2016-17
2016 XC: Redshirt season
2017 Indoors: Competed at five meets. including the NCAA Championships … Opened at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, running the 600 in 1:20.94 … Won the 800 at the New Mexico Team Invitational, crossing the line in 1:53.14* … Ran his season best in the 800 at the Don Kirby Tailwind, placing third in 1:50.73* … Helped the Lobos’ distance medley relay team to the win at the Mountain West Championships, running the 800-meter leg in 1:50.9 as the team set the school record in 9:30.07* … Ran the 800-meter leg of the Lobos’ DMR at the NCAA Championships, where the squad placed 10th.
2017 Outdoors: Saw action at four meets, primarily running the 800 … Opened his season in the 400, running 50.64* for sixth place … Ran a time of 1:52.24 in the 800 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, only to lower that time to 1:50.94 at the Cardinal Classic … Advanced to the finals of the 800 at the Mountain West Championships, placing sixth in the prelims (1:54.62*) before finishing 10th in the finals (1:55.90*).
HIGH SCHOOL
Danish junior record holder in the 800-meter run … youngest Dane to break 1:50 in the 800, doing so at age 17 … participated at the IAAF World Youth Championship in Donetsk in 2013, the IAAF World Junior Championship in Eugene in 2014 and the European Junior Championship in Eskilstuna in 2015 … multiple-time Danish champion in the 800 and 1500.
PERSONAL
Full name is Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen … born in Aalborg, Denmark to Jakob Møller Hansen and Helle Uldbjerg… has one sibling, Stine Uldbjerg Hansen … lists food, coffee and finding new EDM music as hobbies … favorite foods are Italian food. pizza, pasta and steak … favorite move is Bourne … favorite athlete is Adam Kszcsot, a Polish 800-meter runner.
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
- All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2017 (DMR)