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2019-20 Women's Track & Field Roster

Charis Dinger

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Manheim Central
  • Hometown Manheim, Pa.

Biography

Personal Records (Outdoor)
800m: 2:22.71
1500m: 4:56.44

Personal Records (Indoor)
500m:
1:24.65
600m: 1:41.60
800m: 2:21.34
Mile: 5:17.49
3000m: 10:56.81

2019 Outdoor: Competed in five meets during the outdoor season, including an appearance in the Big South Championship 800m (5/8)... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2018-19 Indoor: Crossed the finish line in 10:56.81 while running the 3000m at the Liberty Kickoff (1/26)... Crushed her previous Mile PR by eight seconds, turning in a time of 5:17.49 at the Camel City Invitational (2/1)... Went ninth overall while running a 2:21.34 in the Darius Dixon Memorial 800m (2/8)... Claimed seventh in the Big South Championship MIle (2/15), crossing the finish line in 5:19.65... Part of a DMR side that finished runner-up at Big South Championships (2/15), finishing in 12:33.65 as a group... Millis Scholar-Athlete.

2018 Outdoor: Placed 10th in the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:58.28 at the Big South Championships.

2017-18 Indoor: Finished 11th in the mile in a PR of 5:32.72 at the Big South Championships... Set a personal-best time in the 3,000 meters in 11:04.93 at the Darius Dixon Memorial.

2017 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 1,500m in a career-best time of 4:56.44 at the Big South Championships... Posted a career-best time in the 800m of 2:22.71 at the Phoenix Invitational.

2016-17 Indoor: Opened up her collegiate career at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in the 500m with a time of 1:24.65... Posted a collegiate best in the 600m with a time of 1:41.60 at the Virginia Tech Challenge... Ran a collegiate best in the 800m with a time of 2:23.55 at the Big South Championships.

Prior to High Point: Four-year letter winner at Manheim Central High School in Manheim, Pa....Helped lead the Barons to a pair of Pennsylvania Section 2 Cross Country Championships (2013, 2015)...Garnered cross country first team all-star honors and earned scholar-athlete accolades in both cross country and track...Owned personal best times of 2:24 in the 800-meter, 5:49 in the 1600-meter and 19:31 in the 5000-meter...Vice President of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of David and Cynthia Dinger...Has a brother, Ryan...Intends to major in exercise science with a concentration in biomechanics...Birthday is January 6, 1998.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Distance
    5'4"