Christen Carrier
Christen Carrier
Height: 5-7
Year: Sr
Hometown: Manchester, N.H.
High School: Manchester Central
Position: Mid-Distance
Major: Accounting

Indoor Season

2011-12:All-Northeast-10 (500m & 4x400m). Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Both Semesters). Competed in eight individual races and seven relays on the season. Had two first place finishes and two second place finishes for the Skyhawks. Helped Stonehill establish two school records in separate relay events. Posted a second place finish in the 500 meter run at the NE-10 Championships in a school record time of 1:17.40. Placed first overall in the 500 meters at the Jay Carisella Invitational (12/3/11) in 1:19.09. Ranked first overall in the 600 meter run with a time of 1:40.81 at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11). Finished second overall in the 500 meter run at the UNH Tri-Meet (1/21/12) with a time of 1:20.56. Competed in the 800 meter run three times. Posted a time of 2:17.09 at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (1/27/12) in 2:17.09. Ran a time of 2:18.17 at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/11/12) in the 800 meter run. Posted a time of 2:16.73 at the New England Championships (2/25/12) to finish 13th out of 30 competitors. Also competed in the 400 meters at the Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12) with a time of 59.67. Participated in four 4x400 meter relays for Stonehill including a school record performance at the NE-10 Championships in a total time of 4:01.91 with teammates Maria Curit, Lauren Hanlon and Katie Polakowski. Ran the anchor leg of the event in a split of 59.5 seconds. Competed in two 4x800 meter relay events including the Skyhawks school record performance at the New England Championships in a total time of 9:27.42 along with teammates Kristen Veit, Melissa Ulcena and Erin Rielly. Ran a split time of 2:20 as the lead leg of the event. Competed in the distance medley relay once at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games in a total time of 12:31.40 with teammates Jill Alves, Maria Curit and Maura Ferrarini.

2010-11: Finished fifth overall at the New England championships and NE-10 championships in the 500 meters. Posted a time of 1:18.08 at New England's and a 1:19.24 at the NE-10 championships. Competed in the 500 meters two other times during the season at the Reebok Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (1:21.59) and the Boston University Valentine Classic (1:19.74). Ran to a fifth place finish at the Tufts Stampede in the 600 meters (1:41.92). Helped Stonehill to a second place finish in the 4x800 meter relay at the NE-10 championships. Ran a 2:21.3 split in the 4x800 meter relay at New England's as Stonehill finished 11th overall, 9:30.57, and just shy of the school record (9:29.14). Competed in the distance medley relay three times during the season at BU, the Reebok Boston Collegiate Indoor Games and at the New England championships (seventh overall, 12:17.17).

2009-10: NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (12/15, 5/18)
Placed eighth in the 400m dash with a time of 1:01.13 at the Jay Carisella Invitational. Finished fourth in the 500m dash (1:21.52) at the Harvard Invitational. Ninth in the 400m dash (1:02.74) at the Wheaton Invitational. Member of the 4000m distance medley relay team which won the event at the Tufts Stampede in 12:18.86, provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division II championships, and of the 4x400m relay team which won the event in a school record 4:07.65. Also took fourth individually in the 400m dash in 1:01.38. 4x400m relay team broke the school record again at the BU Valentine's Classic, finishing 19th in 4:02.61, and again at the NE-10 championships, placing second overall in 4:01.97. Placed third individually in the 500m at the NE-10 championships, qualifying for the New England championships in 1:18.71. Placed 12th in the 500m (1:17.83) at the New England championships.

2008-09: NE-10 Women’s Field Freshman of the Week (4/6). NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (3/30). Placed 11th in the 400m dash at the Harvard Invitational in 1:01.49. Finished seventh in the 500m (1:20.52) at the URI Invitational. Placed 25th of 76 runners in the 400m dash (59.81) at the BU Terrier Classic. Finished eighth in the 500m in 1:18.84 at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. Won the NE-10 title with the 4x800m relay team in 9:58.00, and took fifth individually in the 400m dash in 1:00.49. Placed 12th in the 500m preliminaries (1:18.28) at the New England championships.

Outdoor Season

2010-11: NE-10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll. USTFCCCA All-East Region (800 meters). Finished third overall at the NE-10 championships in the 800 meters with a time of 2:17.81. Bettered that time with a season-best mark at the New England championships in 2:16.31, a season-best and team-best. Finished first at the Bridgewater State University Invitational in the 800 meters in 2:28.47. Helped Stonehill to a ninth place finish overall in the 4x800 meter relay at the New England championships (9:32.17) with a split of 2:22.6. Finished fourth overall at the NE-10 championships in the 4x400 meter relay (4:08.63). Placed sixth overall in the 400 meter dash at the Skyhawk Invitational in 59.1, a season-best and team-best. Also posted a time of 1:00.72 (third overall) in the 400 meter dash at the UMass Minutemen Invitational and a time of 1:01.93 (tenth overall) at the Bryant University Invitational. Ran a time of 28.10 at the Bryant University Invitational in the 200 meter dash.

High School: 2008 honors graduate of Manchester Central High School. Four-year letterwinner in both indoor and outdoor track and field. 600m Class L champion in her senior indoor season. Named Athlete of the Month and Army National Guard Scholar-Athlete her senior year. National Honor Society member. Also lettered in soccer. 

Personal: Born February 18, 1990, in Manchester, N.H. Daughter of Mark and Diane Carrier of Manchester. Has a sister, Courtney (20) and brother, Matthew (14).

PERSONAL BESTS
 
Indoor
400m
59.67 Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12)
500m 1:17.40 NE-10 Championships (2/18/12) - School Record
600m 1:40.30 Tufts Stampede (2/7/2009)
4x400m 4:01.91 NE-10 championships (2/18/2012
    (Maria Curit, Lauren Hanlon, Katie Polakowski)
4x800m 9:27.42 New England Championships (2/25/2012) - School Record
    (Kristen Veit, Melissa Ulcena, Erin Rielly)
     
Outdoor
200m 28.10 Bryant University Invitational (4/2/2011)
400m 59.06 NE-10 championships (4/26/2009)
800m 2:14.35
New England championships (5/8/2010)
4x400m 4:01.87 New England championships (5/8/2010)
    (Danielle Wheeler, Jill Alves, Kathryn O'Leary)
4x800m 9:32.17 New England championships (5/14/2011)
    (Jill Alves, Lindsey Booth, Sarah Biggers)