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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2022 Men's Cross Country

Miles Christensen

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Downers Grove, IL
  • High School Downers Grove North
  • Major Computer Science and Mathematics
  • College Harvey Mudd

Biography



TFRRS Results

At CMS
2022-23 (Senior)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Helped CMS to a second place finish at the NCAA West Regionals, and a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships ... Earned All-West Region honors for the fourth time in his career with an eighth-place finish in 24:44.7 ... Placed 22nd at SCIACs with a 26:04.5 ... Had a PR at the UC Riverside Invitational with a 24:16.6, the fastest regular-season time in CMS history (placing third all-time overall behind the NCAA Championships times of teammates Henry Pick and Stevie Steinberg in 2021) ... Finished 26th out of over 400 runners at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh in 24:33.2 ... Ran a 19:49.0 over 6K at the Redlands Invitational.

2021-22 (Junior)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ... USTFCCCA All-West Region ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Helped CMS to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, coming in 59th with a time of 24:34.9 ... Earned All-Region honors with a 17th place finish, crossing the line in 25:23.9 ... Earned 14th at the SCIAC Champioships in 25:14.2 ... Earned sixth place at the DIII Pre-Nationals in Louisville with a 24:33.5 ... Competed in an indoor track meet two weeks after the NCAA Championships and earned the 16th-best time in the 3000 in NCAA Division III history with an 8:13.57.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
First-Team All-SCIAC ... USTFCCCA All-West Region ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Part of a SCIAC Champion team in the fall, finishing fifth in 25:12.2 to earn all-league honors ... Also finished fifth at the NCAA West Regionals to capture all-region accolades ... Was 90th at nationals to help CMS to a sixth-place team finish ... Earned top-10s at the Coyote Challenge (fourth) and the Masters Invitational (eighth). 

2018-19 (First-Year)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ... USTFCCCA All-West Region ... SCIAC Newcomer of the Year ... SCIAC All-Academic Team … USTFCCCA All-Academic selection ... SCIAC Track and Field Champion (5000) ... USTFCAA All-West Region (5000) ...
Finished in third place at the NCAA West Regionals in 25:04.1 ... Came in 11th at the SCIAC Championships ... Earned a top-75 finish (#72) at the NCAA Division III Championships ... Won first place in the regular season at the Cougar Challenge, hosted by CSU San Marcos ... Competed at the Stanford Invitational ... Earned a tenth-place finish in his college debut at the Biola Invitational ... Won the 5000 meters in track and field season to help the Stags to a team title.  

Prior to CMS
Attended Downers Grove North High School in Illinois, where he was a member of the cross country and track teams … A two-time all-state finisher, a three-time conference champion, and an eight-time all-conference award winner … Helped DG North to a state championship, a Midwest Regional Championship and a fourth-place finish in nationals in 2017 … Also helped his squad to a state runner-up finish in 2016 … High Honor Roll student and a National Merit Finalist … Member of the Downers Grove North Math Team and a National Honor Society member.

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd, where he has a dual major in computer science and math ... Also competes on the track and field team in the spring. 

Miles Christensen posed shot

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior

  • 2022Senior