2016 (W) Cross Country Roster

Tristin Van Ord

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chapel Hill, N.C.
  • High School Chapel Hill

Biography

PR's:

Cross Country: 5K – 17:02.5...6K – 21:17.90

Indoor: 800m – 2:22.24 ... Mile – 4:55.65 ... 3,000m – 9:41.76 ... 5,000m – 16:39.75

Outdoor: 800m – 2:17.51 ... 1,500m – 4:27.63 ... 5,000m – 16:23.24 ... 10,000m – 34:19.36


2015-16

Cross Country:

•  Competed at the Southeast Regional Championships and finished 20th in the 6K with a time of 21:29.80.
• That time is the second fastest 6K-time ever run by a junior in App State history
• Was the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championship runner-up in the 5K crossing the tape at 17:51.00.
• That time is the sixth fastest 5K-time ever run by a junior in App State history
• Finished seventh with a time of 21:51.10 in the 6K at the Wake Forest CC Invitational.
• Won the 5K race in 18:07.80 at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational.
• Placed seventh at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet in the 5K with a time of 18:13.70.
• Was named Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week twice
• Earned first team all-conference honors

Indoor:

• Was crowned the 5,000 meter (16:47.37) and 3,000 meter (9:43.54) champion at the Sun Belt Conference Championships
• Placed second in the 3,000 meters with a PR of 9:41.76 at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational
• Finished first in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:13.99 and placed second in the mile with a time of 5:00.56 at the Buccaneer Invitational
• Competed in the 3,000 meters (9:53.80) and placed third and led the DMR (12:10.90) to an eighth place finish at the Kentucky Invitational.

Outdoor:

• Finished 21st in the 10,000 meters with a time of 35:22.10 at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round
• Won the 10,000 meters in 35:47.91 and the 5,000 meters in 17:00.04 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships
• Set a PR of 16:23.24 in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge and placed 15th
• Finished second at the Charlotte Invitational in the 1,500 meters running a time of 4:28.74
• Ran a lifetime-best of 34:19.36 in the 10,000 meters at Raleigh Relays to place fourth

2014-15

Cross Country:

• Named Sun Belt Runner of the Week on Sept. 24 after finishing second at Winthrop Invite (17:41.14)
• Placed in the top six in five of her six events
• Finished in first once, second three times and sixth once
• Won the Upstate Invite with time of 17:44.9
• Took 46th place at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional with a time of 21:17.9
• First-team all-conference
• Ranks No. 1 in the 5K (17:02.50) and No. 4 in the 6K (21:17.90) on App State’s all-time list

Indoor:

Was among the top 12 in all six of her indoor events
Won both the ETSU Invite’s 5000m (17:13.87) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ 5000m (16:39.75/PR)
• That mark of 16:39.75 in the 5,000m run is a school record
Took second twice including the Hokie Invite’s distance medley relay (12:18.74) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ 3000m (9:45.08/PR/third in school history)
Placed third at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup’s 3000m (9:49.35)
Set a new PR in the mile with a time of 4:59.06 at the Hokie Invite (12th place)
• That time ranks fifth in school history
Named Sun Belt Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on both Jan. 28 and Feb. 11
All-conference performer 

Outdoor:

Won two events at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships including the 5000m (17:01.09) and the 10,000m (35:09.15)
Took a top-10 finish home in four events
Set a new PR in the 1500m with a time of 4:27.63 at the Tennessee Relays (sixth place)
• That time ranks third in the program's history
Ran the fastest 10,000m time of her career at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 34:23.08 (fourth place)
• That 10,000m mark is a school record
• First team all-conference performer
Placed 37th in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 36:03.34 at the NCAA Preliminaries
Named a DI Scholar Athlete by the USTFCCCA
• Her 5,000 PR time of 16:45.85 (Penn Relays) ranks fourth in school history
• Named all-academic by the USTFCCCA

2013-14

Cross Country:

• Ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational and finished 19th
• Finished 13th at the 3 Stripe Invite

Indoor:

• Finished first in the 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad and ran a personal best of 10:06.05
• Placed first in the Mountaineer Open as a member of the 4x400m team
• Ran a personal best mile at the Hokie Invitational and finished 11th with a time of 5:10.84
• Finished fifth at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 5,000m and sixth in the 3,000m

Outdoor:

• Ran a personal best 800m at the Charlotte Invitational and took 10th with a time of 2:17.51
• Ran a personal best 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and took fifth with a time of 4:32.10
• Ran a personal best 5,000m and placed first at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 17:13.78

High School PR’s

• Mile – 5:09
• 3200m – 11:13.56
• 5000m – 18:28

High School

• Named cross country all-state all four seasons
• Earned state runner up in the 3200m her junior and senior seasons
• Named cross country Most Valuable Runner as a freshman, junior and senior
• Named track and field Best Female Distance Runner all four seasons

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior