2020 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Christina Rice
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Dos Pueblos
- Hometown:
- Santa Barbara, Calif.
2021 (Track & Field)
Did not compete for the Bruins this season.
2020 (Cross Country)
Did not compete for the Bruins this season.
2020 (Track & Field)
Had an historic junior season for the Bruins … Indoor: Won the MPSF 5000m title with a UCLA-record time of 16:12.16 … Took the indoor league title in the event after finishing second last year … 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 … 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 Bruins’ 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 … Indoor: Competed in the 5000m (16:33.01) at the Husky Classic, finishing 26th … Placed second in the 5000m (16:31.55) at the MPSF Indoor Championships, posting the third-fastest time in UCLA indoor history … Outdoor: Won the 10K (34:25.25) at the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival … PR’ed in the 5000m (16:19.00) at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish 22nd and notch the seventh-fastest time in UCLA outdoor history … Hit a PR of 4:24.26 at USC to win the 1500m … UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Indoor: 3rd – 5000m (16:31.55) … Outdoor: 7th – 5000m (16:19.00) … 4th – 10K (34:14.52; achieved in 2018) … 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.
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 1500m (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 3000m at the MPSF 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.
2017 (Cross Country)
Finished 92nd at the NCAA West Regionals (6k) with a time of 21:33.0 … 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 … Finished 142nd in the 6k competition at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invite, recording a time of 21:39.1 … Competed in the Roy Griak Invite (6k) and finished with a time of 23:30.4, good for 80th place … 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 … Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track and field … Four-time All-Channel League honors and three-time cross country team MVP … 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 … Has a twin sister named Veronica … Hobbies include exploring new places in her home town and cities she visits, as well as spending time outdoors … Loves dogs … Admires Emma Coburn … Decided to come to UCLA because of its athletic and academic excellence and strong sense of team spirit.
