CHRISTINE "CJ" "BIGFISH" JEFFREY

Date of Birth: December 13, 1972

Hometown: Guelph, Ontario Canada

Sponsors: Rudy Project, Pearl Izumi Footwear, Nineteen Wetsuits, Skinfit, Coach Gareth Thomas, and Infinit Nutrition.

Website: www.christinejeffreycom

What 2010 XTERRA races are you doing: XTERRA West, NV, XTERRA South Central, TX, XTERRA Southeast, AL, XTERRA East, VA, XTERRA USA Championships, UT, and XTERRA World Championships, HI.

# Years Racing XTERRA: 2

Best discipline (swim, bike, or run): Swim.

Top 3 racing accomplishments: 2008- XTERRA Worlds, Maui 5th, 2007 - ITU Continental Cup, Villarica Chile 1st, and 1994 - Commonwealth Games, Victoria Canada - 8th 400IM.

University attended: BSLA (Bach. Science in Landscape Architecture) 1996 - Arizona State University with honors.

Did you play sports in college: Swimming - 4yrs NCAA All-American, 1996 ASU Top Student Athlete Graduate, and 1997 ASU Heather Farr Award for top female student athlete.

If you have a regular job outside of racing, what do you do: Landscape Architect - Davan Landscape Design/Build.

Tell us something we should know about you: : I only started riding mountain bikes in fall 2007. I
Train in Hoover, Alabama and Asheville, North Carolina in winter.Broke my neck C6-C7 in bike crash during a road triathlon in 2004 and got up and finished the race in 2nd before going to the hospital and getting airlifted to a neuro-trauma center. Spent the next 3 months in a neck brace.  Neuro-surgeons in Phoenix refer to me as "so you're that one".

XTERRA Racing History:

2008: Finished 6th at XTERRA West Champs, 3rd at the Southeast Champs, 12th at the East Champs, 11th at the Mountain Champs, 11th at USA Champs and 5th at XTERRA Worlds.

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