Georgia State University Athletics

CAREER and HONORS
Sun Belt Outdoor champion in 1,500m (4:25.55) and fifth in 800m (2:11.13)...Sun Belt Cross Country Runner of the Week (9/10/14)...All American Indoor Track and FIeld (Distance Medley 2013)... All SEC  2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

ACADEMICS
• Spring 2015 Dean’s List (master’s)
• Fall 2014 Dean’s List (master’s)

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2015
Ran personal-best 4:25.55 in 1,500m to win Sun Belt championship...Clocked 4:27.24 to finish third at Georgia Tech and 4:29.22 to finish third at Georgia...Ran 2:11.13 season best to place fifth in 800m at Sun Belt Championships...Posted a 2:12.25 at Georgia Tech to place 15th.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2015
Finished fourth at Sun Belt Indoor Championships in 800m (2:14.02) and fifth with distance medley relay (12:05.22)..Clocked a 2:14.60 800m to finish sixth at Samford...Ran mile in 5:00.06 to win at ETSU Buccaneer...

CROSS COUNTRY 2014
Strong start to season saw her finish in top five in first four events...Led GSU to 8-0 duals win at Chattanooga Powerade with fourth-place finish in two-mile run in 11:13.02...Was named Sun Belt Runner of Week as a result...Had second-place finish at JSU Foothills with 17:51.47 in 5k...Sustained foot injury in practice and missed next meet, but tried to return for Sun Belt Championships...Finished 32nd at SBC in gutsy attempt to help team.

OUTDOOR and INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2014 (AT GEORGIA)
Did not compete...Received medical redshirt.

OUTDOOR and INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2014 (AT GEORGIA)
Did not compete...Received medical redshirt.

CROSS COUNTRY 2013 (AT GEORGIA)
Took fifth to score at the 5k Georgia Cross Country Invitational with her time of 19:02.96...Scored at the 6k Wisconsin Invitational with a 22nd-place finish (21:58)...Finished 51st and was the third Lady Bulldog scorer at the SEC Championships with a time of 21:58.17...Scored for Georgia with a 51st-place finish (21:20.01) at the NCAA South Regional.

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2013
Finished 15th in the steeplechase (11:13.68) at the SEC Championships...Had a season-best 1,500m time of 4:31.52 for 12th at the Drake Relays...Finished second at the War Eagle Invite in the 1,500m event.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2013 (at GEORGIA)
Took sixth in the 3,000-meter run with a season-best time of 9:49.70 at the Auburn Invite...Won the mile at the Razorback Invite after crossing the finish line in 4:48.87... Also ran a leg on the second-place distance medley relay team in Arkansas with time of 11:39.68...Finished second in the 800m with a personal-best time of 2:10.30 at the Akron Invite...Set a personal best in the mile after taking fourth (4:48.26) at the Husky Classic...Finished seventh in the mile at the SEC Championships after completing her laps in a career best 4:44.46...Part of distance medley relay with an 11:25.25 for fifth place at SEC in record time...Part of distance medley relay that set a school record by taking fifth at the Alex Wilson Invite with an 11:03.27...Ran on the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Championships that finished 10th with a time of 11:12.49 (No. 2 in school history).

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2012 (AT GEORGIA)
Had a season-best time of 4:36.40 to win the 1,500-meter run at the War Eagle Invite...Finished third in the 800m with a time of 2:12.83 at the Spec Towns Invite...Was the second finisher in the steeplechase (11:07.13) at the Georgia Relays.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2012 (AT GEORGIA)
Clocked the eighth-fastest time in school history (4:50.42) to take fourth in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational...Finished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.53 at the Mark Colligan Memorial...Was 23rd (4:53.14) in the mile at the Husky Classic...Finished with the eighth-fastest 800 in school history (2:09.93) during the prelims at the SEC Championships...Also combined with teammates to finish with the third-best distance medley relay time (11:35.42) in UGA history to take sixth at SECs.

CROSS COUNTRY 2012  (AT GEORGIA)
Took third overall with a time of 17:18.68 at the Georgia Invitational...Was 136th at the Greater Louisville Classic with a finish of 18:14.79...Battled for a 224th-place finish at the Wisconsin Invitational versus most of the nation’s best with a time of 21:33...Had a career-best finish of 54th (21:55.77) at the SEC Championships...Finished 76th at the NCAA South Regional.

OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2011 (AT GEORGIA)
Joined with three teammates to record a time of 11:34.14 to take fifth place in the distance medley relay at the Drake Relays...Earned runner-up honors in the steeplechase after clocking a time of 10:40.79 in first official try at the event...Finished fifth in the 800m (2:09.37) at the War Eagle Invite...Won the 800m at the Spec Towns Invite after completing two laps in a personal-best 2:09.28...Took fourth in the 1,500m at the Florida Relays...Was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after winning the 1,500m at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational with a time of 4:27.46.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2011 (AT GEORGIA)
Joined teammates to take eighth in the distance medley relay team (11:57.09) at the SEC Indoor Championships...Also finished ninth in the 800 meters at the SEC meet after clocking a personal-best time of 2:10.40 in the prelims...Improved career-best time in the 800 (2:11.46) to take 24th at the Husky Classic...Finished fourth in the 800m at the Big 12 vs. SEC Challenge with the eighth-best time in school history (2:11.72)...Part of distance medley relay team that finished second at the Big 12 vs. SEC meet after clocking an 11:35.38, which was No. 2 on the school all-time top-10 list...Made collegiate track debut and won the 800m at the Clemson Challenge with a time of 2:14.90.

CROSS COUNTRY 2010 (AT GEORGIA)
Made collegiate debut and took 16th at the 5K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 18:53.01...Took ninth (18:38.07) at the UGA-GT Dual Meet...Took 95th (18:30.44) at the Greater Louisville Classic...Led the Lady Bulldogs for the first time after taking fourth (18:34) out of 111 competitors at the Furman Invitational...Finished 67th (23:02.56) at the SEC Championships during her first conference meet.

PREP
Greeece national record holder in the 800m and 1,500m...Part of Cyprus national team at the youth and junior levels that captured two World Youth Championships, three European Championships and five national championships...Personal-best times of 2:07.41 (800), 4:26 (1,500) and 56.2 (400)...Named Best Athlete of the Year from 2008 to 2010 at Pascal...Won six high school national championships.

PERSONAL
Stella Christoforou was born March 2, 1992 in Limassol, Cyprus, Greece...Parents are Christos and Rodoula Christoforou…Has a younger sister, Evita…Earned bachelor’s degree at Georgia and is in master’s program in Sports Administration at Georgia State.