High School: Won the national mile and 2-mile in 2009 ... named 2010 the Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Female Athlete of the Year ... a two-time USATF World Youth Team member ... holds the national high school sophomore record in the 2-mile ... has earned five Gatorade Texas Runner of the Year Awards, three in cross country and one in track ... named her school's Female Athlete of the Year three-times ... a three-time SPC Cross Country champion, and two-time track champion ... named MVP of her cross country and track teams three times each ... captained her cross country and track teams for two years each ... also swam, captaining the team as a senior
National Competition: Competed with the USATF World Youth Team in 2009, running the 1,500 meters in Bressanone, Italy.
Personal: Daughter of Birgir Sveinnsson and Gillian Glengarry ... mother was a 1978 NJCAA medalist in the triple jump ... anticipating a major in International Affairs, with a possible career as an interpreter at the U.N. ... enjoys playing with animals, dogs, biking, watching foreign films, and yoga ... full name is Chelsey Kristina Sveinsson.