Furman University

Krissy Gear's Personal Bests

Sophomore Year (2018-19):  Finished 15^th in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:15.07, earning a All-American second team citation…placed seventh in the Steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminaries, posting a time of 10:01.15 to punch her ticket through to the championships…made her second-straight NCAA Championships appearance in the Steeplechase…named to the All-SoCon second team after finishing ninth with a time of 18:15.3 at the SoCon Cross Country Championships…also earned All-SoCon citations in the 800m for both indoors and outdoors and in the 3,000m Steeplechase outdoors…a member of the Paladin DMR team that set a new program record at the SoCon Indoor Championships, winning the title with a time of 11:39.35 and earning All-SoCon accolades…competed on the Furman 4x800m relay team that set a program record with a time of 8:50.80 at the Tennessee Relays…posted a personal-best 5K time of 17:28.8 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational…finished 37^th with a personal-best 6K time of 21:01.1 at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Championships…won the mile with a time of 4:47.15 at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational…finished second in the 800m at 2:11.04 at the JDL Indoor DMR Invitational…placed fifth in the mile and second in the 800m at the SoCon Indoor Championships…turned in a second-place finish in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Raleigh Relays…recorded a time of 9:57.84 in the Steeplechase at the Cardinal Outdoor Classic, taking second place…won the 800m with a time of 2:09.80 and placed third in the Steeplechase at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…notched a personal-best time of 4:24.71 in the 1,500m at the Swarthmore outdoor final qualifier meet.

Freshman Year (2017-18): Competed as a member of Team USA’s U20 World Team at the 2018 IAAF World Championships in Tampere, Finland, where she finished 10^th in the finals of the 3,000m Steeplechase with a time of 10:00.99…won the USA Junior Championship in the event…earned All-America honorable mention accolades in the 3,000m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships after posting a school-record time of 9:52.71 at the NCAA East Preliminaries to reach the championships, where she placed 24^th nationally…ran on the Paladin 4x400m relay team that established a new Furman indoor record of 3:54.56 at the Samford Invitational…set Paladin records indoors in the 800m (2:07.14 at the Samford Invite) and mile (4:44.26 at UCS Invitational) in the 3,000m Steeplechase outdoors (9:52.71 at the NCAA East Preliminaries)…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team and the All-SoCon second team after placing 14^th with a time of 17:39.1 at the league cross country championships…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships…chosen the SoCon Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the year and claimed a spot on the SoCon All-Freshman team after winning league titles in the 800m (2:10.28) and mile (4:52.34) at the league indoor championships…honored as a member of the SoCon All-Freshman team during outdoor season after finishing fourth in the 3,000m Steeplechase (10:49.06)…named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for track and field and to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School:

800 meters – 2:10.29

Mile – 4:49.36

3,200 meters – 10:40.50

6X Florida FHSAA Track and Field State Champion 

3rd place at New Balance Nationals – Mile

A six-time Florida state champion on the track...proved to be a top high school prospect by finishing third with a time of 4:49.36 in the mile at the 2017 New Balance National Track and Field Championships...placed fourth at the 2016 FHSAA XC State Championships...holds state titles in the 800m, 1,600m, and 3,200m...recorded personal bests of 2:10.29 for the 800m, 4:49.36 for the mile, and 10:40.50 for the 3,200m.