2015 Nebraska Cross Country Media Guide | Page 31

KATRINA SANTIAGO SOPHOMORE / MIAMI, FLA. (JOHN A. FERGUSON) 2014 (Freshman) Katrina Santiago competed in three regular-season meets before earning a spot in the Husker lineup at the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional...opened the season as Nebraska’s No. 7 runner and earned a 57th-place finish at the Augustana Twilight Invitational...her time of 17:46.73 helped the Huskers to a second-place team finish... followed with another 57th-place finish at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational...crossed the line in a time of 25:05.30 to help Nebraska to a fifth-place team finish...wrapped up the regular season as Nebraska’s No. 7 finisher at the Bradley Classic, notching a time of 24:13.6...was the Huskers’ No. 6 finisher at both the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Midwest Regional...ran a season-best 3,000-meter split of 11:13.83 at the Big Ten Championships (22:53.9), before concluding the season with a time of 22:50.6 at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Before Nebraska Santiago was a standout in both cross country and track at John A. Ferguson High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla...finished sixth as an individual at the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A State Cross Country Championships as a senior in 2013, after taking eighth at the state meet in 2012...was also the district cross country champion...set a career-best 5K time of 18:21...on the track, took second in the two-mile run at the FHSAA Class 4A State Championships as a senior in 2014...recorded times of 11:08 in the 3,200 and 5:15 in the 1,600...was also a member of Ferguson’s 4x800-meter relay team that finished as the state runner-up in both 2013 and 2014. Personal Personal • Born Feb. 26, 1996 • Parents are Raul Santiago and Madeleine Isern-Santiago • Attended John A. Ferguson HS in Miami, Fla. • Major is animal science INTRO THIS IS NEBRASKA COACHES & STAFF Katrina Santiago was born Feb. 26, 1996...daughter of Raul Santiago and Madeleine Isern-Santiago...has a brother, Julian...majoring in animal science at Nebraska. HUSKER WOMEN HUSKER MEN HISTORY 31