Kevin Christensen

Kevin Christensen

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Battle Creek, Mich.

High School:
Pennfield

Height:
5-6

Position:
Asst. Coach

Birthdate:
10/02/1985

Experience:
4L


2009: Will serve as an assistant coach.

2007: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors after placing 11th at the conference meet ... earned All-Region accolades after finishing 11th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet ... received a 2007-08 DII ADA Academic Achievement Award ... competed in all eight races ... had two top-10 finishes: Tommy Titan (5th) and Michigan Intercollegiate (8th) ... was WSU's second runner at both the GLIAC Championship and NCAA Regional helping the Warriors to a second-place finish in both meets ... was WSU's third runner at the NCAA Championship meet ... was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

2006: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... earned Great Lakes All-Region honors after placing 10th at the NCAA Regionals (top-15 are named All-Region) ... competed in all eight races ... recorded four top-10 finishes - UP Collegiate Opener (9th), Tommy Titan Invitational (8th), Michigan Intercollegiate (7th), and NCAA Regional (10th).

2005: Earned All-GLIAC Second Team honors after finishing eighth at the GLIAC Championship on Oct. 22 ... had two top ten finishes - at the Cross Country Only Nationals placing 3rd and at the GLIAC Championships finishing 8th ... best 8k time came at the Lehigh/Paul Short Invitational with a time of 25:15 ... finished 15th (32:14.9) at the NCAA Regional on Nov. 5, earning all-region honors ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team.

2004: Placed 17th in the Michigan Intercollegiate in a time of 26:30 ... finished 27th at the GLIAC Championships in a time of 26:45 ... placed 47th at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (hosted by SIU-Edwardsville) in a 10K time of 34:00.36, which helped team qualify for Nationals ... finished 94th at NCAA Championships.

High School: A 2004 graduate of Pennfield ... earned three varsity letters in cross country ... placed 10th at the 2003 Division 3 state cross country meet in a time of 16:09.10 ... competed at the 2002 (76th - 17:11.20) and 2001 (125th - 17:50.6) state cross country meets ... was a three-time all-city and all-conference honoree ... also earned four varsity letters in track and two in basketball ... placed ninth at the 2004 Division 3 state track meet in the 3200m (9:58.66) ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... served as a team captain in both cross country and track.

Personal: Full name--Kevin G. Christensen ... born October 2, 1985, in Battle Creek ... son of Bruce and Linda Christensen ... has a twin brother, Kyle, and an older sister, Lindsay ... is an accounting major ... placed 12th at the national AAU meet in the summer of 2003 ... is a 2004 graduate of Pennfield High School ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007, Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2004 ... serves on the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC).


Kevin Christensen's Career Statistics
2004200520062007
Meet Time Place Time Place Time Place Time Place
UP Collegiate Opener17:009th
Kansas Invitational - 6k27:45.9432nd
Virginia Tech - 6k20:34.9419th
Iowa - 6k19:2126th
Detroit Mercy - 4 mile22:1434th20:5511th21:048th20:485th
Mel Brodt Invitational26:3211th
Wis.-Parkside - 8k27:3690th26:2329th26:1729th
CC Only Nationals - 8k27:26.2022nd26:45.523rd
Lehigh/Paul Short - 8k25:1597th25:4189th
Bucknell - 8k27:57.3285th
Louisville Classic - 8k25:32.4277th
Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k26:3017th24:527th 27:11.5 8th
GLIAC Championship - 8k26:45.027th27:10.08th25:26.719th26:07.7911th
NCAA Regional - 10k34:00.3647th32:14.915th32:3210th32:04.6311th
NCAA Championship - 10k34:48.894th33:25.652nd31:3065th33:16.1118th