Women's Cross Country

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    Natasha Strickland
    Natasha Strickland

    Class:
    Freshman
    Hometown:
    Laguna Beach, Calif.
    High School:
    Laguna Beach HS
    Height:
    5-11
    Birthdate:
    12/09/1993

    10/27/2012

    USC Places 10th At Pac-12 Cross Country Championships

    Buckley leads young Trojan squad

    10/25/2012

    USC To Run At Pac-12 XC Championships Saturday

    Young Trojan squad features 3 sophomores and 4 freshmen

    10/18/2012

    USC To Compete At Titan Invitational Friday

    Final regular season meet of the season

    10/13/2012

    USC Takes Second at Highlander Invitational 4K Race

    Young Trojans post seven of the top 23 times

    10/11/2012

    USC's Cross Country Team Set To Invade The Inland Empire

    Trojans to compete a the 4K Highlander Invitational hosted by UC Riverside

    At USC: Natasha Strickland begins her first season of running cross country for USC.

    HIGH SCHOOL: Strickland is a 2012 graduate of Laguna Beach HS in Laguna Beach, Calif. where she competed in cross country and track and was a 4-year MVP...As a senior placed fifth at the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational 2.93 mile race with a time of 18:47...Was seventh at the CIF Southern Section Division 4 finals also held at MT. SAC with a time of 18:29, the fastest time ever at Mt. SAC by a Laguna Beach runner...Strickland won three straight Orange Coast League titles, including running 17:36 as a senior to become only the third girl in school history to break the 18-minute barrier....In track and field, she was a three-time Orange Coast League champion in the 1600m and a four-time OCL champion in the 3200m race...she posted high school bests of 11:00.25 in the 3200m, 5:02.25 in the 1600m and 2:21.95 in the 800m races...Is the Laguna Beach High record holder in the 1600m, 3200m and 3-mile races...Was celebrated as Laguna Beach's Athlete of the Year in the local Patriot's Day Parade...She was a four-year honor roll student and received an academic award for Spanish and Physics...Was a member of the National Honor Society and the Super Sports Club...Volunteered for the Assisteens of the Assistance League of Laguna Beach and worked at a camp for special kids.

    PERSONAL: Natasha was born on December 9, 1993 in Laguna Beach, Calif...Her parents are Carista and Bill and she has two siblings, Kativa (20) and Sarina (15)...Kativa is in the USC Class of 2014...Her mother Carista is a marathon runner...In her spare time likes to go to the beach, hang out with friends and listen to music...Lists her favorite musical group as Coldplay, favorite actor as Christian Bale and favorite movies as The Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises...Likes Mexican food...Says Allyson Felix is her sports hero because she dominates on the track and is a Trojan...Natasha would like to visit Haiti where her mother was born...She is a Human Biology/Kinesiology major and after USC would like to become a physician's assistant or work in sports medicine/human biology.