2013 Cross Country: Competed in five of the team[apos]s six races during 2013...scored in the final three races of the season including the Mountain West (MW) Championship where she finished in 61st with a time of 24:07.76...top finish of 40th came at the Fresno State Invitational 5K (9/14)...ran her fastest 5K time of the season (20:24.0) at the USF Invitational (8/31)...Her fastest 6K time of the season (23:15.9) came at the Bronco Invitational...She ended the season with what distance coach Brad Wick called a 'breakthrough' performance at the MW Championship (11/1).
2012 Cross Country: Competed and scored in all six of the team[apos]s events during the year including the WAC Championship...beat her fastest-career 5K time twice during the year...finished in the top-25 at the Crystal Spring Invitational (10/6) with a time of 25:05 in the 6K event...fastest 5K time of the season was a career-low 19:13.0 at the Bronco Invitational (10/13)...40th place at the Aztec Invitational (9/15) with a time of 20:43.2...finished 58th place at the WAC Championship (10/27).
2011 Cross Country: Competed in all six of San Jose State[apos]s races including the Western Athletic Conference championship... she scored for the Spartans and was the team[apos]s top-finisher at the San Francisco State Invitational...she finished in 23rd place at the Battle of the Bay Invitational (10/4) for her top finish...fastest 5K time of 19:42.4 came at the UC Riverside Invitational where she placed 95th.
COLLEGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in both track and field and cross country while competing two seasons on the soccer team...selected first-team All Diablo Valley Athletic League (DVAL) two times for cross country and a second-team All-DVAL selection in soccer...high school career best three mile time of 18:52 and career best 5K time of 19:07.
MARISSA: The nutrition major plans on working as a nutritionist at a hospital after her college career...enjoys reading,mountain climbing, and watching movies in her spare time...the native of Walnut Creek, Calif., was born on September 12, 1992.
CAREER FINISHES:
2013 | |||
Race | Time | Place | Distance |
USF Invitational | 20:24.0 | 50th | 5K |
Fresno State Invitational | 21:06.90 | 40th | 5K |
Stanford Invitational | 25:14 | 177th | 5K |
Bronco Invitational | 23:15.9 | 178th | 6K |
MW Championship | 24:07.76 | 61st | 6K |
2012 | |||
Race | Time | Place | Distance |
USF Invitational | 19:36.80 | 58th | 5K |
Aztec Invitational | 20:43.2 | 40th | 5K |
Stanford Invitational | 24:41 | 193rd | 6K |
Crystal Springs Invitational | 25:05 | 25th | 6K |
Bronco Invitational | 19:13 | 47th | 5K |
WAC Championship | 19:54.78 | 58th | 5K |
2011 | |||
Race | Time | Place | Distance |
Battle of the Bay | 25:36 | 23rd | 5K |
UC Riverside Invitational | 19:42.4 | 95th | 5K |
Willamette Invitational | 19:45.66 | 100th | 5K |
San Francisco State Invitational | 24:52.4 | 46th | 6K |
Bronco Invitational | 20:38.0 | 138th | 5K |
WAC Championship | 21:40.1 | 55th | 5K |