Updated Oct. 19, 2007

At SIU: Completed one indoor and two outdoor races during the 2006-07 indoor and outdoor track seasons...her highest finish was second at the SIUE Twilight in the 3,000...during the 2006 cross country season, she just missed all-conference honors finishing 11th at the MVC Championships...two straight weeks she registered her highest finish of the season, sixth at the Saluki Invitational and Bradley Classic...redshirted the cross country and indoor seasons in 2005-06 due to injury...ran in three meets during the 2006 spring season...best finish was 12th-place in the 3,000-meter run at the Vanderbilt Invitational...earned MVC honors in 2005, finishing third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the MVC Outdoor Championships...MVC Scholar-Athlete in both cross country and track during the 2004-05 academic year...member of the distance medley team which took second at the 2004 MVC Indoor Championships, where she also earned all-conference honors...finished fifth at the 2004 MVC Cross Country Championships to help the Dawgs place second...clocked the Salukis' second-best time of 17:53 at the 2003 MVC Cross Country Championships...is currently SIU's record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a 10:40.53 mark...also ranks fourth in the indoor 3,000m.

Pre-SIU: Three-time cross country and three-time track all-conference honoree at Belvidere High School...state qualifier in cross country as a junior and state qualifier in track as a sophomore and senior.

Personal: Carries a 3.52 GPA in Community Health Education...born Dec. 11, 1984...daughter of Mike Christensen and Valli Joe Rubeck...married John Farn July 28, 2007.