Profiles
Rosemary Adams
Returnee
Junior
McHenry, Ill. (Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic)
2008: Ran a career-best 25:44.01 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Ran a season-best 27:54.97 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
High School: Coached by Kay Hansen...National Honor Society member, four-year Suburban Catholic Conference all-academic pick and a four-year high honors student.
Personal: Political science major…distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the spring 2008 Carthage dean’s list and to the spring 2008 Carthage athletic director's honor roll…born Sept. 19, 1988.
Kayla Arbet
Newcomer
Freshman
Burlington, Wis. (Salem-Westosha-Central)
High School: Both her freshman and senior-year teams won Southern Lakes Conference titles…coached by Keith Olsen…four-year member of the track and field team…National Honor Society member, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Double major in studio art and business administration…born May 29, 1991.
Leah Coleman
Returnee
Senior
Huntley, Ill.
2008: Ran a career-best 26:02.50 at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational.
2007: Ran a career-best 26:10.24 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best 26:43.00 at the Carthage Invitational.
High School: Four-year letterwinner and coached by Jennifer Hueck…also a member of the soccer and track and field teams…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…distance runner on the 2007 Carthage women’s track and field team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 1, 1987.
Heather Crowe
Newcomer
Freshman
Bensenville, Ill. (Fenton)
High School: Four-time All-Metro Suburban Conference honoree…both her sophomore and junior-year teams won league championships…coached by Sarah McDougal…a four-time all-conference selection in track and field, won a league title in the one-mile run her sophomore year and won the two-mile run both her junior and senior seasons…member of the soccer team her sophomore and junior years…Fenton High School “Athlete of the Year” for 2008-09.
Personal: Undecided on major…born Dec. 3, 1990.
Bridget Driscoll
Newcomer
Freshman
Tinley Park, Ill. (Orland Hills-Andrew)
High School: Her junior-year team won a Southwest Suburban Conference championship…coached by Mark Luttrell…lettered twice on the track and field team and part of conference-championship team her junior year…member of the soccer team her sophomore and junior years…honor student.
Personal: Double major in English and special education…born Nov. 14, 1990.
Megan Forecki
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Muskego, Wis. (Waukesha-Catholic Memorial)
2008: Ran a season-best 25:54.00 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship.
2005-07: Attended Carthage but did not participate in cross country.
High School: Lettered her senior year…also a member of the track & field team.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…born June 2, 1987.
Erika Franco
Returnee
Sophomore
Schiller Park, Ill. (Franklin Park-East Leyden)
2008: Ran a season-best 30:13.87 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
High School: A sectional qualifier her junior year…coached by Emily Schader…three-year member of the track and field team and player soccer her senior year…three-year honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 27, 1988.
Katie Garringer
Returnee
Sophomore
Lombard, Ill. (Glenbard East)
2008: Finished 59th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:00.00…ran season-best 25:19.00 at the Carthage Invitational.
High School: Lettered twice and coached by Tydra Davis…all four of her teams qualified for the sectionals…four-year member of the track and field team…National Merit Commended Scholar, National Honor Society member, Spanish National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, DuPage Valley Conference all-academic and high honors student.
Personal: English major…distance runner on the 2009 Carthage women’s track and field team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 1, 1990.
Kaylyn Haberland
Returnee
Junior
Appleton, Wis. (West)
2008: Ran a season-best 26:12.00 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women’s Cross Country championship.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:03.29 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship.
High School: Lettered her junior and senior years…her junior-year team reached the sectional championship…coached by Terry Gross…two-year member of the soccer team…four-year honor student.
Personal: Social work major…distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage women’s track and field teams…a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 16, 1989.
Julia Hiett
Returnee
Senior
Gurnee, Ill. (Warren Township)
2008: Finished 124th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 24:46.50…finished 35th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:14.00…ran a career-best 24:13.00 at the Carthage Invitational.
2007: Finished 43rd at the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:33.41…finished 136th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 24:32.64.
2006: Finished 53rd at the CCIW Women's Cross Country championship with a time of 26:41.00…ran a season-best 26:14 at the Carthage Invitational.
