Evelina Slatinska
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- Year Inducted:
- 2013
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- Sport(s):
- Women's Track & Field/Women's Cross Country
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- Inductee Category:
- Athlete
Evelina Slatinska '06, from Doupnitza, Bulgaria, had a highly decorated cross country and track career at Central Methodist from 2000-04 that included five individual NAIA national titles and 12 NAIA All-America honors, the most in school history. She won back-to-back titles in the indoor mile and outdoor 1500 meters in 2003 and 2004. Additionally, Slatinska won the 2003 outdoor 5000-meter title. In cross country, she was a three-time national runner-up at the NAIA National Championship. She was recognized as the Darla Pannier Most Outstanding Female Athlete as a senior. She served on the CMU Cross Country and Track & Field staff in assistant and head positions from 2006-2010. She was named the Heart Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2009. To date, she still owns the best 5K time in program history at 17:18.10 for women’s cross country, indoor 1000m run (2:50.9), indoor mile (4:50.9), indoor 3,000m run (9:44.4), the outdoor 1500m run (4:25.9), and the outdoor 5,000m run (17:13.4).
