2019 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Christina Rice
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Dos Pueblos
- Hometown:
- Santa Barbara, Calif.
2021 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins this season.
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2020 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins this season.
2020 (Track & Field)
Had an historic junior season for the Bruins โฆ Indoor: Won the MPSF 5000m title with a UCLA-record time of 16:12.16 โฆ Took the indoor league title in the event after finishing second last year โฆ Clocked a time of 16:16.85 in the 5000m at the Husky Classic, good for 17th place and then the third-fastest time in school indoor history โฆ Made her season debut in the 3000m at the UW Invitational, where she notched a time of 9:20.02, solidifying her No. 3 position on the UCLA all-time indoor list.
2019 (Cross Country)
Notched top-50 finishes in each of her five races this year, including a pair of top-10 placements ... Raced in the 6k at the NCAA Championships, finishing 37th overall with a time of 20:44.3 ... Took eighth place at the NCAA West Regional Championships, crossing with a time of 20:06.2 ... Was the Bruinsโ top runner at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 17th overall with a time of 20:07.2 ... Opened her season at the Dellinger Invite and finished in 10th place with a 6k PR of 20:05.7.
2019 (Track & Field)
Competed in five meets โฆ Indoor: Competed in the 5000m (16:33.01) at the Husky Classic, finishing 26th โฆ Placed second in the 5000m (16:31.55) at the MPSF Indoor Championships, posting the third-fastest time in UCLA indoor history โฆ Outdoor: Won the 10K (34:25.25) at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival โฆ PRโed in the 5000m (16:19.00) at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish 22nd and notch the seventh-fastest time in UCLA outdoor history โฆ Hit a PR of 4:24.26 at USC to win the 1500m โฆ UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Indoor: 3rd โ 5000m (16:31.55) โฆ Outdoor: 7th โ 5000m (16:19.00) โฆ 4th โ 10K (34:14.52; achieved in 2018) โฆ Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2018 (Cross Country)
Finished second amongst UCLA student-athletes in every meet she competed in ... NCAA All-West-Region honoree ... Second-Team All-Pac-12 ... Took 23rd at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 20:20.7 ... Helped the Bruins to a fifth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, taking 25th with a time of 20:39.2 ... Finished in 26th place at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals with a time of 20:46.0 ... Booked a 12th-place finish at the Stanford Invite with a time of 21:18.5.ย
2018 (Track & Field)
Ran in six outdoor meets and three indoor meets as a freshman ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 10K ... Set a new collegiate-bests in the 10K at regionals, finishing in 34:14.52 for a 34th place finish ... Finished 14th in the 10K at the Pac-12 Championships (34:31.06) ... Won the 1500mย (season-best 4:27.50) and finished second in the 3000m (10:19.35) at the USC Dual meet ... Came in second in the 5000m at the Mt. SAC Relays (season-best 16:39.02) ... Won the 10K at the Jim Bush/Bob Larsen Invitational (34:49.87) ... Ran the 3000mย at the MPSFย Indoor Championships, coming in 21st at 9:37.97 (season-best) ... Ran a 5:04.78 mile in her collegiate debut at the Dr. Martin Luther King Invitational.ย
2017 (Cross Country)
Finished 92nd at the NCAA West Regionals (6k) with a time of 21:33.0 โฆ Competed in the 6k at the Pac-12 Championships, scoring for the Bruins as she finished 54th overall with a time of 20:23.9 โฆ Finished 142nd in the 6k competition at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite, recording a time of 21:39.1 โฆ Competed in the Roy Griak Invite (6k) and finished with a time of 23:30.4, good for 80th place โฆ Made her UCLA debut at the George Kyte Classic and finished 24th overall with a time of 17:00.4.
High School
Attended Dos Pueblos High School in Santa Barbara โฆ Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track and field โฆ Four-time All-Channel League honors and three-time cross country team MVP โฆ Posted an XC three mile personal best of 17:20 and a 1600m personal best of 5:10.
Personal
Daughter of Robert Rice and Rosa Estarellas โฆ Has a twin sister named Veronica โฆ Hobbies include exploring new places in her home town and cities she visits, as well as spending time outdoors โฆ Loves dogs โฆ Admires Emma Coburn โฆ Decided to come to UCLA because of its athletic and academic excellence and strong sense of team spirit.
