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| Born | Nicholas Steven Christie (1991-09-29)September 29, 1991 (age 34) Fairfield, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Racewalking | ||||||||||||||
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Nicholas Steven "Nick" Christie (born September 29, 1991) is an Americanracewalker. Christie is a multiple time National Champion at theNAIA level and has been the US National Champion for the indoor 3000m Racewalk. He has competed internationally for the US many times since 2012 and at the national level many times as well. As of 2013 he is one of the many rising stars that the sport has in the United States as it gains popularity in the nation. He is also the current national record holder for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in the Indoor 3000m racewalk with a time of 11:46.20.[1]
Christie began competing at the collegiate level of Track and Field after graduating fromGrossmont High School while atCuyamaca College inRancho San Diego, CA where he was initially a decathlete. He was introduced to racewalking by the Cross Country coach at Cuyamaca,Tim Seaman. He quickly picked up the sport and began competing at the national and international levels almost immediately. From there, he transferred toMissouri Baptist University inSt. Louis, Missouri under the direction of coach Tish Hanna and to joinNAIA standouts and rising US stars Alex Chavez and Molly Josephs.[2]
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