Chico State Athletics

2009-2010: Injuries prevented a full cross country racing season…Only competition in uniform was a 36th place finish in the San Francisco State Invitational…Wrapped up the fall with a 32:36 10k at the Almond Bowl footrace…On the track, ran injury free and opened the season with a 14:54 in the 5k at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival…Dropped PR time to 14:42 at the Chico Twilight Invitational, notching a third place finish…Posted fourth place finishes in the 1500m and 5k events at the CCAA Championships…Concluded season with a 14:43 5k win at the Stanislaus Last Chance Invitational.

2008-2009: Injuries limited Linen’s freshman cross country season at Chico State…Opened the season with a 54th place finish at the Willamette Invitational…Followed up with a 29th place showing at the San Francisco State Invitational…On the track, posted a 14:45 run at the 5k distance, and a 3:58 1500m PR…Finished seventh in the CCAA Championships 1500m final…One week later recorded a season-ending 5k PR at the Occidental Invitational.

2007-2008: Redshirted both cross country and track as a freshman…Finished 16th overall at the Chico Invitational…Ran to a 74th place finish at the Stanford Invitational with a 25:33 8k PR…Placed 10th at the San Francisco State Invitational…Finished season with a 32:56 10k at the Almond Bowl footrace…On the Track, missed most of the 2008 season but did post a 4:05 1500m PR.

High School: A standout runner at Valencia HS…During senior year, finished second overall (14:38-3 mile) at the Orange County Championships during his senior year…Placed 13th at the State Cross Country Championships with a 15:32 5k PR…On the track, recorded PR’s of 1:57, 4:17 and 9:06 for 800m, 1600m and 3200m, respectively.

Personal Best Marks:
1500m – 3:58
5,000m – 14:42