2019 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kristen Garcia

  • Position Distance
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Sedro Woolley, Wash.
  • Highschool Sedro Woolley

Biography

Eligibility (Cross Country): Freshman
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Freshman/Freshman

2018-19 Season

2018 Cross Country: Garcia ran to a 232nd place finish at the NCAA Championship race (11/17) with a time of 22:23.7 (6K) ... ran at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/9) and took 94th overall with a time of 22:22.6 (6K) ...took 83rd place at the Big Ten Championship (10/28) with a time of 22:21.1 (6K)

High School

The 2A State 1600 runner-up and 3200 state champion her senior year… qualified for Foot Locker Nationals twice… 2A State Cross Country Champion as a senior… Northwest Conference runner-up her senior year… competed against current Badger Alicia Monson at the 2017 USA Junior Cross Country Championships and went on to represent the U.S. at the 2017 IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships in Uganda last spring…  qualified for NXN and Footlocker her sophomore year… placed 11th in the two-mile at the 2017 New Balance Nationals and was eighth in the 5000 meters at the 2015 USATF Junior National Outdoor Track and Field Championships despite being a high school freshman… Northwest Conference and 2A State Cross Country runner-up as a freshman

Personal

Parents are Steve and Andrea Garcia… has one brother, Ryan… intends to major in political science

Why Wisconsin?

“I loved the family-oriented team atmosphere and the strong political science program.”

Personal Bests

Indoor Outdoor

At the NCAA Championships
2018 - Cross Country
232nd : 22:23.7 (6K)

At the NCAA Regional (Cross Country)
2018 - Great Lakes Regional
94th : 22:22.6 (6K)

At the Big Ten Championships
2018 - Cross Country
83rd : 22:21.1 (6K)