Sophie Linn

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Adelaide, Australia
High School:
St. Peter's Collegiate
Position:
Distance

Last Updated: May 17, 2018

At Michigan
• All-Great Lakes Region (2015)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2015-16)
• Competing member of the 2016 Big Ten Indoor Championship Team and also a member of the 2016 Big Ten Outdoor Championship Team
• Member of the 2017 Big Ten Championship Team
• Member of the 2015 and 2017 Great Lakes Regional Championship teams
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award winner (2015-17)

Redshirt Senior (2017-18)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 35:22.43 in the 10,000 meter run to finish 10th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13)
• Ran a career-best 16:35.20 in the 5000 meter run for the win at the National Relay Championships (April 27-28)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 9:41.62 in the 3000 meter run to finish 10th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)
• Ran 9:34.81 in the 3000 meter run to finish 39th at the Husky Classic (Feb. 9-10)
• Ran a career-best 4:47.21 in the Mile to finish 5th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 2-3)
• Ran 9:40.78 in the 3000 meter run to finish 9th at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20)
• Ran 9:43.69 in the 3000 meter run to finish 9th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Ran 21:19.4 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 177th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 10)
• Ran 22:00.9 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 72nd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10)
• Member of the Big Ten team champion squad, running 21:34.8 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 46th at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 29)
• Ran 21:51.6 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 170th at the Pre-National Invitational (Oct. 14)
• Ran 21:30.0 over six kilometers (3.73 miles) to finish 19th at the Indiana Sam Bell Invitational (Sept. 30)
• Ran 17:42.3 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 5th at the Indiana State John McNichols Invitational (Sept. 9) as a scoring member of Michigan's 1-5 sweep.
• Ran 17:41.7 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 6th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 1)

Senior (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Ran 17:21.31 in the 5000 meter run to finish 22nd at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14)

Indoor
• Ran a career-best 9:36.14 in the 3000 meter run to finish 6th at the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 21)

Cross Country
• Took third place at the 5,000-meter EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21) in 17:44.8
• Finished 68th in 17:53.40 to help U-M win the 5,000-meter Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 1)
• Ran to a 119th-place finish at the 6,000-meter Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) in 23:38.4
• Recorded a ninth-place finish in 18:24.2 to help U-M win the 5,000-meter Sycamore Invitational (Sept. 10)

Junior (2015-16)

Outdoor
• Made her outdoor debut in the 5,000-meter race at the Long Beach Invitational (April 15), setting a new personal record of 17:00.65
• Helped U-M to win the Battle of the Blues (April 2), finishing the 1,500-meter race with a time of 4:37.08
• Competed in the 1,500-meter race (4:36.10) at the Pac-12 vs Big Ten Challenge (March 25-26).

Indoor
• Made her postseason debut at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26), running 9:52.21 for 21st place in the 3,000-meter race
• Finished fourth in the 3,000-meter race with a new personal-best time of 9:47.82 at the Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 20)
• Competed in the 5,000-meter event crossing at 17:44.64 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 5-6)
• Crossed at 9:48.12 in the 3,000-meter race for eighth place helping U-M to win the Notre Dame Invitational (Jan. 23)
• Had a personal-best time of 5:01.93 in the mile race finishing ninth at the Hillsdale Winter Opener (Jan. 9)
• Ran in the 5,000-meter event finishing 10th in 16:47.42, a new personal record, at the GVSU Holiday Open (Dec. 4)

Cross Country
• Helped U-M to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) with a time of 21:11.1, finishing 145th in the 6,000-meter event
• Finished 25th at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) to help U-M win the team title, crossing at 21:05.3
• In her postseason debut, scored for U-M at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1), running a collegiate-best 20:34.7 for 18th place
• Set a 6K PR at 21:03.6 to help U-M win the 6,000-meter NCAA Pre-Nats meet (Oct. 17), finishing 87th overall
• Had a time of 17:16.79 to come in 16th helping U-M to win the Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 3) in the 5,000-meter event
• Ran with a time of 17:31.4 for 18th place to help U-M to a team win at the 5,000-meter Commodore Classic (Sept. 19)
• Finished 11th with a time of 17:53.6 in the 5,000-meter event at the EMU Celebration (Sept. 5).

Sophomore (2014-15)

Outdoor
• Ran 4:42.12 for a runner-up finish in the 1,500-meter race at the Toledo Collegiate Invitational (May 7-8)
• Crossed at 4:39.82 in the 1,500-meter race at the CAL-UVA Tri Meet (April 3-4)
• Ran 4:43.05 to finish 13th in the 1,500-meter race and also ran 10:09.65 to take sixth in the 5,000-meter race at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (March 27-28)

Indoor
• Ran 5:12.50 to finish seventh in the mile run at U-M's Silverston Invitational (Feb. 21)
• Finished 47th in the Mile Run at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 14), her debut at that distance
• Made her Wolverine debut at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7), running 10:31.59 in the 3,000m run

Cross Country
• Redshirt
• Competed unattached at the 5,000-meter EMU Classic (Oct. 24), finishing in 18:45
• Competed unattached at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Aug. 29), finishing 23rd with a time of 19:26.9

Before Michigan

• Ran at the University of Mississippi
• Earned All-SEC honors
• Named to the All-SEC Freshman Team
• All-Region Team (First Freshman at Ole Miss to earn All-Region honors)

Prep
• Graduated from St. Peter's Collegiate Girl's School (2012)
• Representative of Australia at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, winning a silver medal in 1,500 meters and placing eighth in 3,000-meter
• Named team captain in both cross country and track and field

Cross Country
• National Representative at Australian All-Schools Cross Country Championships (2006-12)
• National Champion (2007)
• State Champion (2008-12)

Track and Field
• National Representative at Australian All-Schools Track and Field and South Australian Primary Schools Amateur Sports Association (SAPSASAS) Championships (2006-12)
• Medalist in 800 meter, 1,500 meter and 3,000 meter (2006-11)
• Pacific Schools Games silver medalist in 1,500 meter (2008)
• Commonwealth Youth Games Representative (2011), winning silver in 1,500 meter and finishing seventh in 3,000 meter
• State Champion in 800 meter, 1,500 meter, 3,000 meter (2011)

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Majoring in Sport Management
• Born on March 13, 1995
• Daughter of Jack and Jo Linn

Personal Notes
• Attended 2012 Australian Olympic Trials in swimming (Norwood Swimming Club)
• National Representative (2005-12)
• National age finalist in the Australian Swimming Championships from 2008-12
• Also played field hockey (2008-12)
• Named captain of her swimming team
• State triathlon champion in 2011 and runner-up in 2012

Career-Best Performances (College)

Event	Time	Date
1500m (O)	4:36.10	3-26-16
Mile (I)	4:47.21	2-3-18
3000m (I)	9:36.14	1-21-17
3000m (O)	10:09.65	3-28-15
5000m (I)	16:43.50 (UNA)	12-2-16
5000m (O)	16:35.20	4-27-18