Christy Zirkle Season 2006

Events: 1,500M (4:44.44), Mile (5:17.19), 3,000M (10:40.80), 5,000M (18:32.28), XC

CAREER CAPSULE
Competed for the Lady Tigers from 2006-08 … A distance runner who lined up in events ranging from the 1,500 meters to the 5,000 meters … Earned one letter during her LSU career after placing 21st in the 1,500 meters at the 2008 SEC Outdoor Championships … Finished her career with personal bests of 4:44.44 in the 1,500 meters, 5:17.19 in the mile, 10:40.80 in the 3,000 meters and 18:32.28 in the 5,000 meters.

2008
A middle distance runner who competed in the 1,500 meters and the mile during the 2008 season … Won the mile at three indoor meets … Clocked a new personal best of 5:17.19 to win the mile at the LSU Twilight Invitational … Also won the event at the Purple Tiger Classic (5:29.99) and the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier (5:21.22) … Placed fifth in the mile at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a time of 5:21.08 … Also ran the 800 meters at the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier, finishing second with a time of 2:35.66 … Ran the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season … Set a new personal best of 4:44.44 in a seventh-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Lettered during the outdoor season after finishing 21st in the 1,500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships (4:50.45) … Placed sixth at the Tiger Invitational (4:51.71) … Did not finish the 5,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships.

2007
Competed in a total of seven home meets during the 2007 campaign … Placed third in the mile at the LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier with a time of 5:23.43 … Clocked a new PR in the 5,000 meters after crossing the finish line in 10:40.80 in the season opener at the Purple Tiger Classic … Finished fourth in the event at the LSU Twilight Invitational (10:41.49) … Ran the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters during the outdoor season … Recorded a new personal best in the 1,500 meters at the LSU Tiger Classic with a time of 4:47.47 … Finished 10th in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Tiger Relays after stopping the clock in 18:57.63 … Did not finish the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold.

2006
Concentrated primarily on the 3,000 meters during the indoor season … Ran a personal best of 10:42.38 at the LSU Twilight … Clocked 10:58.00 at the Purple Tiger Invitational and 11:00.13 at the Bayou Bengal Invitational … During the outdoor season, participated in both the 1,500 meters and the 5,000 meters twice … 5k time of 18:32.28 was a personal best by almost eight seconds … Top 1,500-meter performance came at the Tiger Classic (4:54.38).

PRIOR TO LSU
Spent one season at the University of New Orleans … Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track at St. Amant High School … Was an all-state selection in 2002 … Competed at the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships in 2003 … On the track, posted top times of 2:22 in the 800 meters, 4:49 in the 1,500 meters and 18:40 in the 5,000 meters.

PERSONAL
Full name is Christy Jo Zirkle … Born on June 20, 1986 … Daughter of Mike and Cathy Zirkle … Has an older sister named Ansley.