| Kari Karlsson |
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Cross Country: A key member of Cal's squad that finished 22nd at the 2008 NCAA championships ... highest finish was a 15th-place showing at the Stanford Invitational ... was 31st at the Pac-10 meet and 30th at NCAA regionals ... voted second-team Pac-10 All-Academic ... as a freshman, made his debut for Cal at the Pre-NCAA meet ... came in 20th at the Pac-10 championships. Track: Posted Cal's second-fastest outdoor times in the 3000 (8:13.39), 5000 (14:06.61) and 10,000 (30:47.73) last spring ... ran his best indoor 5000 at the MPSF championships (14:17.03) ... in 2008, ran a regional-qualifying time in the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitational, clocking a 29:28.05, which was also a school freshman record and the third-best time in school history ... provisionally qualified for the NCAA indoor championships in the 5000 with an indoor school-record time of 14:08.58 at the MPSF meet. High School: Won Icelandic championships in the 1500 meters, 3000, 5000, 10,000, 4x800, 4x1500 and the half marathon ... competing for his club team, Breidablik, won a national championship in indoors in 2007 ... holds the club records for the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 ... competed in the Games of the Small States of Europe, Nordic Championships in the 10,000 and in cross country, European Championships and other national junior team competitions. Personal: Born May 19, 1986, in Sheffield, England ... parents are Karl G. Kristinsson and Hadda Bjork Gisladottir ... one of three siblings ... transferred after attending Reykjavik University for one semester ... also played basketball and soccer ... hopes to attend graduate school ... operations research and management science major.
