2012-13 Track and Field Roster

Natalie Geiger 2011-12 Track and Field Roster

Sprints


Height 5'10''
Class Senior
Hometown Stouffville, Ontario
High School Stouffville District Secondary
Natalie Geiger - Track and Field - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A SENIOR: Concluded Irish career on high note, competing at the NCAA East Preliminary Round and the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 4x400m relay … qualified for nationals after taking eighth at the prelims (3:35.85) … also ran with the 4x100m relay team at the NCAA East Preliminary Round … ran at the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championships … helped 4x400m relay team finish fifth at the indoor championships (3:41.98) … also took seventh in the 400 (55.76) at the indoor championships … won 400m run and helped 4x400m relay team claim victory at the Texas Roadhouse Border Battle … opened the indoor season on the winning 4×400 meter relay team (3:51.49) at the Blue and Gold Invitational … fifth-place finisher in the 400 at the Blue and Gold Invitational … was a member of second-place 4×400 relay teams at the Bob Eubanks Open and the Notre Dame Invitational and third at the Meyo Invitational … helped distance medley relay team claim second (11:04.45) at the Alex Wilson Invitational … earned a monogram.

AS A JUNIOR: Competed in five meets during the season … finished fourth in the 200m dash at the Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational (26.72) … helped 4x400m relay team to a second place showing at the Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational (3:57.32).

AS A SOPHOMORE: Did not compete during the track and field season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed fourth in the 60 at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … finished second in the 60 at the Notre Dame Invitational (7.79) … placed fourth at the Meyo Invitational in the 400 (55.26)…won the 400 and placed 4th in the 200 at the Mike Poehlein Invitational…finished third in the open division of the 400 at the Mount SAC Relays… second place finish in the 400 (54.78) at the VS Athletics Beach Invitational … came in second behind teammate Joanna Schultz in the 400 at the Indiana Invitational (55.31) … placed seventh in the 400 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships … scored a fourth-place finish in the 400 at the Arizona State Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in track at Stouffville Secondary (Ontario,Canada) … two-time junior Canadian 400 champion … five-time Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) gold medalist … holds the OFSAA record in the junior girls 400 … also holds Ontario records in the 300, 400 and 600 … finished 17th in the 400 at the IAAF World Junior Championship in 2008 … finished fifth in 2007 at the IAAF World Junior Championship in Ostava, Czech Republic … won her fourth consecutive Ontario high school championship in 2008 … member of Canada[apos]s 4×400 relay team that finished eighth at the IAAF World Junior Championship … named Canada[apos]s Youth Athlete of the Year in 2007 and received the Myrtle Cook award from Athletics Canada … also won two OFSSA gold medals in hockey … member of the leadership club and the band … daughter of Ross and Geri Geiger … has two younger brothers … father played hockey at Cornell … graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with a degree in marketing … also earned a minor in anthropology from the College of Arts and Letters.

GEIGER[apos]S CAREER INDOOR BESTS

60m (BIG EAST Championship) 7.77
200m (Notre Dame Invitational) 24.96
400m (Meyo Invitational) 55.26

GEIGER[apos]S CAREER OUTDOOR BESTS

200m (Mike Poehlein Invitational) 24.79
400m (VS Athletics Beach Invitational) 54.78