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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Joseph Christensen

Joseph Christensen

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Springville, Utah
  • Highschool:
    Springville HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley...

Senior (2018) Indoor:
Formed part of UVU distance medley relay squad that received All-WAC first team recognition… moved with DMR teammates into fifth all-time in program history (10:12.64) at the Mountain States Games… finished third at Mountain States meet in the mile with a time of (4:26.10)… helped DMR squad to second-place finish at the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships (10:24.82)… added a season-best time of 8:54.79 in the 3000-meter race at the Mountain States Games… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Earned Al-WAC first team honors in the 1500-meter race… moved up to sixth all-time in program history in the 1500-meter run with a WAC-best time of 3:51.09… placed fifth in the 1500 (4:04.08) at the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… finished second in the 1500-meter run at the UVU Collegiate Invite… posted a season-best mile of 4:15.97 at the BYU Robison Invitational… posted fastest personal time on the season in the 800 (1:59.09) at the Utah/Weber State Spring Classic… took eighth in his lone 5,000-meter race (15.43.18) at the WAC Championships…

Junior (2017): Indoor: Finished with a season-best time in the mile (4:19.47) at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… placed sixth in the mile at the WAC Championships… ran a time of 8:50.68 to place eighth in the 3,000-meter at the Boise Jacksons Open Invite… ranked 10th in the WAC in the mile… 19th in the WAC in the 3K… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Recorded the seventh fastest time in the mile (4:11.13) in program history at the BYU Robison Invitational… finished with a season-best time of 1:57.37 in the 800-meter at the Long Beach State Beach Invitational… posted a personal record of 3:52.43 in the 1500-meter at the BYU Robison Invitational… finished season second in the WAC in the 1500… ranked 10th in the WAC in the 800... 23rd in the WAC in the 5K… Academic All-WAC.
 
Sophomore (2016): Indoor: Clocked a new personal record of 8:45.17 in the 3,000-meter at the WAC Championships… ran an indoor personal best in the mile (4:19.47) at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… helped UVU distance medley relay squad to its second straight WAC title at the WAC Championships with a time of 10:18.52… finished fourth in the mile (4:29.22) at the at the Weber State Indoor Invitational…  ranked fifth in the WAC in the mile… 15th in the WAC in the 3K… 17th in the WAC in the 800… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: ranked fifth in the WAC in the 1500… ninth in the WAC in the 800... 12th in the WAC in the 5K… Academic All-WAC.
 
Freshman (2015): Indoor:  Finished the mile with a season-best time of 4:13.80 to place fourth at the Air Force Indoor Team Challenge… placed third in the mile at the Snake River Open with a time of 4:23.35… helped guide the UVU distance medley relay squad to league title at the WAC Indoor Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. with a new school record of 9:53.74… clocked a time of 9:14.28 in UVU debut at the Snake River Open… ranked sixth in the WAC in the mile. Outdoor: redshirted the 2015 outdoor season.

Before Utah Valley...
Prepped at Springville High School...Placed third in the Utah 4A Cross Country State Championships in 2009 and 2010...Won the BYU Autumn Classic as a senior in 2010...Also placed second at The Wasatch Invitational in 2010.

Personal...
Graduated from Springville High School...Married to Chalyse Christensen...Son of Dale and Gaylene Christensen...Majoring in Exercise Science.         

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Distance
    5'8"

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