Christine Kent
- position Distances
- class Freshman
- Hometown San Diego, Calif.
- High school Cathedral
- position Distances
- class Freshman
- Hometown San Diego, Calif.
- High school Cathedral
Christine Kent Bio
Woodrow Scholar
- 2012-13 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2014 Cross Country (Junior):Raced in six events with three top-10 finishes… finished in third at the Carolina Invitational with a time of 19:17.77 (8/30)… came in fifth at the USC Open #1 with a time of 19:01.95 (9/13)… helped the team claim the Charlotte Invitational 6K with a fifth-place finish in 22:30.7 (9/26)… finished 125th with a time of 22:32.7 at the Southeast Regional.
Top 5K Time: 18:55.9 (at Crimson Classic)
Top 6K Time: 22:14 (at Paul Short Invite Gold)
2013 Cross Country (Sophomore): Competed in seven races, never finishing outside of the Gamecocks[apos] top seven … Finished 12th in the season-opening Carolina Challenge (19:33.67) … Her best 5K time came in the Royal XC Challenge in Charlotte, clocking in at 18:19.2 in 26th place … Ranked fourth on the team with her 23:18.10 at the Roy Griak Invitational … Closed the scoring with her top 6K time of the year of 23:02.14 in the Indiana State Pre-National Invite White Race … Also ran in the Mountain Dew Invite, the SEC Championship and the NCAA Southeast Regional.
2013 Track & Field (Freshman): Named to the 2012-13 Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Ran the 3000m indoors, improving her time in all four outings … Finished second in the USC Indoor #1, while her best time came in the Tiger Paw Invite (10:39.95), a 14th-place finish … Ran the 1500m outdoors once before shifting focus to the 5000m … Finished sixth in the shorter distance at the Weems Baskin (4:57.62) … Her best 5000m time came in the Raleigh Relays (18:06.28), while she placed third in the Spec Town Relays at the same distance.
2012 Cross Country (Freshman): Took points in the championship season of cross country, including ranking sixth on the team in the NCAA Southeast Regional (22:53.24) … Ran in four other races, including a top 5K time of 19:15.8 in the season-opening Gamecock Invitational.
High School: Earned letters for four years in both track and cross country at Cathedral High School … Helped the Dons win two California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section championships and two fourth-place showings in the state meet … In cross country, she posted times of 18:53 in a 5K at Woodward Park, 18:36 on the 2.95 mile Mt. SAC course and 16:21 on the 2.75 mile Morley Field (Foot Locker) course … Ran a 3200m in 11:17 at the Escondido Invite and 5:15 in the 1600m at the Arcadia Invitational in track … Two-time captain of the track team … Earned the CIF San Diego Section Sportsmanship Award and Track & Field Coaches Award … Member of the San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team after her junior and senior years … Received the Amanda Post Memorial Grant and the Natalie Nield Memorial Award and Scholarship … Graduated with honors and in the top 10 percent of her class with a 4.15 GPA.
Personal: Majoring in nursing.