High School: Earned all-state honors her senior year on a regional-championship team…a four-time All-North Suburban League honoree…coached by Cheryl Anderson…National Honor Society member.
Personal: Double major in criminal justice and sociology…mid-distance runner on the 2007-09 Carthage women’s track and field teams…born Aug. 6, 1988.
Karen Jackson
Returnee
Junior
Bloomington, Ill. (Downs-Tri Valley)
2008: Finished 74th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 23:53.70…finished 27th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 23:53.00…ran a season-best 22:54.00, second-fastest on the team, at the Carthage Invitational.
2007: Earned All-CCIW honors with a sixth-place finish at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship and a time of 23:25.96…earned all-regional honors at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 35th-place finish and a career-best time of 22:39.92…won both the Carthage Invitational and the individual title at the Wisconsin Private College Championship…season-best 5K time of 18:55.10 at the state meet.
2006: Earned All-CCIW honors with an 11th-place finish at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship and a time of 23:45.65…Carthage’s leading finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 45th place with a time of 22:58.30…ran a season-best time of 22:32.00 and finished third at the Carthage Invitational.
High School: Set school records in both the two and one-half mile and three-mile events…her senior-year team finished 11th at the Illinois High School Association state championship…her sophomore-year team won a Sangamon Valley Conference championship…coached by Todd Schneider…four-year member of both the basketball and track and field teams…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Biology major…distance runner on the 2007-09 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named 2007 United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic…named to the Carthage dean’s list six times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 5, 1988.
Ashley Johnson
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Romeoville, Ill.
2008: Carthage’s top finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship in 44th place with a time of 23:09.00…Earned All-CCIW honors with a sixth-place finish at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 23:01.00…ran a career-best and team-fastest 22:49.40 at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational.
2007: Finished 68th at the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:24.85…ran a season-best 6K time of 23:41.45 to finish third at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”
2006: Did not compete.
2005: Finished 151st at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 25:33.00…finished 18th at the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 22:56.00…finished ninth at the Aurora Invitational…finished 10th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a season-best time of 20:02 in the 5K race.
High School: A state qualifier her sophomore year…both her junior and senior-year teams won Southwest Inter-Conference Association North titles, and her junior-year team qualified for the sectionals…coached by Sarah Bienias…four-year member of the track and field team…graduated with honors
Personal: Biology major…mid-distance runner on the 2006-09 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list seven-straight semesters and a seven-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor…born May 20, 1987.
Megan Johnson
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Bloomington, Ill. (Normal-Community)
2008: Finished 96th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 24:18.20…finished 32nd at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:09.00…ran a season-best 23:54.82 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Earned All-CCIW honors with 12th-place finish at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship and a time of 24:01.61…finished 68th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a career-best time of 23:26.94…season-best 5K time of 19:57.00 to finish seventh at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Finished 23rd at the CCIW Women's Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:29.27…finished 96th at the Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 23:59.80.
2005: Did not compete.
High School: Both her senior and sophomore-year teams won sectional championships, and all four of her teams won regional titles…her junior and senior-year teams won Big 12 Conference championships…coached by Tom Patten…four-year member of the track and field and soccer teams…National Honor Society member, German National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Accounting major…distance runner on the 2006-09 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list seven-straight semesters and a seven-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 28, 1987.
Laura Kilen
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Eldridge, Iowa (North Scott)
2008: Ran a season-best 25:25:52 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:26.17 to finish 46th at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 22:48.80 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best time of 27:04.25 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
2005: Finished 14th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a career-best time of 25:45 in the 6K race…finished 54th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 22:10 in the 5K race.
High School: Her senior-year team qualified for the Iowa High School Athletic Association state championship…coached by Don Rupe…four-year track and field letterwinner and a state qualifier her junior year in both the 800-meter run and the 400-meter distance medley…two-year member of the basketball team and softball teams and played volleyball her freshman year…National Honor Society member, Iowa Merit Scholar, Mississippi Athletic Conference all-academic and high honors student.
Personal: Spanish major…sprinter on the 2006-09 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list four times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll four-straight semesters…born Jan. 1, 1987.
