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2023 Cross Country Roster

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Kristen Garcia

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
  • Highschool Sedro-Woolley HS
  • Prev School Wisconsin

Biography

Cross Country Personal Bests
Event Place Time Meet
4K 1st 12:50.7 2022 Gonzaga Duals
5K 15th 17:32.1 2021 Oregon XC Open
6K 17th 19:44.1 2022 NCAA West Regional
 
Track Personal Bests
Event Indoor Outdoor
1500m 4:23.65 (2021 Portland Distance Carnival)
Mile 4:48.49 (2023 WSU Open)
3000m 9:27.80 (2024 Husky Classic)
5000m 16:26.72 (2022 Danville Opener) 16:04.49 (2021 OSU High Performance)
10000m 33:01.77 (2023 Stanford Invitational)

GU Highlights

- 2x NCAA XC All-West Region (2021, 2022)
- 3x NCAA Semifinal 10,000m Qualifier (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 1x NCAA Semifinal 5,000m Qualifier (2021)
- 2x NCAA XC Nationals Individual Qualifier (Spring 2021, Fall 2021)

- 2x First Team All-WCC (2021, 2022)

- 1x Second Team All-WCC (2020)

Awards and Honors
- 1x CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- 3x WCC All-Academic First Team (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
- 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic (2021, 2022)


Prior to Gonzaga
Wisconsin (2018-2020):  
Began her collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin… ran her first collegiate race at the Loyola Lakefront Collegiate Invitational, finishing with a time of 18:25.9 on the 5Km course… ran the 6Km race at the NCAA DI Cross Country Championships and finished with a time of 22:23.7. ... Ran her personal best 6Km time at the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships finishing in 21:43.1 for the Wisconsin Badgers… ran in two events in the spring… ran a personal best in the 3000m race at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a time of 10:25.10.

High School: Ran two years of cross country at Sedro-Woolley… won the state title in the 5000m race her senior year with a time of 17:52.9… ran in the 5000m race at both the Foot Locker West Regionals and National Championships during the fall of her senior year… ran track for one year at Sedro-Woolley… finished second at state in the 1600m race with a personal best time of 4:59.09 during the spring of her senior year.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior

  • 2023Senior