Kim Mortensen
Kimberly Mortensen is the girl's individual winner of the 1995 Footlocker Cross Country Championships and a former national high school record holder in the 3200 meter run. In December of 1995, Mortensen capped off a successful senior cross country season by winning the
Track and Field News High School Athlete of the Year, a list that includes one time teammate Marion Jones.[2] Following her national high school record breaking race, she went on to win the California State Championship race a week later in 9:52.80.[3]
Her then California State Championship record time of 9:52:80 was superseded by Jordan Hasay and Laurynne Chetelat's exceptional battle in the 2008 version of that same meet. Mortensen's national high school 3200 meter record time was eventually broken 22 years later by Katelyn Tuohy's 9:47:88 in May of 2018.
Mortensen continued to UCLA but her athletic career was cut short by injuries.
Mortensen is now a Learning Specialist at
Oaks Christian High School[4]
Kim Mortensen is now married to Justin Newman and they have 3 children. They both work at Oaks Christian School. Kim is a middle school Learning Specialist and her husband, Justin, is a US history teacher for 8th grade.
References
- ^ "High School Records—Girls". Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010. Track and Field News High School Records
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Track and Field News High School Athlete of the Year list - ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ^ Speck, Doug. "Marion Jones - the Post High School Years Through 2008". Retrieved October 13, 2019.