Christine Babcock


Christine Babcock is a two-time all-American collegiate athlete in the United States.
Babcock was born in Laguna Hills, California. She is an Oiselle professional athlete, 2012 graduate of the University of Washington at Seattle, but is best known for being one of only a few high school athletes to compete in the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon and for setting two national high school records at the distances of 1500 and 1600 meters. Babcock attended Woodbridge High School in Irvine, California.

High school

Babcock's first major victory in track and field came by winning the girls' 2006 outdoor 1600 meter CIF California State Meet title in 4:41.29 as a sophomore.
During the following cross country season, she won the CIF Division II State Championships by 13 second with a time of 17:20. In the spring she won her second straight 1600 meter state title in 4:38.85, a new California Interscholastic Federation Record at the time.
In her senior year, Babcock again won the State cross country Division II title, this time in the fastest time of the meet, 17:04. In 2008 track, she won her third straight CIF state meet by 16 seconds in the 1600 meters, was a national high school record of 4:33.82 until 2014 when Alexa Efraimson ran faster at the Washington State meet. Additionally, she won the Mt. SAC Relays 1500 meter race in 4:16.42, at the time a national record. This record would later be broken by Jordan Hasay at the 2008 US Olympic trials in a time of 4:14.50.

College

In the 2008 cross country season, Babcock led the University of Washington to the program's first NCAA championship. She was the first finisher for the Huskies, at seventh place overall, with a time of 20:02. In track, she set a personal best time of 4:15.10 in the 1500 meters at the NCAA National Championship preliminaries. She later went on to finish 11th in the finals.
2009 led to another All-American performance in cross country, with Babcock finishing 34th nationally. Her team finished 3rd nationally. She also placed fifth in the Pac-10 Conference championships. During her senior year in 2011, she led UW to its third podium finish of her 4-year career, with the team finishing second.
On November 30, 2011, she was named the "Pac-12 Scholar Athlete Of The Year" with a 3.93 grade point average.
YearCompetitionPlaceEvent
2008U.S. Olympic Trials18th1500m
2008Pac-10 XC3rd
2008NCAA Regional XC3rd
2008NCAA XC7th
2009MPSF TF2ndMile
2009MPSF TF1stDMR
2009NCAA Indoors8thDMR
2009Pac-10 TF3rd800m
2009NCAA Regional TF7th1500m
2009NCAA Outdoors11th1500m
2009Pac-10 XC5th
2009NCAA Regional XC10th
2009NCAA XC34th
2010Pac-10 XC19th
2010Regional XC19th
2010NCAA XC114th
2011Pac-12 XC12th
2011Regional XC14th
2011NCAA XC62nd
2012MPSF TF8th3000m
2012Pac-12 TF7th5000m
2012NCAA Prelims TF14th1500m
2013MPSF TF3rd3000m
2013MPSF TF1stDMR
2013NCAA Indoors13thMile
2013Pac-12 TF11th1500m
2013NCAA Prelims TF7th5000m
2013NCAA Outdoors11th5000m
2013USA Outdoor Champs11th5000m

Performance at select events

Personal bests

Professional

Beginning in 2013, Babcock was sponsored by Oiselle and trained under coach Lauren Fleshman in Bend, Oregon. She is now retired from professional running and is working in the medical field.
2015 Boulder USA Cross Country Championships Christine Babcock placed 13th.