Ellen Klahn
Returnee
Junior
Montello, Wis. (Princeton)
2008: Ran a season-best 28:44.00 at the Carthage Invitational.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:43.79 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 22:49.30 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Four-time All-Trailways Conference honoree…her freshman-year team won league championship…coached by Kevin Luedke…National Honor Society member, Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association scholar-athlete, winner of a Women’s Sports Advocates Wisconsin Award of Excellence, Trailways Conference all-academic, four-year honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Political science major…distance runner on the 2008 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 15, 1989.
Nicole Knieps
Returnee
Sophomore
Tinley Park, Ill. (Andrew)
2008: Ran a season-best 30:33.00 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
High School: Two-year member of the cross country team and coached by Mark Luttrell…three-year member of the track and field team and a two-year member of both the volleyball and basketball teams…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Social work major…distance runner on the 2009 Carthage women’s track and field team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 22, 1989.
Liz Lanning
Returnee
Junior
St. Charles, Ill. (North)
2008: Finished 46th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:52.00…ran a career-best 24:40.80 at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 25:33.55 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 21:01.60 to finish 27th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Named Daily Herald honorable mention all-area her freshman year…all four of her teams qualified for the sectional championship…coached by Shari Hayes…Illinois State Scholar and Upstate 8 Conference all-academic.
Personal: Elementary education major…mid-distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list four times and a foiur-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 30, 1988.
Molly Lawrence
Returnee
Junior
Plainfield, Ill. (Central)
2008: Finished 45th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:52.00…ran a season-best 24:18.90 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Finished 41st at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:28.00…finished 98th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a career-best time of 23:53.82.
High School: Earned All-South Suburban Conference honors both her junior and senior years…earned all-regional honors as a junior…both her sophomore and junior-year team won conference titles, and her junior-year squad won a regional championship…coached by Jenna Zayid…four-year member of the track and field team…four-year honor student.
Personal: Elementary education major…distance runner on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a four-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…her father, Steve Lawrence, is a longtime high school cross country and track and field coach and works currently at Plainfield Central High School…born Aug. 8, 1989.
Anabel Martinez
Newcomer
Freshman
Aurora, Ill. (East Aurora)
High School: Team MVP her senior year on a team that reached the sectionals…coached by Shane Gillsepie…four-year member of the track and field team…Upstate 8 Conference all-academic and honor student.
Personal: Undecided on major…born April 24, 1991.
Claren McLaughlin
Returnee
Junior
Lodi, Wis.
2008: Ran a season-best 28:11.48 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 28:59.06 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
High School: Her senior-year team was ranked 15th in the state…coached by Kurt Wilson…four-year member of the track and field team and a three-year member of the cross country ski team…National Honor Society member, Capitol Conference all-academic, high honors student and gradated with honors.
Personal: Communication major…sprinter on the 2008 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 3, 1988.
Jackie Muench
Returnee
Senior
Chicago, Ill. (Luther North)
2008: Ran a career-best 28:02.00 at the Carthage Invitational.
2007: Ran a season-best 29:19.42 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic."
2006: Attended Carthage but did not participate in cross country.
High School: Both her junior and senior-year teams won regional championships…coached by David Grim…four-year member of the soccer, basketball and track and field teams…National Honor Society member, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Business administration major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 13, 1987.
Nicole Munce
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Palatine, Ill.
2008: Ran a season-best 25:25.80 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational…finished ninth in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship.
2007: Ran season-best 26:25.85 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best 27:40 at the Carthage Invitational.
2005: Finished 52nd at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:57.00…ran a career-best time of 24:32.00 at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational.
High School: Her junior-year team was the Illinois High School Association runner-up, and her senior-year squad won Mid-Suburban League, sectional and regional titles…coached by Steve Currins…four-year member of the track and field team.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…distance runner on the 2006-09 Carthage women’s track and field teams…a two-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 8, 1986.
Laura Pearson
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Twin Lakes, Wis. (Schaumburg H.S., Ill./University of Iowa)
2008: Finished 49th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 23:16.00…earned All-CCIW honors with a seventh-place finish at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship and a time of 23:02.00…ran a career-best 22:58.92 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Finished 18th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 24:19.60…finished 130th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 24:25.22…season-best 5K time of 19:50.90 to finish fifth at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Finished 20th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country championship with a time of 24:13.40…finished 69th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 23:26.90.
