2015 Women's Cross Country Roster

Claire Miller

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • High School Napa HS
  • Hometown Napa, CA

Biography

Honors & Awards:
• WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll - 2014, 2015 & 2016

Junior (2015-16): Missed season due to injury.

Sophomore (2014-15): Competed in three races in the fall... Finished the UC Riverside Invite in (19:41.9)... Also raced in the Mark Covert Classic (21:32.1) and the Titan Invite (20:40)... Missed the spring season due to injury.

Freshman (2013-14): Raced in the first four races of the fall season... Finished the Mark Covert Classic (5k) in 20:21... Ran a 6k season best time of 23:49.45 at the West Coast Invite... In the spring track season, set a personal best in the 800m at Pomona (4/12/14) with a time of 2:32.53... Set a personal best in the 1,500m at the Arnie Robinson Meet at Mesa College with a time of 5:10.23... Named to WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3.39).

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Napa High School... Napa HS Runner of the Year three times... Served as team captain for two years... Named All-Northern California honorable mention as a freshman... Named to the All-Nor Cal Freshman Team her freshman year... Also as a freshman, was a second-team San Joaquin Section All-Star... Monticello Empire League champion as a freshman... Ran an 18:49 5k at the California State meet, where she finished 43rd overall... Also competed in the California DI State meet as a junior... Also lettered four years in track... Was a league finalist in the 1600m, 3200m, and triple jump... Advanced to Masters three years... Clocked a career-best 5:12.45 1600m and a 11:18.29 3200m... Had a career-best 32' 2.5" triple jump... Ran with the Buffalo Babes and Napa Track Club... Earned All-American status at the 4x800 Junior Olympics... Also competed in the Junior Olympics in cross country... Took 5th place in the youth triple jump at the USA Track and Field Championships and 9th place in the youth javelin.

Personal: Born May 3, 1995 in San Jose, Calif.... Chose USD because of the academics, cross country/track, location, and the beautiful campus... Was also recruited by Pepperdine, San Francisco, UNLV, and UC San Diego, among others... Has been running for 11 years... Made the switch from sprinting to distance her freshman year... Volunteered weekly at a Catholic Church as a Nursery School Faith Formation Leader.

Major: Behavioral Neuoscience 

Minor: Spanish

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

    5'3"