2010-11 Track & Field - W Roster

Christen Griffin

  • Position Hurdles/Sprints
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Maurice J. McDonough
  • Hometown Waldorf, Md.

Biography

2009-10: Outdoors, finished eighth in the 100-meter high hurdles by registering a time of 14.29 seconds at the ECAC Championship ... Also ran on the 4x100-meter relay team that placed 11th in 46.82 ... Was named all-conference for placing second in the 100-hurdles in a personal-best time of 13.90 and running a leg for the winning 4x100-meter relay which broke the school record (46.27) at the America East Conference Championship ... Also finished ninth in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles in a personal-best time of 1:04.25 ... Ran legs for the 4x200-meter relay which broke a school record (1:39.32) and the 4x100-meter relay (47.18) at Penn Relays ... Indoors, placed 23rd in the 55-hurdles in 9.00 at the ECAC Championship ... Earned all-conference laurels by placing second in the 55-hurdles, registering a personal-best time of 8.14, at the America East championship ... Ran a leg for the 4x200-meter relay squad which broke the school record (1:43.02) at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

2008-09: Outdoors, ran on the 13th-place 4x100-meter relay (46.99) at the ECAC Championship ... Ran on the second-place 4x100-meter relay team which navigated the track in 46.88 at the America East championship ... Also finished fifth in the 100-hurdles (14.73) and 11th in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles (1:05.93) ... Ran a season-best time of 14.65 in the 100-hurdle prelims ... Competed on the 4x200-meter relay squad which set a school record (1:39.44) at the time as well as the 4x100-meter relay (46.91) at Penn Relays ... Indoors, placed 17th in the 60-hurdles (9.16) at the ECAC Championship ...Finished fourth in the 55-hurdles (8.43) and 16th in the 200-meter dash (25.62) at the America East championship ... Registered fastest mark of the season in the 55-hurdles (8.29) in the preliminary round at the championship meet.

2007-08: Outdoors, ran on the 19th-place 4x100-meter relay team (47.79) at the ECAC Championship ... Ran a leg on the third-place 4x100-meter relay team (48.31) at the America East championship ... Was also eighth in the 100-hurdles (15.91) and 17th in the 400-hurdles (1:07.72) ... Ran on the 4x200-meter relay team that broke what was then a school record (1:40.67) at Penn Relays as well as the 4x100-meter relay team (48.28) that placed fifth in its heat of the "College" division ... Indoors, was named all-conference for placing third in the 55-hurdles (8.34) at the America East championship ... Also finished 17th in the 55 (7.53).

High School: Lettered in track and field for three years and tennis and basketball for two years at Maurice J. McDonough ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... Ran on the state champion 4x100-meter relay team ... State and conference champion in the 55-meter hurdles, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles ... Conference record holder in the 300-hurdles (44.1) ... Three-time team MVP.

Personal: Majoring in sociology ... Born Sept. 23, 1989 ... Daughter of Sirlester Griffin and Carol Cofield ... Has five brothers and two sisters.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2008-09Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2009-10Junior

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2010-11Senior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'10"