2004-05: Attended the University of Iowa her freshman and sophomore years…member of both the cross country and track and field teams.
High School: Three-time All-Mid Suburban League honoree and finished sixth at the Illinois High School Association state championship her junior year…National Honor Society member and four-year honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…mid-distance runner on the 2007 and 2008 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 11, 1986.
Nicole Phelps
Returnee
Sophomore
Lisle, Ill.
2008: Ran a season-best 27:11.85 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
High School: Both her junior and senior-year teams won Interstate 8 Conference championships, and her junior-year squad finished third in the Illinois High School Association Class AA state championship…coached by Ken Jakalski…four-year member of both the track and field and bowling teams…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Interstate 8 Conference all-academic, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Biology major…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 25, 1990.
Alyssa Poremba
Newcomer
Freshman
Bridgeview, Ill. (Summit-Argo)
High School: Named All-South Suburban Conference three-straight years…coached by Mary Bergman…four-year member of the track and field team and earned all-conference honors her sophomore year…National Honor Society member, Hispanic Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Accounting major…born June 26, 1991.
Katie Schmidt
Returnee
Sophomore
Lemont, Ill.
2009: Did not compete.
High School: Finished 10th on an Illinois High School Association Class 2A sectional-championship team her senior year and also earned All-Prairie State Conference honors…coached by Timothy Plotke…member of the soccer team…Illinois State Scholar and high honors student.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…distance runner on the 2009 Carthage women’s track and field team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director's honor roll…born March 28, 1990.
Lauren Sible
Returnee
Sophomore
Oregon, Ill. (Byron)
2008: Finished 99th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 24:22.30…finished 20th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 23:44.00
High School: Earned all-state honors her senior year with a 15th-place finish at the Illinois High School Association Class 1A state championship…finished second on a regional-championship team her senior year and took third place at the sectional…finished sixth in the regional, fifth in the sectional and 44th in the state meet her freshman year…a four-time All-Big Northern Conference honoree…coached by Mike McHale…four-year member of the soccer team…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Biology major…distance runner on the 2009 Carthage women’s track and field team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 3, 1989.
Morgan Wiechmann
Returnee
Sophomore
Sleepy Hollow, Ill. (Carpentersville--Dundee-Crown)
2008: Finished 95th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 24:18.10…finished 16th at the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 23:35.00 and missed earning All-CCW honors by just five seconds.
High School: A four-time All-Fox Valley Conference honoree…named Northwest Herald all-area as a freshman on a team that finished 21st at the Illinois High School Association Class AA state championship…coached by Tom Smith…two-year member of the track and field, basketball and softball teams…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Environmental science major…mid-distance runner on the 2009 Carthage women’s track and field team…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June, 9, 1990.
Karin Wirth
Newcomer
Freshman
Springfield, Ill. (Pleasant Plains)
High School: Finished 10th her junior year at the Illinois High School Association Class 1A state championship and earned all-state honors…finished 28th at the state championship her sophomore year…individual champion at the Sangamo Conference Girls Cross Country Championship both her junior and senior years…coached by Don Helfer…lettered four times in track and field and a four-time state qualifier in the 1,600-meter run finishing ninth her sophomore year, fifth her junior year and seventh as a senior …lettered four times in basketball…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Springfield Journal-Register “scholar-athlete,” four-year high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: German major…born Nov. 8, 1990.
Ellen Zanis
Returnee
Senior
St. Charles, Ill. (North)
2008: Ran a season-best 28:25.32 at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational.
2007: Ran a career-best 27:43.79 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
2006: Ran a season-best 28:11.73 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Women’s Cross Country Championship.
High School: Finished 28th at the Upstate 8 Conference Cross Country Championship her senior year…coached by Shari Hayes…four-year member of the track and field team…National Honor Society member and Upstate 8 academic all-conference pick.
Personal: Psychology major…mid-distance runner on the 2007 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times and a four-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 5, 1987.