Paige Gilchrist Career Stats
Academic Notes: Majoring in fitness & wellness
Personal Best: 1500m (4:31.94) | Mile (5:11.09) | 3000m (9:56.46) | 5000m (16:32.26) | 10,000m (34:52.18)
2017: Competed at four meets during the indoor campaign … Logged a new career-best in the 5000m event at the highly-competitive Iowa State Classic (16:09.04) … Pieced together an incredible performance at Big Sky Indoor Championships … Won the conference titles for both the mile (4:48.85) and the 3000m run (9:37.58), both of which were PR’s … Also ran a leg on the conference champion DMR team … Redshirted the outdoor season
2016: Competed in four indoor track & field meets for the Lumberjacks … PR’ed at indoor conference championships in the 3000m (9:56.46) en route to the third-place, All-Big Sky finish … Also scored for NAU in the 5000m … Added five more outdoor meets to her competition schedule … At the Stanford Invitational, set a personal-best in the 10k (34:52.18) … The following meet, the Bryan Clay Invitational, PR’ed in the 1500m event (4:31.94) … Scored for the Lumberjacks in both the 5K and 10K at outdoor conference championships … For the first time in her career, qualified for NCAA West Preliminaries in the 10K
2015: Redshirted indoor season ... Competed in three outdoor events for the Lumberjacks ... Ran a season-best 17:22.47 in the 5000m at the UC Irvine Steve Scott Invite ... Also competed at Big Sky Outdoor Conference Championships
2014: Had an impeccable freshman campaign ... Garnered podium spots in both the 5000m (2nd) and 3000m (2nd) run at Big Sky Indoor Conference Championships ... Competed at just three meets during the outdoor season ... Scored at Big Sky Outdoor Conference Championships with a fifth place finish in the 10,000m (38:47.88)
High School: Three-sport athlete lettering in cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field ... Montana cross country state champion in 2012 ... Montana state champion in the 3200m (2013) ... Finished fourth at the 2012 NxN Northwest Regionals ... Finished fourth at the Footlocker Regionals (West) ... Finished 29th at the Footlocker National Championships ... Competed in the 3200m at the Arcadia Invitational ... Helped Hellgate High School to a second-place finish at Montana cross country state championships in 2010 ... Holds school records for: 800m (2:15), 1600m (4:55.02), 3200m (10:43) and the 3mi (17:04)
Personal: Born to Greg and Julie Gilchrist on May 2, 1995 ... Has one younger brother, Alan ... Enjoys hanging with friends, reading and watching Netflix