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2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kristin Parry

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Prattville HS
  • Hometown Prattville, Ala.

Biography

2013: (Outdoor) Won top honors in the 5,000-meter run (18:01.68) at the Samford Invitational...Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter run (10:05.13) at the Tiger Classic...Won the 5,000-meter run (17:39.75) at the War Eagle Invitational...At the SBC Championships, earned all-conference honors with a third-place finish in the 10,000-meter run (37:17.46), the fifth-fastest time in school history, and notched a seventh-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (17:46.83).

2013: (Indoor) Finished 11th in the 3,000-meter run at the Arkansas State Invitational.

2012 (XC): Claimed individual honors at the Troy Invitational (5k) for her first career victory...Placed 13th at the Azale City Classic (6k)...Placed seventh at the Choctaw Open (5k)...Took 25th place at the conference championships.

2012: (Outdoor) Finished third overall in the women's 5,000 meters at the Southern Miss Invitational...Took third in the 3,000-meter run at the Jaguar invite...Runner-up in the USA Invitational 3,000 meters...Finished fourth in Auburn's War Eagle Invitational 5,000-meter run...Eighth in the Coach "O" Invitational 1,500 meters.

2011 (XC): Finished 13th at the Aazalea City Classic (6k)...took 135th amid a field of 258 at the Greater Louisville Classic...placed 10th at the Choctaw Open (5k)...finished 27th at the Sun Belt Conference championships....finished 159th at the NCAA South Regionals.

High School: Parry placed eighth at the 2010 AHSAA Cross Country State Championships in the girls’ 5k run, finishing in 19:28.13. She joins South Alabama with a 1,600-meter run personal record of 5:28.70. Her personal record in the 3,200-meter run came after a fifth place finish in the event at the state championships.Parry holds a personal record in the two-mile run of 11:29.93.

Personal: Daughter of Ronald Parry and step-father Thomas Mitchell and mother Victoria Mitchell...second-born of five siblings...father ran cross country and track at the University of Rochester for five years...favorite pro sports teams are the Indianapolis Colts, Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees...favorite foods include sushi, Subway cookies and frozen yogurt...writes inspiring messages on her hand to motivate her for a race.

Major: Physical Therapy

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Distance
    5'8"