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  Heather Childs

Heather Childs

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Downers Grove, Ill.

High School:
North

Last College:
Tampa

Height:
5-5

Event:
Distance

Birthdate:
09/20/1988

2009-10: Cross Country- Notched a career-best five-kilometer rime of 21:57.49 at the Huskie Open (9/12) .... recorded a six-kilometer time of 26:28.9 at the Tori Neubauer Race (10/17), a personal-best mark ...competed in the MAC Championships, crossing the finish line with a time of 26:53.9 to help the Huskies to an eighth-place finish.

2008-09: Indoor - Placed fifth in the 800m run with a personal record 2:41.13 at the Panther Open (1/17)... ran 2:41.93 in the event at the BSU Quadrangular (2/20). Outdoor- Ran a personal-best 400m time of 66.67 at the Spartan Invite (4/18) ... ran a sixth-place time of 1:08.11 at the Marquette Invitational (4/25) and a fifth-place time of the 1:09.16 at the NIU Invite (5/9) ... ran a 2:44.13 in the 800m run at the Mike Poehlein Invitational (4/4).

High School: Earned varsity letters in three seasons... twice named athlete of the week, once in both her sophomore and freshman years... earned all-academic recognition for all four seasons.

Personal: Daughter of Shelley and George Childs... born Sept. 20, 1988... majoring in pre-physical therapy