PERSONAL RECORDS:
6k: 21:21 (Western Regional Championships - Stanford, Calif. / Jr. / 11-14-08)
5k: 17:55 (UC Davis Independent Track Conference / Fr. / 05-2007)
3,000-meter steeplechase : 10:46 (Mt. San Antonio College Preview / So. / 03-2008)
1,500-meter: 4:31 (Oregon Invitational /So. / 04-2008)
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
2010: Ran to a 5th place finish at the John Frank Memorial 5k on Sept. 3 in 16:06… Finished 82nd at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational 6k on Oct. 2 in 21:52… Posted a 21:46.4 at the NCAA Pre-National 6k “Blue Race” on Oct. 16, good for 109th overall… Earned All-Conference First Team honors with her 10th place finish at the WCC Cross Country Championship 6k on Oct. 30 in 21:36… Finished 58th at the NCAA Cross Country West Regional on Nov. 13 in 21:21.32… Earned WCC All-Academic First Team Honors.
2009:
2008: Cross-country (Jr.): Placed 55th at the NCAA Division I West Regional (21:21.98, 6k) at Stanford, Calif. helping team to fifth-place overall ... fifth-place finish at West Coast Conference Championships (22:13, 6k) at Belmont, Calif. helping team to their seventh consecutive WCC team title ... seventh-place finish at Mike Hodges Invitational (17:34, 5k) at Oregon City, Ore. helping team to second-place overall ... 33rd-place at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (21:50:38, 6k) at Springfield, Ore. helping team to sixth-place overall ... 38th-place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational (22:27, 6k) at St. Paul, Minn. helping team to fifth-place overall All-West Coast Conference First Team selection.
2007: Cross-country (So.):
2006: Cross-country (Fr.): Placed 110th at NCAA West Region Meet (6k, 23:42) ... placed 10th and was fourth team finisher at West Coast Conference Championships (6k, 23:14) ... finished 206th at NCAA Pre-Nationals (6k, 22:48) ... placed 56th at Bill Dellinger Invitational (6k, 22:24) ... placed 70th and was team's third finisher at Sundodger Invitational (6k, 22:33).
ASHLAND HS: Posted a third-place finish at the prestigious Stanford Invitational in September 2005, finishing the 5K course in 18:54 to help her team to a fourth-place showing in the unseeded division ... battled injury during the 2005 Oregon ‘4A’ state cross country meet, but still managed to place 28th with a time of 19:39 ... finished in third place in the 3000 (10:14) and in fifth place in the 1500 (4:39) at the 2005 ‘4A’ state track & field championships.
PERSONAL: Natalie "Nat" Hemphill was born on Sept. 11, 1988 in Guadalajara, Mexico ... parents are Kristen Horton and Ralph Hemphill ... has three siblings, Gray, Aria, and Delfina... major is Life Science and Spanish... came to UP because "Great Coach, Great Running, Great School."
