Michelle Thompson

Photo by: John Fajardo

Class:
Senior
Major:
Marketing
Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.
High School:
Mt. Carmel HS
Prev School:
San Diego Mesa College

Michelle Thompson -- Career and Season Statistics

2011 All-Big West Peformer

2012 (Senior): Ran a career-best 20:46.5 to finish 12th at the Big West Championships ... Ran 21:31.8 at the NCAA West Regional for a 95th-place showing ... Ran a 5k career best of 17:25.0 to place 11th at the Bronco Invitational ... Was 16th at the Pac 12 Elite Invitational, running 18:11.1 on the 5k course ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2011 (Junior): Recorded a season-best 21:07.3 in the 6k at the Big West Championships to earn All-Conference honors with a fifth-place finish ... Finished 78th at the NCAA West Regional (21:55) ... Was fourth to begin the season at the Cal State Fullerton Opener (22:25.3) ... Ran two 5k races ... Placed 10th at the UC Irvine Invitational (17:58.5) and 23rd at the Bronco Invitational (17:38.8) ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2010 (Sophomore): Competed in five events ... Ran a 5k season-best of 17:25.8 to finish 13th at the Bronco Invitational ... Was the runner-up at the Aztec Invitational (18:05.6, 5k) ... Finished 26th at the Stanford Invitational (21:38, 6k) ... Placed 22nd at the Big West Championships with a time of 21:28.8 ... Clocked 21:56.99 at the NCAA West Regional (103rd).

Prior to LBSU: Competed two years on the track and field team at San Diego Mesa College ... Regional finalist in the 1500m and 5000m as a freshman in 2009 ... Advanced to the 2010 SoCal Finals in the 5000m, where she notched a season-best 18:26.70 ... Also a state championship qualifier in the 10000m after clocking in at 38:20.82 in the prelims.

High School: Member of both the cross country and track teams at Mt. Carmel High School ... Finished 12th at the Cross Country Division II CIF Finals as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in marketing.