Christina Francisco is a sprinter that represents Guam internationally.
College career
editFrancisco competed for the Portland Pilots.[1] At the 2016 MPSF championships, she set a national record of 59.49 in the 400 meters becoming the first female runner from Guam to run that even under one minute.[1][2]
International career
editBased on a points system, she scored high enough to be Guam's lone representative at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[1] In the 400 meters she finished last in her heat, running on her 19th birthday.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c 5:33 p.m. ChST March 13, 2016 (2016-03-13). "Francisco breaks record, will compete at World Champs". Guampdn.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Francisco cracks 400m mark | Local". postguam.com. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ^ "Athletics-World Indoor women's 400m heats results". Reuters. Reuters.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "World Indoor Championships - Day 2 | Getty Images". Gettyimages.nl. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ^ Weir, Stuart. "Portland 2016: Big and small". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
