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2019 Women's Cross Country Roster

Marissa Kuik

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Coon Rapids, Minn.
  • High School Legacy Christian Academy
  • Prev School Waldorf

Biography

Career Times

2022 OUTDOOR: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Season best in 10,000m (40:47.32) on Apr. 1-2 at the Maverick Invite (tenth place) … Competed in 10,000m.

2021-22 INDOOR: RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… PR in 5000m at the 7th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic (Feb. 11-12) with a time of 18:02.73… Competed in 5000m.

2021 OUTDOOR: PR in 10,000m at the Maverick Multi and Open taking first for her 40:12.09 time.

2020-21 INDOOR: PR in 5,000m (18:17.63) on Feb. 26-28 at the RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championship finishing seventh … PR in 3,000m with a time of 11:11.53 on Feb. 12-13 at the CRC UCCS Open (5th place).

2019-20 INDOOR: Did not compete

2019 XC: USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Ran in all six races for UCCS, including all three post-season meets … Started the season with a 5K PR time (18:41.9) at the 12th annual UCCS Rust Buster … Finished 33rd with a 6K PR time of 21:59.6 at the RMAC Championship meet … Two weeks later she earned a 30th place finish of 23:03.0 at the South Central Regional meet … Finished the 2019 season at the NCAA DII Championship meet, finishing the 6K race in 22:05.9 for a 143rd place finish.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Graduated from Waldorf University in 2019 ... Top XC times: 5K: 18:00, 6K: 22:56 ... Top Indoor times: 5K: 18:31, 3K: 10:54, Mile: 5:38 ... Top Outdoor times: 10: 37:51, 5K 18:32, 1500m: 5:01 ... Two-time North Star XC Runner of the Year ... Two-time XC all-conference and conference champion ... Two-time XC national qualifier ... Cross country All-American .... North Star Outdoor Athlete of the Year ... All-conference in the 3K and 5K ... National qualifier in the 10K ... Team MVP ... Three-time NSAA XC Scholar Athlete ... Two-time NSAA Indoor and Outdoor Scholar Athlete ... Member of Council of Student-Athletes ... Alphi Chi.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2016 graduate of Legacy Christian Academy ... Six-time varsity letterwinner in cross country and track ... Named MVP in cross country and track as a senior ... Five-time all-conference ... Six-time all-conference honorable mention ... Participated at state cross country meet twice ... Two-time track conference champion ... Two-time Section 5A cross country runner-up ... Named to A Honor Roll six times ... Valedictorian .... Member of the National Honor Society ... Member of the Concert and Jazz band.

PERSONAL: Parents are Dennis and Desiree Kuik