Kristoffer Persen
Kristoffer Persen
Height: 5-7
Weight: 160
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Ostfold, Norway
Major: Business
Team: Men's Cross Country/Track and Field
Previous School: Frederik II Videregaende

2022-23: Competed in six meets during the Indoor Season...Ran a personal best of 7.11 (60M) at the Mondo College Inivitational...Competed in six meets during the Outdoor Season...Ran a personal best of 10.95 (100M) at the 6th Annual Adidas Trojan Challenge and 22.02 (200M) at the 2023 SAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2021-22: Competed in five meets during the indoor season...Finished fifth in the 200m at the Mondo College Invitational...Competed in six meets during the outdoor season...Set a personal best in the 400m with a time of 50.01 at the Rams College Invitational, good enough for fourth place...Member of 4x100m relay team that took home first place at the same event...Named to the 2021-22 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2020-21: Participated in eight meets as a sophomore...notched 10 Top-10 finishes on the season...Was a member of the first-place 4x100m relay team (42.93), while also winning the 100 (10.99) and finishing second in the 200 (22.19) at the Winthrop Opener (Feb. 27)...Was a member of the second-place 4x100m relay team (41.72), finished fourth in the 200 (22.45) and placed sixth in the 100 (11.14) at the Winthrop Spring Invitational (Mar. 13)...Was a member of the fifth-place 4x100m relay team (42.33) and finished seventh in the 100 at the Alan connie Shamrock Invitational (Mar. 19-20)...Was a member of the ninth-place 4x100m relay team (42.46) at the USC Open (Apr. 17)...Was a member of the fourth-place 4x100m relay team (season-best 42.06) at the South Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships (Apr. 24-25)...Named to the 2020-21 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll...Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team...Received the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2019-20: Did not compete in any meets as a freshman...Named to the 2019-20 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

High School: Attended Frederik II Videregående skole where he ran track for the Fredrikstad IF club team...Holds the club record in the 4x100m mix relay.

Personal: Son of Svend and Helen Persen...Three siblings in Fredrik, Marius, and Elias.