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2023-24 Women's Indoor Track & Field Roster

Caitlin Cornell

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • High School San Marcos
  • Hometown San Marcos, Calif.
  • Previous School Minot State (N.D.)

Biography

  • 2024 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
  • 2023-24 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
XC INDOOR OUTDOOR
800 2:41.10
Mile 5:16.79 1500 5:10.73
3000 10:09.86
4K 15:11.8
5K 18:34.4 5000 17:39.0 5000 18:16.38
6K 22:54.0
10,000 38:18.71

Career: Her 10,000-meter time of 38:18.71 on April 15, 2023, at the Bryan Clay Invitational put her fifth among all individuals in the event in MSU Denver history and was the ninth fastest overall.

2024 Outdoor: Ran in just one race, finishing 10th in the 10,000 meters at the April 19 Kit Mayer Classic with a time of 41:50.98. With the conversion for altitude to 40:12.10, she ranked 28th on the final RMAC performance list for the season.

2023-24 Indoor: Competed in three meets. ... Finished ninth in the 5,000 meters at the Feb. 17 Mines Pre-Conference, crossing the line in 19 minutes, 32.46 seconds. With the conversion for altitude and track size to 18:44.12, she ranked 35th on the final RMAC performance list. ... Ran the mile in 5:30.77 on Feb. 10 at the Gorilla Classic, placing 61st.

2023 Cross Country: Ran in five races, finishing four, and scoring for MSU Denver in all four. ... Roadrunners' third finisher in the Nov. 4 Division II South Central Regional Championships, completing six kilometers in 22 minutes, 53.92 seconds for 66th place in a field of 173. ... MSU Denver's fourth finisher at the Oct. 7 Chargers Invitational, running 5K in 18:49.30 to place 63rd in a field of 355. ... Roadrunners' top finisher at the Sept. 30 Ted Castaneda Classic, placing 14th overall with a 6K time of 23:33.10. ... Finished fifth on the team at the Sept. 16 Roadrunners Invitational, covering 6K in 24:47.51 for 39th place.

2023 Outdoor: Ran the 10,000 meters in 38 minutes, 18.71 seconds at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 14. That made her MSU Denver's fifth-fastest individual in the event in program history and was the ninth-fastest time ever turned in by a Roadrunner. ... Finished 11th in the 5000 at the March 24-25 Spank Blasing Invitational with a time of 18:58.34.

2022-23 Indoor: Finished 17th in the 5,000 meters at the RMAC Championships with a clocking of 19 minutes, 43.05 seconds. ... Turned in season-best times at the Feb. 10-11 Gorilla Classic in both the 5,000 (18:22.28) and the mile (5:26.30), good for 35th and 51st, respectively. Her 5,000 time made her MSU Denver's eighth-fastest in the event all-time. ... Finished eighth in the 5,000 at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open with a time of 19:55.47.

2022 Cross Country: Solid 67th-place showing at the Nov. 19 South Central Regional Championships after running 8 kilometers in 23 minutes, 49.2 seconds. ... Finished 64th at the Nov. 5 RMAC Championships after running 6K in 24:55.4. ... Placed 15th at the Trojan Invitational on Oct. 15, running 5K in 19:05.3. ... Ran a season-best 6K time of 22:58.5 to finish 16th at the Oct. 1 Ted Castaneda Classic. ... Made her MSU Denver debut at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster on Sept. 3 and finished 22nd after running 5K in 19:00.6.

Before MSU Denver: Personal bests included 10:09.86 in the 3000 (2022), 17:39 in the indoor 5000 (2021), 18:14 in the outdoor 5000 (2021), 18:34 in a cross country 5K (2021) and 23:07 in a cross country 6K (2021). ... Competed for two seasons in track and one in cross country at Minot State (N.D.), setting school records indoors in the 3000 meters and 5000 as well as the 5000 outdoors. ... Scored in several events at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. ... Named an NSIC "Athlete to Watch" for 2021. ... Placed 102nd at the 2021 Division II Central Regional in cross country, with a 6K time of 23:07.7. ... Best finish during the 2021 cross country season was third at the Wildcat Classic on Sept. 24 after running 5K in 19:30.8. .... Indoors, at the NSIC Championships, ran on the seventh-place distance medley relay, finished eighth in the 3000 (10:09.86) and ninth in the 5000 (17:39.19) in 2022 after placing ninth in the 5000 (18:14.01) and 10th in the 3000 (10:42.27) in 2021. ... Recorded eight top-10 finishes combined between indoor and outdoor season in 2020-21. ... Closed the year with a sixth-place finish in the 1500 at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet, posting a time of 5:10.73.... In the 2020-21 indoor season, finished second at second indoor meet of the season in the 5000 with a time of 18:36.21 for her highest finish of the year... Placed fifth in the mile with a time of 5:31.89 at the Myrley Hanson Open to begin the indoor season... Two-time Academic All-NSIC selection. ... Honor roll student. ... Awarded certificate of appreciation from the humanities and world languages department for contributions to the Minot State Title IX Department.

High School: Personal bests included 2 minutes, 26 seconds in the 800 (2018), 5:46 in the 1500 (2019), 5:11 in the 1600 (2018), 11:04 in the 3200 (2018), and 17:56 in a cross country 5K (2017). ... Two-time state qualifier. ... Four-time All-California Interscholastic Federation team selection. ... Set school record in the two-mile run (11:04). ... Two-time third-place finisher in San Diego Section. ... In cross country, placed 42nd in the CIF State Championships as a freshman in 2016. ... At the CIF San Diego Section Championships, placed third in 2016, third in 2017, 20th in 2018 and 15th in 2019. ... Outdoors, Won 17 of her 31 career races in the 3200, while also earning five seconds and one third. ... Sixth in the event at the CIF San Diego Section finals as a sophomore in 2018, and fifth as a sophomore in 2017. ... In the 1600, had 16 firsts and four second-place finishes in 32 races. She placed fourth in the CIF San Diego Section finals as a sophomore. ... Never finished worse than sixth in 14 career 800 races, with three wins, three seconds and a third. ... Coached by Kevin Chindlund and Andy Cole. ... Ran a half-marathon road race in 1:19:48. ... Four-year honor roll student. ... Art student of the year.

Personal: Born Caitlin Anne Cornell in Pleasanton, Calif. ... Birthday in Jan. 17. ... Daughter of Gregory Cornell and Launa Moore. ... Has a twin brother (Sean) and a sister (Sarah). ... Majoring in English, with a minor in writing and rhetoric.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    5'4"