Paige Skorseth

Class: Junior Hometown: River Falls, Wis. High School: River Falls

Event: Distance

2014-15 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Ran in three meets ... Opened the indoor season in the Mike Lints Open's (1/16) 5,000m and placed fourth at 18:18.15 ... Took 21st in the Notre Dame Invitational (1/24) for the 3,000m at 10:47.70 ... Set a new 5,000m PR at the BIG EAST Championships (3/1) with a time of 17:57.17.

Outdoor: Competed in six meets ... Won the 10,000m run at the Chicagoland Championship (4/10) with a time of 37:24.17 ... Placed fourth at the Crusader Open (4/25) in the 1500m at 4:59.04 ... Earned a top-ten finish in the 5000m at the Illinois Twilight (4/18) after setting a PR of 17:47.71 ... Claimed fourth at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (5/2) with a time of 18:14.41.

2013-14 (Freshman)
Indoor: Competed in three meets ... Placed sixth at the Illini Open (1/11) in the 3,000m with a time of 11:08.56 ... Finished in the top-five at the Mike Lints Open (1/17) at 18:40.62 in the 5,000m ... Took 11th at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/25) with a PR of 10:53.83 in the 3,000m.

Outdoor: Did not compete.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at River Fall High School ... also lettered three years in gymnastics ... second team All-State selection (2009) and Honorable Mention All-State pick (2010, 2011) in cross country ... three-time first team All-State gymnast (2010, 2011, 2012) ... 2009 conference champion in cross country; finished in third place and second place in 2010 and 2011, respectively ... was the 2010 sectional champion ... finished second in the 2013 3200-meter sectional race and 13th overall at the Wisconsin State Track Meet in the same competition ... personal records include a time of 14:50 in the 4000m, 18:42 in the 5000m, 5:14 in the 1600m and 11:07 in the 3200m ... was the WIAA Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2013 ... was an Academic All-State pick all four years of high school ... Wendy's High School Heisman Finalist in 2013 ... cross country team captain (2011, 2012) and track & field captain (2012, 2013) ... holds River Falls High School records in both the 1600m and 3200m indoor and outdoor races.

Personal: Born Aug. 7, 1995 ... daughter of Peter and Lisa Skorseth ... Health Sciences/Podiatry major with a Spanish minor.