Carrie Messner

Height: 5-3
Weight: 118
Events: Steeplechase
Personal Records: Steeple - 9:39.68 (2005); 1,500 - 4:13.70 (2004)
Born: June 7, 1977 in Denver, Colo.
Current Residence: Carbondale, Colo.
High School: Mullen HS (Colo.) '95
College: Colorado '00
Coach: Bobby McGee

Career Highlights: 3rd at 2005 USA Outdoor Champs; 3rd at 2004 Olympic Trials; Four-time All-American, 1997 Big 12 Indoor mile champion

2006: placed 9th at Athens Super Grand Prix (9:50.52). 1st at Belem GP (9:41.55). 8th at Rieti 2006 (9:48.08). 4th at Thessaloniki Olympic Meeting (9:55.90). 10th at Heusden KBC−Nacht (9:51.30). ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN.
2005: ranked 3rd at USA Outdoor Champs (9:41.37). 15th at World Outdoor Championships (10:11.20). 3rd in heat 2 of S.F. at World Outdoor Championships (9:39.68). 3rd at Mt. SAC Relays (10:00.77). 2nd at Stanford Cardinal Invit (9:56.99). 4th at Minn. (9:55.98). ranked # 3 in the U.S. by T&FN.
2004: was 3rd at Olympic Trials (9:50.70). 5th at Heusden (9:49.40). 1st at Mt. SAC (9:50.16) & 5th (4:15). 6th in 1,500m at Burnaby at (4:13.70). 3rd in 5,000m at Stanford (16:01.95). ranked #4 at steeple in U.S. by T&FN.
2003: ranked 3rd in the 1,500m at Mt. SAC (4:16.15). 12th in 1,500m prelims at USA Outdoors (4:28.33). ranked #3 at 1,500m in U.S. by T&FN.
2002: Boston Indoors 9:46. injured most of year due to torn plantar factitious injury.
2001: did not compete
2000: Big 12 Indoor Mile Championships runner-up (4:42.05i). 12th in the Mile at NCAA Indoors (4:47.81). 8th in 1,500m at Big 12 Outdoor Championships (4:26.43). 3rd in Mile at ISU Classic (4:45.79i).
1999: 12th in 3,000m at Mt. SAC Relays (9:24.22). 16th in 3,000m at NCAA Outdoors (9:44.25). Big 12 Outdoor Championships 1,500m runner-up (4:24.85). 3rd in 1,500m at Stanford Invitational (4:21.71PR). 4th in Mile at NCAA Indoors (4:42.34i). Big 12 Indoor Championships Mile runner-up (4:49.32). 2nd in 1,000m at Colorado Invitational (2:54.40).
1997: bests of 2:50.46 (1,000m), 4:26.00 (1,500m), 4:41.47 (Mile) & 10:30.66 (3,000m).
1996: bests of 2:12.09 (1996), 4:25.58 (1996) & 10:09.10 (3,000m).