Michelle Martinez Season 2008

Height5-6
ClassSophomore
HometownBurbank, Calif.

2008 Cross Country
Was a regular for the Aztecs, competing in all eight races ...posted three sub-20:00 times in the 5K ...was 44th in the Fullerton Season Opener in the 5K at 19:49.80 ...was 67th in 19:13.00 (5K) at the Aztec Invitational ...ran a 4K time of 15:47.40 at the Big Wave Invite ...set Aztec career bests in her final three meets of the season ...it began with a 19:08.00 5K at the Bronco Invitational on Oct. 18 ...followed that up with a 51st showing in the 6K (23:52.00) at the Mountain West Championships ...completed her season at the NCAA West Regional meet, covering the 6K course in 23:14.00.

2008 Track
Competed in seven meets, while racing in four different events ... in just her second collegiate meet, she won the open of the 1,500-meter run at the Aztec Track and Field Classic with a time of 4:50.43, which ranked fourth-best among all SDSU runners in 2008 ... the home meet was a good one for her as she also finished in fifth place in the 3,000 with a mark of 10:32.65, which was the second-best on the team behind Kristin Glen ... ended the outdoor season with SDSU[apos]s fourth-fastest 5,000 time as well (18:45.98 - Cal-Nevada Championships).

2007 Cross Country
Split time with the first and second teams ... ran in the first two meets of the season - the Fullerton Season Opener (21:04.90) and the Aztec Invitational (21:09.00) ... posted an SDSU career best at the UC Riverside Invitational with a time of 19:15.20 ... her one and only 6K occurred at the Triton Classic where she turned in a time of 24:49.30 ... traveled with the first team to the Bronco Invitational and finished the race in 20:14.00 ... completed the season with her best individual placing of 29th place at the Cougar 5K Challenge (20:05.00).

High School
Ran cross country all four years while at John Burroughs High ... was the Indians[apos] team captain for two seasons ... named first-team all-Pacific League as a senior and was an all-Foothill League second-team pick in her freshman and junior seasons ... named to the 2005 all-area squad ... was the recipient of the CIF cross country award in 2004-06 and the 2006 coaches award ... named the team[apos]s most outstanding runner as a junior ... an accomplished track and field athlete as well ... was the Pacific League[apos]s 800-meter run champion as a senior and was named to the 2006 all-area track and field team ... earned the CIF track and field award and was named the Indians[apos] most outstanding distance runner three times ... also played one season of varsity soccer while at Burroughs High ... a scholar athlete all four years.