NEW MEXICO: Promising young runner who will look to stay healthy and build off last fall's surprisingly strong debut...should enter the 2003 season fresh and ready to make an impact among the top-five after redshirting both the indoor and outdoor track seasons. 2002: (cross country) Was having a surprisingly strong collegiate debut until being slowed late in the season by nagging injuries...was one of the team's top-five scoring runners in four of her six races in 2002...notched UNM's seventh-fastest 6K time of 23:13 at the Pre-National Invitational meet...academic all-MWC honoree....(indoor/outdoor)...redshirt seasons. HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner in cross country and earned one letter in track at La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, under head coach Adam Bartell...member of 2002 La Cueva state championships track team...also helped the Bears to a runner-up finish at the 1999 cross country state championships...finished second at district and 12th at the state meet as a senior. PERSONAL: Karina J. Hill-Hurtado was born on June 26, 1983 in Salt Lake City, Utah...daughter of Kim Hill and Ana Hurtado...has a sister, Daisha (12)...major is Biology. |
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