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2018 Women's Cross Country Roster

Ed Jacobs Jr.
Ed Jacobs Jr.

Mali Smith

  • Class Senior
  • High School Pusch Ridge Christian Academy
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.

Biography

  • 2018 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2018 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2017 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2016 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
  • 2015 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2015 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (cross country)
College Bests
OUTDOOR INDOOR CROSS COUNTRY
800 2:30.25 800 2:50.19
1500 5:01.73 Mile 5:38.19
3000 11:48.34 3000 11:02.96 4K 16:22.0
5000 18:29.70 5000 20:01.22 5K 19:25.0
10,000 40:08.00 6K 23:28.26
3.73 Miles 27:19.8

2018 Cross Country: At the Division II National Championships on Dec. 1, ran 6 kilometers in 25 minutes, 35.8 seconds to place 191st...Turned in a strong 53rd-place finish at the South Central Regional, running 6K in 23:37.9, to help MSU Denver qualify for the national championships for the first time since 2014...Placed 41st at the RMAC Championships on Nov. 3, running 6K in 23:42.1...Ran a 5K personal-best time of 19:25.0 to finish 29th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Oct. 13...Ran a 6K personal-best time of 23:28.6 to finish 24th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 6...Placed 27th at the Mountaineer-Cowboy Open on Sept. 15, with a 5K time of 19:55.2...Finished 20th at the season-opening UCCS Rustbuster Invite on Sept. 1, running 5K in 19:37.9.

2018 Outdoor: In her senior season outdoors, finished ninth at the RMAC Championships in the 10,000 meters in 41:00.14...Won the 5,000 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 20 with a personal-best time of 18:29.70, capping a streak of four personal bests in four consecutive events at four different distances...Ran a personal-best 800 time of 2:30.25 to finish 17th at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite on April 14...Ran a personal best in the 1,500 at the CU Invitational on April 7, running 5:01.73 for 38th place...Ran a personal best in the 10,000 at the CSU-Pueblo Spank Blasing Invite on March 30, placing sixth in 40:08.00.

2017-18 Indoor: In her senior season of indoors competition, Ran a personal-best mile time of 5:38.19 to finish ninth at the Air Force Open on Feb. 16...Ran a personal best in the 3,000 on Feb. 3 at the Colorado Invitational, placing 23rd in 11:02.96...Finished fourth in the 5,000 at the Mines D-II Invite & Multi on Jan. 27, turning in a 20:14.69 clocking...Finished sixth in the 3,000 (11:37.43) and seventh in the mile (5:42.48) at the Mines Twilight Classic on Jan. 20.

2017 Cross Country: At the South Central Regional Championships on Nov. 4, placed 95th with a 6K time of 24:16.6...Finished 64th at the RMAC Championships on Oct. 21 with a 6K time of 24:17.4...Placed 13th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 7 with a 6K time of 24:43.1...Ran 5K in 19:43.8 at the Chile Pepper Festival on Sept. 30, placing 103rd...Finished 22nd at the Colorado College Invite on Sept. 9, running 6K in 24:50.5...Ran 5K in 19:55.7 for 24th place at the CSU Duals-D2 Combined on Sept. 1.

2017 Outdoor: Placed 21st at the Colorado Invitational on April 7, running the 3,000 in 12:05.71...Finished 17th in the 1,500 (5:24.27) at the CSU-Pueblo Open on April 2...Finished 12th in the 5,000 (20:45.81) at the CMU Invite on March 25...Ran on the third-place 4x400 relay (4:43.86) as well as placing 22nd in the 1,500 (5:33.14) at the Jerry Quiller Classic, March 17-18.

2016-17 Indoor: Finished 18th in the 5,000 (20:21.22) at the RMAC Championships, Feb. 24-25...Finished 17th in the 3,000 (12:06.41) at the Mines Joe Davies Classic on Feb. 18...Placed 19th in the mile at the Colorado Open on Feb. 4, with a time of 6:03.14.

2016 Cross Country: At the Division II South Central Regionals on Nov. 5, ran 6K in 26:22.4 to finish 144th...At the RMAC Championships on Oct. 22, finished 100th over the 3.73-mile course in a time of 27:19.8.

2016 Outdoor Track: Finished in 28th place in the 5,000 (a season-best 19:49.2) on May 6 at the RMAC Championships…Ran a season-best 1,500 of in 5:10.20 on April 23 at the CSM Nature’s Bakery Invite...Placed eighth in the 5,000 (20:24.16) at the CSU-Pueblo Pack Classic on April 2.

2015-16 Indoor Track: Ran a season-best 5,000 time of 20:01.22 on Feb. 19 at the CSM Joe Davies, finishing fifth...Had a season-best 3,000 time of 12:03.98 on Jan. 29 at the CSM Division II Invite & Multi, good for 11th place…Ran a season-best mile of 5:57.98 on Dec. 10 at the CSM Alumni Classic & Multi, finishing eighth.

2015 Cross Country: At the Division II South Central Regional on Nov. 7, ran 6K in 24:20.7 to place 115th...Ran a season-best 6K time of 24:11.8 at the RMAC Championships on Oct. 24 to place 61st...Finished 19th at the Roadrunners Invitational on Oct. 3, running 6K in 24:53.6...Ran 5K in 20:23.1 at the MSSU Southern Stampede on Sept. 19, placing 139th...Ran 4K in 16:22 to finish 10th at the Rust Buster on Sept. 5.

2015 Outdoor Track: Finished 19th at the RMAC Championships in the 5,000 in 19:49.86, a season-best time...Placed eighth in the 5,000 (20:20.9) at the CSM Pre-Conference Invite on April 25...Ran a season-best 3,000 time of 11:48.34 on April 5 at the New Mexico Tailwind Open, finishing 10th...Ran a season best in the 1,500 (5:30.60) on March 28 at the Kit Mayer Memorial Open.

2014-15 Indoor Track: Finished 33rd at the RMAC Championships in the 3,000 in 12:47.92, a season-best time...Ran a career-best indoor 800 time of 2:50.19 to place 19th at the CSM Joe Davies Open, while also running a season-best mile of 6:20.48 for 26th at the Feb. 20-21 meet...Finished third in the 3,000 (12:50.39) at the CSM Division II Invite on Jan. 31...Made her MSU Denver debut at the CSM Twilight Open on Jan. 24 and placed 28th in the mile (6:34.74.)

2014 Cross Country: Redshirted.

High School: Pusch Ridge Christian Academy, class of 2014...Coached by Elmer Yazzie, Jim Kirk and Ken Cottrell...Cross country state runner-up as a junior and senior ..Two-time all-state selection in cross country... State champion in the 4x800 and fourth-place finisher in the 1,600...Ran personal bests of 5:29 (1,600), 19:47 (5,000), 12:14 (2 miles) and 10:02 (4x800 relay).

Personal: Born Mali Elizabeth Smith on Feb. 26, 1996...Daughter of Steve and Nancy Smith...Has an older sister (Brennan) and two younger brothers (Eric and Kyle)...Majoring in psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2015Redshirt Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Senior

  • 2018Senior