Christine Babcock

Christine Babcock is a two-time all-American collegiate athlete in the United States.

Babcock was born in Laguna Hills, California. She is a sophomore and currently attends the University of Washington at Seattle, but is best known for being one of only a few high school athletes to compete in the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon and for setting two national High School records at the distances of 1500 and 1600 meters.^[1] Babcock attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California.

High school

Babcock's first major victory in track and field came by winning the girls' outdoor 1600 meter CIF title in 2006 in 4:41.29 (with a margin of over 1 second) as a sophomore.^[2]

During the following Cross Country season she won the CIF Division II State Championships by 13 second with a 17:20.^[3] In the spring she won her second straight 1600 meter state title in 4:38.85, a new California Interscholastic Federation Record at the time.^[4]

In her senior year, Babcock again won the State cross country Division II title, this time in the fastest time of the meet, 17:04. In track she won her third straight CIF state meet by 16 seconds in the 1600 meters, a still standing national record of 4:33.82. Additionally, she won the Mt. SAC Relays 1500 meter race in 4:16.42, at the time a national record. This record would later be broken by Jordan Hasay at the 2008 US Olympic trials in a time of 4:14.50.

College

In the 2008 cross country season, Babcock led the University of Washington to the program's first NCAA championship. She was the first finisher for the Huskies, at seventh place overall, with a time of 20:02. In track she set a personal best in the 1500 meters at the NCAA National Championship preliminaries in 4:16.10. She later went on to finish 11th in the finals.

2009 led to another All-American performance in cross country, finishing 34th nationally. She also placed fifth in the Pac-10 Conference championships.

Performance at Select Events

Competition	Result	Time	Distance	Location	Date
2006 CIF State Championships	1st	4:41.29	1600 m	Cerritos	2006-6-3
2006 CIF State Championships	1st	17:20	5000 m	Fresno	2006-11-25
2007 CIF State Championships	1st	4:38.85	1600 m	Sacramento	2007-6-2
2007 CIF State Championships	1st	17:04	5000 m	Fresno	2007-11-24
2008 CIF State Championships	1st	4:33.82 NR	1600 m	Cerritos	2008-5-31
Mt. SAC High Performance Challenge	1st	4:16.42	1500 m	Walnut	2008-6-15

Personal Bests

Distance	Mark	Date	Location
800 m	2:06.55	2009-04-11	Tempe, Arizona
1,500 m	4:16.10	2009	NCAA prelims
1,600 m	4:33.82	2008-05-31	Cerritos

References

1. ^ Babcock sets another record, qualifies for U.S. Olympic Trials, by Scott M. Reid of OCVarsity
2. ^ http://www.cifstate.org/sports/state/track_field/2006%20State%20finals%20results.htm
3. ^ Woodbridge's Babcock gets top honor, by Miguel A. Melendez of OCVarsity
4. ^ California Interscholastic Federation

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