Christina Colliton
Christina Colliton
Height: 5-3
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: West Hartford, Conn.
High School: Northwest Catholic
Major: Nursing

2017 Season: Named to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference Team ... Competed in four meets in her first collegiate season with the Sharks ... Made her collegiate debut by finishing 37th in the two-mile Roger Williams Invitational on September 2 ... Bested her former best five-kilometer time by 50 seconds and finished 33rd at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship with a time of 22:26 at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I. on October 28 ... Placed 69th at the Seven Sisters Championship in Northampton, Mass. with a time of 27:52 in the six-kilometer race on October 14.

High School/Personal: Two-year letterwinner in cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field for Northwest Catholic High School ... Named to the Central Connecticut Central Region White Division Cross Country All-Conference team for the Lions following her senior season ... Chosen a Captain for the NCHS cross country squad prior to her senior campaign ... Served as a Patient Care Assistant at the Hospital of Central Connecticut ... Transferred from Quinnipiac University, but did not compete there ... Earned Dean's List honors for both semesters at QU and was also a member of the Quinnipiac Nursing Association ... Born November 6, 1998 ... Daughter of Donna and Kenneth Colliton ... Majoring in Nursing at Simmons.