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Krissy Gear Season 2021-22

Ht5-4
YrSr/Sr
HometownFort Myers, Fla.
Previous SchoolFurman
EventsDistance
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Career Highlights

  • Four-time All-America | Cross Country (1), Indoor (2), Outdoor (1)

  • 2021 SEC Outdoor Champion | Steeplechase (meet, school record)

  • 2021 SEC Indoor Silver | Mile

  • 2021 SEC Indoor Silver | Distance medley relay

  • 2020 SEC Indoor Champion | Distance medley relay

  • 2020 SEC Indoor Silver | Mile

  • School record | Indoor Mile

  • Qualified for Olympics Trials in 1,500m & Steeplechase


Senior (2020-21)
Outdoor: In winning the SEC steeplechase title with a meet record of 9:38.62, also broke school record mark of 9:41.28 set by Jessica Kamilos in 2016 … Previous SEC meet record of 9:48.16 also set by Kamilos in 2016 … Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 16th in prelim with a 9:47.59 … First steeplechase race of the season produced a then PR of 9:45.10 to win Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial … Moved to No. 2 on UA all-time list in 1,500m with a 4:09.00, winning the Invitational race at Fresno State’s West Coast Relays during a blackout … Earned first-team All-America placing fifth at NCAA Championships in 4:11.01 … Competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 27th in the prelims (4:19.81) … Opened outdoor campaign with a then PR of 4:21.21 to place seventh in Invitational 1,500m at Hayward Premiere in Eugene … No. 9 on UA all-time 800m list with a 2:04.79, which placed second in John McDonnell Invitational … Won Arkansas Twilight 800m in 2:06.90.

Indoor: Bettered school record in the mile with a 4:31.83 to win Tyson Invitational … Previous UA record of 4:32.48 was set in 2015 by Dominique Scott … Earned first-team All-America as silver medalist at NCAA Championships with a time of 4:32.37 … Also, silver medalist at NCAA Indoor with distance medley relay, anchoring in 4:27.06 … SEC mile champion with a 4:34.72 clocking … Won Arkansas Invitational in 4:38.22 … Also ran anchor leg of distance medley to win Tyson Invitational in 10:53.77, No. 2 on UA all-time list, supplying a 4:34.25 split … Moved to No. 9 on indoor 3,000m list with a 9:08.55, runner-up in Razorback Invitational … Placed 13th in SEC 3,000m.

Cross Country: Earned All-America honor in placing 21st (20:39.3) at NCAA Championships, leading the Razorbacks to a 10th place team finish … Second team All-SEC by placing 11th in SEC Championships as the fifth finisher among Razorbacks, clocking 20:28.8 on the 6,000m course in Baton Rouge … Arkansas scored 41 points to win the SEC off a 4-7-9-10-11 finish … Set a personal best for 6,000m in her first cross country race as a Razorback with a 20:07.1 that placed her third in Missouri's Gans Creek Classic ... Arkasnsas won meet with 20 points as Razorbacks finished second through ninth ... Fifth Razorback at UAB Blazer Classic, finishing 12th overall with a 20:34.0 6k time, as Arkansas' tally of 42 points won team title by 62 points.

Junior (2020)
Indoors: Earned gold and silver medals at SEC Indoor Championships in her first season with the Razorbacks ... Ran anchor leg of distance medley relay in SEC meet, providing a split of 4:48.48 (1,600m) as Arkansas won in 11:19.51 ... In the SEC mile, placed second in 4:42.15 to teammate Carina Viljoen as Razorbacks totaled 23 points in the final ... Set pair of career best times racing in the Husky Classic in Washington, finishing seventh in mile (4:36.59) and 13th in 3,000m (9:14.39) ... Qualified for NCAA Indoor in the mile and as member of distance medley relay ... Ran third leg (800m - 2:05.68) on runner-up distance medley relay during Razorback Invitational, producing a time of 10:57.08 which ranks No. 3 on the Arkansas all-time list ... Also placed fourth in mile (4:37.20) in the Razorback Invitational ... First race for Razorbacks came in winning 800m (2:09.42) at Arkansas Invitational.

At Furman
Sophomore (2019)
Finished 15th in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:15.07, earning a All-American second team citation … placed seventh in the Steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminaries, posting a time of 10:01.15 to punch her ticket through to the championships…made her second-straight NCAA Championships appearance in the Steeplechase … named to the All-SoCon second team after finishing ninth with a time of 18:15.3 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…also earned All-SoCon citations in the 800m for both indoors and outdoors and in the 3,000m Steeplechase outdoors … a member of the Paladin DMR team that set a new program record at the SoCon Indoor Championships, winning the title with a time of 11:39.35 and earning All-SoCon accolades … competed on the Furman 4x800m relay team that set a program record with a time of 8:50.80 at the Tennessee Relays … posted a personal-best 5K time of 17:28.8 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational … finished 37th with a personal-best 6K time of 21:01.1 at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Championships … won the mile with a time of 4:47.15 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational … finished second in the 800m at 2:11.04 at the JDL Indoor DMR Invitational … placed fifth in the mile and second in the 800m at the SoCon Indoor Championships … turned in a second-place finish in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays … recorded a time of 9:57.84 in the Steeplechase at the Cardinal Outdoor Classic, taking second place…won the 800m with a time of 2:09.80 and placed third in the Steeplechase at the SoCon Outdoor Championships … notched a personal-best time of 4:24.71 in the 1,500m at the Swarthmore outdoor final qualifier meet.

Freshman (2018)
Competed as a member of Team USA’s U20 World Team at the 2018 IAAF World Championships in Tampere, Finland, where she finished 10th in the finals of the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:00.99 … won the USA Junior Championship in the event … earned All-America honorable mention accolades in the 3,000m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships after posting a school-record time of 9:52.71 at the NCAA East Preliminaries to reach the championships, where she placed 24th nationally…ran on the Paladin 4x400m relay team that established a new Furman indoor record of 3:54.56 at the Samford Invitational … set Paladin records indoors in the 800m (2:07.14 at the Samford Invite) and mile (4:44.26 at UCS Invitational) in the 3,000m Steeplechase outdoors (9:52.71 at the NCAA East Preliminaries) … named to the SoCon All-Freshman team and the All-SoCon second team after placing 14th with a time of 17:39.1 at the league cross country championships … competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships … chosen the SoCon Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the year and claimed a spot on the SoCon All-Freshman team after winning league titles in the 800m (2:10.28) and mile (4:52.34) at the league indoor championships … honored as a member of the SoCon All-Freshman team during outdoor season after finishing fourth in the 3,000m Steeplechase (10:49.06) … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for track and field and to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School
A six-time Florida state champion on the track ... proved to be a top high school prospect by finishing third with a time of 4:49.36 in the mile at the 2017 New Balance National Track and Field Championships ... placed fourth at the 2016 FHSAA XC State Championships ... holds state titles in the 800m, 1,600m, and 3,200m ... recorded personal bests of 2:10.29 for the 800m, 4:49.36 for the mile, and 10:40.50 for the 3,200m.
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Sr/Jr
2020-21

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2019-20

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