2023-2024 Track and Field Roster
Kristiana Young
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Mid-distance
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- Prev School:
- Millard North High School
TFRRS Profile (Track)
TFRRS Profile (XC)
2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Placed eighth in the ASUN steeplechase (personal-best 11:12.16, No. 10 in program history) and 19th in the 5K
• Ran to a 1,500 personal best of 4:42.20 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Liberty Open 3K champion
• Posted a personal-best 5:07.49 mile at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
2022 Cross Country (R-So.)
• Placed 34th at the ASUN Championship for the second straight season with a personal-best 5K time of 17:51.6
• Liberty’s No. 5 runner at the Weis-Crockett Invitational, clocking a 6K best (22:14.2)
• Opened her season with an eighth-place finish at the Liberty Challenge
2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• In her first year running the steeplechase, cut her time from 11:40.03 in her debut at the VertKlasse Meeting to 11:33.43 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
• Took home the WildCat Twilight 1,500 title in a season-best 4:45.50
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Top race of the season was a 2:24.70 800 during the Liberty Open
Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Fr.)
• Placed 34th in her first appearance at the ASUN Championship
• Fastest 6K (22:28.0) came at the FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals
• Finished a team-best 13th at the Queen City Invite with a 5K personal-best 18:05 effort
• Her first collegiate cross country race came at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational, where she placed 24th
2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• At the ASUN meet, placed fourth in the 4 x 400 relay, 13th in the 800 and 15th in the 1,500
• Set a pair of personal-best times at UVA, including a 2:17.81 800 at the Virginia Grand Prix and a 4:44.69 1,500 at the Virginia Challenge
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2021 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Placed ninth in the ASUN mile (personal-best 5:10.38) and 11th in the 800
Spring 2021 Cross Country (R-Fr.)
• Did not compete in any races
2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
2020 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Clocked a season-best 800 time of 2:19.27 for 11th at the ASUN meet
• Ran 5:14.87 in her lone mile of the season, at the Liberty Flames Invite
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member
2019 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Did not compete in any races and was redshirted
Prep
• Graduated from Millard North High School
• Came in seventh in the 800 and ninth in the 1,600 at the 2019 Nebraska Class A state meet
• Best state cross country finish was 24th place as a senior
• Top times included 2:19.86 (800) and 5:13.15 (1,600)
Personal
• Daughter of Marty and Shawna Young
• Father played basketball at Hawaii Pacific
• Birthday is Nov. 4
• Biblical studies major for both her undergraduate and graduate studies
