2007 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Mina Thorstenson
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Catholic Memorial HS
- Hometown:
- Okauchee, Wis.
Ran in all six meets of the season... Finished fifth (18:38.89) and sixth (18:38.36) respectively at the Sewanee Invite and the Crimson Classic.
2006 OUTDOOR:
At the SEC Championships, finished 26th in the 5000-meter run (17:47.84) and 21st in the 1500-meter run preliminaries (4:45.62)... Clocked a personal-best 4:39.40 in the 1500-meter run at the Jace Lacoste Invitational... Ran 10:21.11 in the 3000-meter run at the Bulldog Invitational, also a personal best... Finished fourth in the 5000-meter run at the LSU?Tiger Relays (18:05.29)... Ran third leg of third-place 4x1500-meter relay at the Alabama Relays (19:20.99).
2006 INDOOR:
Ran a personal best 17:32.42 in the 5000-meter run, finishing fifth at the Tyson Invitational... Won the mile run at the Bayou Bengal, running a personal best 5:07.37... At the Clemson Invitational, won the 5000-meter run in 18:06.02.
2005 CROSS COUNTRY:
In her only meet of the year, finished 29th (19:15.32) at the Crimson Classic.
2005 INDOOR & OUTDOOR:
Redshirted the season.
2004 CROSS COUNTRY:
Ran 19:41.22 in a 33rd place finish at the Auburn Invitational... Opened the season at the Memphis Twilight Classic, finishing 29th in 18:31.07.
2004 OUTDOOR:
Placed second in the 5000-meter run (18:19.10) at the Jace Lacoste Invitational.
2004 INDOOR:
Finished 14th at the Rod McCravy Memorial in the mile run (5:15.83).
2003 CROSS COUNTRY:
In her first SEC meet, finished 52nd (24:19.76)... Ran 22:57.53 to finish 78th at her first NCAA South Regional... At the Memphis Twilight Classic, finished third in 17:58... Crimson Classic marked with a 15th place finish (18:59.63)... Placed seventh at the MSU Invitational (14:42.00).
2003 OUTDOOR:
Won the 5000-meter run at the SEC Quadrangular in 17:45.27... Runner-up at the Jace Lacoste Invitational in the 1500-meter run in 4:45.45... Set top time in the 800-meter run at the Jace Lacoste Invitational in 2:22.18, finishing in fifth...Took 10th in the 10,000-meter run at the SEC Outdoor Championships (38:36.54)...Won the 5000 at the Bulldog Invitational in 18:00.70... Took third at the Ole Miss Open in the 1500 (4:52.43)... Ranked third on the squad in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:27.60 recorded at the Arkansas State Invitational... Took fifth at the SEC West Challenge in the 3000 in 10:38.36.
2003 INDOOR:
Track: Recorded a time of 10:28.10 at the Rod McCravy Memorial in the 3000... Took 10th at the Tyson Invitational in 10:34.68 in the 3000.
2003 CROSS COUNTRY:
Opened the year with a sixth-place finish at the Sewanee Invite... Finished 15th among collegiate competitors at the FSU Invitational... Finished in the top 50 at her first SEC meet.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Lettered four years in track and cross country at Catholic Memorial HS... Named to the all-State second team in cross country her junior and senior seasons... Holds the school record in the 3200-meter run with a time of 11:11... Won the WISAA championship in the two-mile run as a sophomore... Part of the 4x800-meter relay team that set the school record as a sophomore... Earned four letters in cross country skiing... Named a National Photography portfolio finalist...National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL:
Mina Marie Thorstenson was born Jan. 29, 1984, in San Jose, Calif...The daughter of Mary and Eric Thorstenson... Majoring in microbiology.
