet on October 15 and at the Big West Championship on October 29 ...
High School Was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track at Bloomington HS under Coach Ron Perez ... Helped Bloomington to a pair of Sunkist League titles ... Earned All-Sunkist League honors as a senior ...
Personal Cristina Erika Olivas is the daughter of Rosa Olivas ... Majoring in pre-business . . . Hopes to become a business manager ... Favorite athlete is Dena Drossin ... Lists her favorite novel as “Anna Karenina” ... Favorite television show is Amor Real ... “Passion of the Christ” is her favorite movie ...
Career Collegiate Performances
| Meet |
Date |
Overall |
Scoring |
Team |
Time |
Dist |
| UC Riverside Invitational |
Sept. 27, 2008 |
2 |
2 |
1
|
17:00.60 |
5k |
| Pre-Nationals |
Oct. 18, 2008 |
36 |
36
|
1 |
21:11.00 |
6k |
| Big West Championship |
Nov. 1, 2008 |
3
|
3
|
1
|
20:15.20
|
6k |
| NCAA West Regional |
Nov. 15, 2008 |
79 |
78
|
3
|
21:52.48
|
6k |
| |
| Nevada Twilight Invitational |
Aug. 31, 2007 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
15:43.00 |
4k |
| Cal Poly Invitational |
Oct. 15, 2007 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
18:02.10 |
5k |
| Big West Championships |
Oct. 28, 2007
|
8 |
8 |
2 |
22:18.50 |
6k |
| NCAA West Regional |
Nov. 10, 2007 |
50 |
50 |
2 |
21:38.70 |
6k |
| |
| UCR Season Opener |
Sept. 1, 2006
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
14:02.00 |
4k |
Sundodger Invitational
|
Sept. 16, 2006
|
22 |
20 |
2 |
21:32.00 |
6k |
| UC Riverside Invitational |
Sept. 30, 2006 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
17:59.40 |
5k |
| Chili Pepper Invite |
Oct. 14, 2006
|
75 |
75 |
2 |
22:14.40 |
6k |
| Big West Championships |
Oct. 28, 2006 |
11 |
11 |
1 |
22:42.40 |
6k |
| NCAA West Regional |
Nov. 11, 2006 |
24 |
24 |
1 |
22:08.14 |
6k |
| |
| Craig Regional Park |
Sept. 3, 2005 |
87 |
84 |
3 |
21:04.20 |
5k |
| Stanford Course |
Sept. 24, 2005 |
53 |
53 |
5 |
15:50.00 |
4k |
| UC Riverside Invitational |
Oct. 1, 2005 |
29 |
29 |
4 |
18:57.90 |
5k |
| Drews/Neubauer |
Oct. 15, 2005 |
14 |
14 |
2 |
22:29.00 |
6k |
| Big West Championship |
Oct. 29, 2005 |
18 |
18 |
2 |
22:02.80 |
6k |
| NCAA West Regional |
Nov. 12, 2005 |
110 |
107 |
3 |
22:50.30 |
6k |
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