Jared Christianson Class: Senior Hometown: Yakima, Wash. High School: West Valley HS Height: 6-0 Experience: 3L

Sophomore - 2000-01: (Cross Country) Ran in two meets, with an 18th place finish at the Hurricane Festival . . . set a personal-best for a 4-mile meet with time of 21:49 at the Hurricane Festival . . . finished 24th at the Sports World/Missouri Southern Stampede . . . owns the second best time on the squad for a 10k meet with a mark of 33:15 . . . (Indoor) Recorded the squad’s second best time for the mile run and the 3,000m . . . posted a 4:19.77 at the J.D. Martin Invitational and a 8:32.92 at the Iowa State Classic . . . was also a member of a 4x400-meter relay team. (Outdoor) Ran a personal best time of 8:57.07 for the 3,000m at the OSU Duals . . . recorded the squad’s second fastest times for the 1,500m and 3,000m . . . ran a 1,500m time of 3:56.30 at the UTA Invitational . . . also ran the 800m with a season-best time of 1:58.74 at OU Outdoor Invitational.

Freshman- 1999-2000: (Cross Country) Participated in five of TU’s six meets . . . top finish was a 12th-place showing at the Hurricane Festival . . . recorded a season-best 8K time of 26:18.28 at the Southern Stampede Invitational. (Indoor) Ran the second best time on the team for the Mile Run with a 4:15.65 at the National Qualifier . . . ran the first leg of the distance medley relay team. (Outdoor) Ran both the 800m and the 1,500m . . . recorded a career-best 1:52.37 time in the 800m at the Tyson Invitational.

High School: A two-year letterwinner in track and cross country, also played basketball at West Valley High School . . . was an all-state performance in all three sports . . . led his team to the state cross country championship as a senior . . . was an active member of the Honor Society and Baptist Student Union.

Personal: Mechanical engineering major . . . son of Mark and Lisa Christiansen . . . born June 15, 1980.