Kimberly Mortensen is the girl's individual winner of the 1995 Footlocker Cross Country Championships and a former national high school record holder in the 3200 meter run. In December of 1995, Mortensen capped off a successful senior cross country season by winning the

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5K in 17:12:4 at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. On May 24, 1996 she ran 9:48.59 in the 3200 meter race for the California CIF-Southern Sections Masters track and field meet, run at

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. Her performance, in the qualifying meet for the

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State Championships capped an exceptional senior year at

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. She was the third athlete from suburban

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to be named both the Gatorade Player of the Year and the

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High School Athlete of the Year, a list that includes one time teammate

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. Following her national high school record breaking race, she went on to win the California State Championship race a week later in 9:52.80. Her then California State Championship record time of 9:52:80 was superseded by Jordan Hasay and Laurynne Chetelat's exceptional battle in the 2008 version of that same meet. Mortensen's national high school 3200 meter record time was eventually broken 22 years later by Katelyn Tuohy's 9:47:88 in May of 2018. Mortensen continued to

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but her athletic career was cut short by injuries. Mortensen is now a Learning Specialist at

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Kim Mortensen is now married to Justin Newman and they have 3 children. They both work at Oaks Christian School. Kim is a middle school Learning Specialist and her husband, Justin, is a US history teacher for 8th grade.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mortensen, Kim Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American female middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Westlake Village, California UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes Track and field athletes from California