2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Spjut, Lina

Lina Spjut
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cypress Woods HS
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
Bio
Spjut's TFRRS Results
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2023 C-USA Outdoor 5000m (2nd)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 2nd, 5000m, 16:51.73
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 8th, 10,000m, 37:17.65
2023 C-USA Indoor Championships- 8th, 5000m, 17:19.37
2023 C-USA Indoor Championships- 24th, 3000m, 10:27.60
2022 C-USA Championships (XC)- 24th, 6k, 22:33.0
2022 NCAA South-Central Region Championships (XC)- 45th, 6k, 21:44.4
PERSONAL BESTS
XC
6k - 21:34.5, Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30/22)
INDOOR
Mile - 5:09.30, Howie Ryan Invitational (2/10/23)
3000m - 10:10.37, Houston Invitational (10:10.37)
OUTDOOR
1500m - 4:37.84, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/22/23)
5000m - 16:51.73, C-USA Championships (5/14/23)
10,000m - 35:04.63, Bryan Clay Invitational (4/15/23)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic
2022-23 CSC All-District Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24
Indoor: Ran at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite.
2022-23 (RICE)
XC: Ran in six races...Finished 24th at the C-USA Championships and qualified for the NCAA South-Central Region Championships. Indoor: Competed at five meets...Set a personal best in the 3000m at the Houston Invitational with a fourth-place finish...Finished eighth at the C-USA Championships in the 5000m. Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Had a personal best in the 5000m at the C-USA Championships grabbing the championships sealing points with a second-place finish. Finished second in the 10,000m at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
JOHN HOPKINS
2021-22
Indoor: Finished 11th in the 3,000 at the NCAA Championships w/ a time of 9:57.30...placed 13th in the Mile prelims at the NCAA Championships w/ a time of 5:02.86...earned a gold medal as a member of the DMR at Centennials (12:17.38)...earned a bronze medal in the mile w/ a PR time of 5:00.76...finished seventh in the 3,000 at Centennials w/ a time of 10:20.07...qualified for NCAA's w/ a PR time of 9:48.25 in the 3,000 at the Boston David Hemery Valentine Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 16th in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships w/ a time of 17:46.10...qualified for NCAA's in the 5,000 w/ a PR time of 16:41.83 at the Penn Relays...set a PR time of 4:36.91 in the 1,500 at the Bison Outdoor Classic...ran an 800 time of 2:18.91, placing sixth at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.
2019-20
Indoor: Ran the Mile in 5:27.04 to place 8th at the Centennial Conference Championships...set a PR in the Mile (5:20.27) at the NYC DIII Invitational, placing 15th...placed 3rd in the 3,000 at the SU Invitational w/ a PR time of 10:43.84.
2018-19
Indoor: Earned a 5th-place at the Centennial Championships w/ a Mile time of 5:28.75. Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 1,500 at the Centennial Championships w/ a PR time of 4:56.21...ran the 3,000 Steeplechase in 12:34.31 at the Hopkins Loyola Invitational to place 9th.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Cypress Woods HS (Cypress, Texas) where she competed for the Wildcats under head coach Gregory Zarate...Newcomer of the Year...made state finals in XC in sophomore and junior years...2x District Champion....2x varsity MVP...Academic All State, 2017 All-Region Team.
PERSONAL
Parents: Dan and Elsa (one brother, one sister)...Major: Masters in Computer Science...Rice College: N/A.
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2023 C-USA Outdoor 5000m (2nd)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 2nd, 5000m, 16:51.73
2023 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 8th, 10,000m, 37:17.65
2023 C-USA Indoor Championships- 8th, 5000m, 17:19.37
2023 C-USA Indoor Championships- 24th, 3000m, 10:27.60
2022 C-USA Championships (XC)- 24th, 6k, 22:33.0
2022 NCAA South-Central Region Championships (XC)- 45th, 6k, 21:44.4
PERSONAL BESTS
XC
6k - 21:34.5, Lehigh Paul Short Run (9/30/22)
INDOOR
Mile - 5:09.30, Howie Ryan Invitational (2/10/23)
3000m - 10:10.37, Houston Invitational (10:10.37)
OUTDOOR
1500m - 4:37.84, J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/22/23)
5000m - 16:51.73, C-USA Championships (5/14/23)
10,000m - 35:04.63, Bryan Clay Invitational (4/15/23)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 AAC All-Academic
2022-23 CSC All-District Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24
Indoor: Ran at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite.
2022-23 (RICE)
XC: Ran in six races...Finished 24th at the C-USA Championships and qualified for the NCAA South-Central Region Championships. Indoor: Competed at five meets...Set a personal best in the 3000m at the Houston Invitational with a fourth-place finish...Finished eighth at the C-USA Championships in the 5000m. Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Had a personal best in the 5000m at the C-USA Championships grabbing the championships sealing points with a second-place finish. Finished second in the 10,000m at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
JOHN HOPKINS
2021-22
Indoor: Finished 11th in the 3,000 at the NCAA Championships w/ a time of 9:57.30...placed 13th in the Mile prelims at the NCAA Championships w/ a time of 5:02.86...earned a gold medal as a member of the DMR at Centennials (12:17.38)...earned a bronze medal in the mile w/ a PR time of 5:00.76...finished seventh in the 3,000 at Centennials w/ a time of 10:20.07...qualified for NCAA's w/ a PR time of 9:48.25 in the 3,000 at the Boston David Hemery Valentine Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 16th in the 5,000 at the NCAA Championships w/ a time of 17:46.10...qualified for NCAA's in the 5,000 w/ a PR time of 16:41.83 at the Penn Relays...set a PR time of 4:36.91 in the 1,500 at the Bison Outdoor Classic...ran an 800 time of 2:18.91, placing sixth at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.
2019-20
Indoor: Ran the Mile in 5:27.04 to place 8th at the Centennial Conference Championships...set a PR in the Mile (5:20.27) at the NYC DIII Invitational, placing 15th...placed 3rd in the 3,000 at the SU Invitational w/ a PR time of 10:43.84.
2018-19
Indoor: Earned a 5th-place at the Centennial Championships w/ a Mile time of 5:28.75. Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 1,500 at the Centennial Championships w/ a PR time of 4:56.21...ran the 3,000 Steeplechase in 12:34.31 at the Hopkins Loyola Invitational to place 9th.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Cypress Woods HS (Cypress, Texas) where she competed for the Wildcats under head coach Gregory Zarate...Newcomer of the Year...made state finals in XC in sophomore and junior years...2x District Champion....2x varsity MVP...Academic All State, 2017 All-Region Team.
PERSONAL
Parents: Dan and Elsa (one brother, one sister)...Major: Masters in Computer Science...Rice College: N/A.
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