On October 12, 2003, Christie Grell (age 17), Sugarland, Texas Resident, completed her third (3rd) 26.2 mile marathon in one year at the 26th running of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon. Christie finished the 26.2 mile run in 4 hours 43 minutes 26 seconds, a personal record. She place 78th out of 148 for her age group (16-19 females) division.

On Labor Day, 2002, Christie joined the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society “Team In Training” and started training for long distance marathon running. In the past year, Christie has completed the Disney World Half Marathon 2003, Houston Marathon 2003, New Orleans Mardi Gras Half Marathon 2003, and the Mayors Midnight Sun Marathon 2003 in Anchorage Alaska. In addition to the marathon training with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Christie has helped raise over $15,000 in the past year for the Society.

Christie was a student at Colegio Maya from 1997 to 1999. Currently, Christie is a senior at Austin High School and a member of the Austin High School Track Team. Christie was ranked #3 (16 year female age group) by "Inside Texas Running" for completing Texas marathons. (see link).