2024 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Paulson, Lindsey
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Lindsey Paulson
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Belt HS
- Hometown:
- Belt, MT
Bio
Paulson's Performance History and Personal Bests
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Redshirt): Did not compete.
Indoor (Redshirt): Did not compete.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in six meets ... Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters and eighth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, scoring three points to help the Cats finish runner-up overall ... Ran career-best altitude-converted time of 35:30.10 in the 10,000 at the conference meet ... Won the 1,500 meters at the Tom Gage Classic in an altitude-converted time of 4:25.28, the fifth-fastest mark in school history ... Placed seventh in the 5,000 at the Bryan Clay Invite in a career-best time of 16:51.67
2022-23 Season
Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six cross country races, and finished as a top-3 Bobcat in each ... Placed 21st overall and as the No. 3 Bobcat runner at the Big Sky Championships, helping lead team to third place result with a personal best 5K time of 17:26.4 ... Finished 71st overall and as the No. 2 Bobcat runner at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a personal best 6K time of 21:43.5 ... Placed sixth at the three-mile MSU Cross Country Classic ... Placed 16th at the Joe Piane Invitational in South Bend, helping Bobcats to a third-place finish ... Placed 51st at prestigious Weis-Crockett Invite/Pre-Nationals ... Named to Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team
Indoor (Freshman): Participated in five indoor track and field meets ... Was a member of the Bobcat distance medley relay that placed third at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, clocking an 11:37.10 that was good for the second-best mark in program history ... Placed 12th at the conference championships in the mile ... Finished second in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner in 4:54.36 ... Ran a personal best 2:16.20 in the 800-meters at the WSU Open to finish 11th ... Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in one outdoor track meet, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Griz-Cat Dual in 10:57.06
High School: Graduated from Belt High School as the class of 2022 valedictorian ... Capped off her highly decorated high school athletic career by winning state titles in the 1,600 and the 3,200 meters at the MHSA Class C State Track and Field meet ... Was also the runner-up in the 800 meters at the state meet as a senior ... Ran the third-fastest 1,600 meter (5:01.53) and 3,200 meter (10:50.68) times in Montana as a senior ... In cross country, won back-to-back Class C individual state titles in 2020 and 2021 ... Won the 1,600 meters, took second in the 800 meters and the 3,200 meters, and placed third in the 400 meters at the state meet as a junior ... Was the state-runner up in the 400 meters, placed fourth in the 800 meters and took sixth place in the 300-meter hurdles and the 200 meters as a freshman ... Ran club track for the Helena Novas, where she won the 800 and the 1,500 meters at the 2021 USATF Montana Association Youth Championships ... Also lettered in volleyball and basketball, earning all-conference selections in both sports ... As a senior, was named an all-state selection in basketball ... Won a state volleyball title as a freshman ... Earned academic all-state honors in all four sports multiple times throughout her high school career ... Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Katrina and Kyle Paulson ... Has four siblings: Shelby, Reese, Sidney and Ryle ... Majoring in kinesiology.
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Redshirt): Did not compete.
Indoor (Redshirt): Did not compete.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in six meets ... Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters and eighth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, scoring three points to help the Cats finish runner-up overall ... Ran career-best altitude-converted time of 35:30.10 in the 10,000 at the conference meet ... Won the 1,500 meters at the Tom Gage Classic in an altitude-converted time of 4:25.28, the fifth-fastest mark in school history ... Placed seventh in the 5,000 at the Bryan Clay Invite in a career-best time of 16:51.67
2022-23 Season
Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in six cross country races, and finished as a top-3 Bobcat in each ... Placed 21st overall and as the No. 3 Bobcat runner at the Big Sky Championships, helping lead team to third place result with a personal best 5K time of 17:26.4 ... Finished 71st overall and as the No. 2 Bobcat runner at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a personal best 6K time of 21:43.5 ... Placed sixth at the three-mile MSU Cross Country Classic ... Placed 16th at the Joe Piane Invitational in South Bend, helping Bobcats to a third-place finish ... Placed 51st at prestigious Weis-Crockett Invite/Pre-Nationals ... Named to Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team
Indoor (Freshman): Participated in five indoor track and field meets ... Was a member of the Bobcat distance medley relay that placed third at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships, clocking an 11:37.10 that was good for the second-best mark in program history ... Placed 12th at the conference championships in the mile ... Finished second in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner in 4:54.36 ... Ran a personal best 2:16.20 in the 800-meters at the WSU Open to finish 11th ... Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in one outdoor track meet, winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Griz-Cat Dual in 10:57.06
High School: Graduated from Belt High School as the class of 2022 valedictorian ... Capped off her highly decorated high school athletic career by winning state titles in the 1,600 and the 3,200 meters at the MHSA Class C State Track and Field meet ... Was also the runner-up in the 800 meters at the state meet as a senior ... Ran the third-fastest 1,600 meter (5:01.53) and 3,200 meter (10:50.68) times in Montana as a senior ... In cross country, won back-to-back Class C individual state titles in 2020 and 2021 ... Won the 1,600 meters, took second in the 800 meters and the 3,200 meters, and placed third in the 400 meters at the state meet as a junior ... Was the state-runner up in the 400 meters, placed fourth in the 800 meters and took sixth place in the 300-meter hurdles and the 200 meters as a freshman ... Ran club track for the Helena Novas, where she won the 800 and the 1,500 meters at the 2021 USATF Montana Association Youth Championships ... Also lettered in volleyball and basketball, earning all-conference selections in both sports ... As a senior, was named an all-state selection in basketball ... Won a state volleyball title as a freshman ... Earned academic all-state honors in all four sports multiple times throughout her high school career ... Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Katrina and Kyle Paulson ... Has four siblings: Shelby, Reese, Sidney and Ryle ... Majoring in kinesiology.
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