Katja Goldring Class: Junior Hometown: Los Angeles, CA High School: Hamilton Height: 5-1 Birthdate: 04/11/1990

2009 Cross Country - UCLA's No. 3 runner at the West Regional (69th, 23:31.94) and Pac-10s (46th, 21:29.90) ... No. 4 runner at the Cal Poly Invite (7th, 18:47.9) ... No. 2 runner at the Notre Dame Invite (74th, 17:46), Dave Murray Invite (6th, 17:18) and BYU Classic (8th, 18:44.5) ... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

2008 Cross Country - Named Women's Team MVP ... UCLA's No. 1 runner at the UCI Invite (7th, 18:00.10), Stanford Invite (22nd, 22:02), Pre-NCAA Invite (51st, 21:21.5) and West Regional (73rd, 21:47.49) ... Big Wave Classic champion (14:37.50) ... No. 2 runner at Pac-10s (58th, 21:50.78).

High School - Three-year letterwinner in cross country ... Also earned one letter in track ... Placed 11th at the 2008 USATF Junior National Cross Country Championships ... LA City Section record-holder in cross country (17:06) ... Placed fourth at the 2006 CA State Meet in the 3200m (10:37).

Personal - Born August 11, 1990 in Montee, Switzerland ... Daughter of Joseph Almog and Noa Goldring ... Has one brother, Wushi ... Mathematics major.