Candice Chavez

Candice Chavez

Year: Senior
Hometown: Yorba Linda, Calif.
High School: Esperanza HS
Position: Distance

UCI:

2009:

At the Ben Brown Invitational she finished second in the 5,000 meters with a career-best and NCAA-qualifying time of 16:39.87....At the All UC Meet she finished first in the 3,000 meters with a time 10:11.99.

2008:

Finished second in 3,000 meters (10:18:61) at Cal Poly Invitational...just missed all-conference honors with an 11th-place finish (21:47.5) at the 2005 Big West Cross Country Championships won by UCI....placed 15th at the '05 UCI Cross Country Invitational....was 77th at the 2005 NCAA West Regional....finished eighth (17:37.51) in the 5,000 meters at the 2005 Big West Track & Field Championships

Esperanza High School: Earned All-Sunset League and All-Orange County honors at Esperanza High School in 2003

Personal: Majoring in psychology and social behavior....two-time Big West Scholar-Athlete....also named to the Big West Academic All-Conference team for fall sports in 2005 as well as 2008.