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Christine "St. Louis" Armstrong - Class of 2002

(Kingsford)

A record-setting track athlete at Kingsford High School (1977-81) and Michigan Tech University (1981-85).  Chris (St.  Louis) Armstrong also played basketball and gymnastics at Kingsford, where she set five track records.  Despite knee surgery in 1981, she set six indoor track records and four outdoor track records at Tech.  She was Tech's outstanding senior athlete in 1985, when she suffered her third knee injury, and also received the SISU award for exhibiting guts and determination in the face of adversity.  She was selected one of the top 25 female athletes in Michigan Tech history and belongs to the school's Hall of Fame.