Nov. 6, 2008
Seventeen-time all-BIG EAST selection Christa Riggins played a part in setting four school records during her junior season a year ago. She swan the 200 and 400 Free events at the U.S. Olympic Trials and earned invitations to the NCAA Championships in the 50 Free, 100 Free and 200 Free. The Monogram Club MVP posted the nation’s fifth-best performance in the 200 Free last season.
1. If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you want with you?
Cell phone, my CD collection and some food.
2. What’s your worst habit?
I leave dirty dishes in the sink.
3. If you had your own energy drink, what would it be called?
“Speed”
4. What is your cell phone ring right now?
“Wild World” by Cat Stevens
5. What artist takes up most of your iPod/music player?
Vanessa Carlton
6. What is your favorite memory with your Irish teammates?
The BIG EAST Championships last year.
7. If you could have dinner with one person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Matt Tallman
8. What do you miss the most about being at home?
Being able to see my dad.
9. When you were little, who was your favorite cartoon character?
Gumby
10. Do you have any nicknames?
Riggins Comma Christa; Criggins; Rigsy; Big Rig
11. Where is your favorite place at Notre Dame?
God Quad
12. What television show would you like to make a cameo on?
Family Guy
13. What is the hardest thing about being a student-athlete?
Balancing my time.
14. When you were younger, what were you always getting in trouble for?
Pulling pranks on my sister
15. Where do you want to be in ten years?
In California -working at my own law firm or business
16. Which has been the biggest race or meet of your career?
Last year, at the BIG EAST meet
17. What’s your theme song?
“Hands On Me” by Vanessa Carlton
18. What is the coolest thing you had in your bedroom growing up?
At a garage sale, I found a dinosaur that walked around, roared and breathed steam.
19. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life, what would you eat?
Any kind of sandwiches
20. What does being part of the Fighting Irish mean to you?
By being a part of the Fighting Irish, I’ve gotten all I’ve wanted with my friends, being a part of this team and being at this school.