2006-07 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kristina Bolterstein

  • Class Junior
  • High School Midpark
  • Hometown Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Biography

2006-07: High Jump All-American (outdoors) ... national qualifier (indoors and outdoors) ... USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year ... All-MAC First Team (indoors) ... All-MAC Second Team (outdoors) ... set Miami indoor and outdoor high jump school records ... MAC High Jump Champion (indoors) ... MAC High Jump Runner-Up (outdoors) ... All-MAC Academic Team (indoors and outdoors) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Second Team ... MAC Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 11 and Feb. 6) ... MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (April 12) ... made first career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships where she finished 17th ... two-time defending MAC Indoor High Jump Champion who won the 2007 title with a leap of 5-10 ... set new Miami school record and tied all-time MAC record with clearance of 6-1 1/2 at the season-opening Findlay Open ... named 2006-07 Great Lakes Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year ... tabbed to the all-MAC first-team after winning her second straight conference high jump title ... earned MAC Field Athlete of the Week honors twice after winning the high jump at the Findlay Open (Jan. 11) and at Notre Dame[apos]s Meyo Invitational (Feb. 6) ... made first career appearance at NCAA Outdoor Championships where she finished 14th and earned All-American honors ... became the first Miami high jump All-American in program history ... advanced to the national high jump finals and tied outdoor school record with clearance of 5-10 3/4 in the NCAA high jump preliminaries ... placed 11th at the MidEast Regional with a height of 5-7 1/4 and was one of eight high jumpers to earn an at-large bid to the national meet ... honored as a second-team all-MAC selection after finishing as the MAC high jump runner-up ... tied school-record clearance of 5-10 3/4 at the Stan Lyons Invitational. 2005-06: MAC Indoor High Jump Champion ... All-MAC First Team Indoors ... All-MAC Academic Team Indoors ... NCAA Regional Qualifier in the High Jump ... CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Second Team ... indoors, tallied five high jump wins including her school-record height of 5-10 at the MAC Indoor Championships ... her leap at the indoor conference meet broke Mary Alice Wolf[apos]s 1987 record of 5-8 1/4 ... one of four Miami provisional qualifiers in the indoor season ... outdoors, notched four wins in the high jump, including at the Miami Invitational ... scored at the MAC Outdoor Championships with a sixth-place high jump finish ... one of three RedHawks to qualify for the NCAA MidEast Regional ... cleared the regional standard of 5-8 3/4 on three occasions during the outdoor season ... at the MidEast Regional, placed 11th. 2004-05: Indoor Track and Field -- High-jumped at eight meets, reaching her top height of 5-8 twice ... that height won the event at the Bowling Green meet and earned her a bronze medal at the MAC Championships ... Outdoor Track and Field -- Reached 5-7 twice in the high jump, winning the event with that height at Ohio[apos]s Bobcat Invitational ... at the MAC meet, took seventh with a 5-5 jump.

High School: Attending Miami on an academic scholarship ... participated in the high jump and sprint relays at Midpark High School in Middleburg Heights, Ohio ... state high jump champion at 5-8 as a senior ... earned third place in the high jump at the Division I Ohio meet as a freshman with a height of 5-4 and improved the height to 5-6 despite finishing sixth in 2002 ... took the silver as a junior, leaping 5-8.

Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bolterstein ... majoring in zoology.