Returnee
Sophomore
McHenry, Ill. (Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:54.97 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 24:10.30 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
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: Biology major...born Sept. 19, 1988.
Returnee
Sophomore
Pewaukee, Wis. (Hartland-Arrowhead)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 28:04.09 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 23:36.20 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Did not run cross country in high school…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Double major in secondary education and German…named to the fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 16, 1989.
Returnee
Junior
Huntley, Ill.
2007: Ran a career-best 26:10.24 in 6K open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship…ran a season-best 5K time of 22:15.30 to finish 53rd at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best 6K time of 26:43 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: Chemistry major…distance runner on the 2007 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the fall 2006 Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 1, 1987.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Chicago, Ill. (Luther North)
2007: Ran a season-best 29:11.47 in the 6K open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship…ran a season-best 5K time of 24:08.40 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best time of 28:51.32 at the 6K open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
2005: Finished 34th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 28:14 in the 6K race…finished 87th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a season-best time of 24:09 in the 5K race…ran a career-best 27:51 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational.
2004: Ran a career-best 27:59 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational and a career-best 23:50 in the 5K Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: A top-10 regional finisher both her junior and senior years…both her sophomore and junior-year teams won regional titles…coached by David Grim…four-year member of the track and field team and played basketball her freshman year…National Honor Society member, Illinois High School Association scholar-athlete and honor student.
Personal: Double major in English and communication…distance runner on the 2005-07 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list four times and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 12, 1985.
Returnee
Sophomore
Appleton, Wis. (West)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:03.29 in the open-race portion of the CCIW 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 Carthage women’s track and field team…born March 16, 1989.
Returnee
Sophomore
Racine, Wis. (Somers-Shoreland Lutheran)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 31:27.11 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 25:57.40 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Two-year member of the cross country team...coached by Steve Hintz and Corey Schmidt...member of the track and field team her junior year...National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Chemistry major…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 4, 1989.
Returnee
Junior
Gurnee, Ill. (Warren Township)
2007: Finished 43rd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:33.41…finished 136th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a career-best 6K time of 24:32.64.
2006: Finished 53rd at the CCIW Cross Country championship with a time of 26:41.00…ran a season-best 6K time of 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 and 2008 Carthage women’s track and field teams…born Aug. 6, 1988.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Downers Grove, Ill. (South)
2007: Ran a season-best 28:12.12 in the 6K open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship…ran a season-best 5K time of 22:53:80 to finish 72nd at the Wisconsin Private College Championship,
2006: Ran a season-best time of 26:23.32 in the 6K open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
2005: Did not compete.
2004: Finished 63rd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 27:13…ran a career-best 26:06 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational and a career-best 21:54 in the 5K Loyola (Ill.) “Lakefront Invitational.”
High School: Season-best time of 20:25 her senior year on a West Suburban Conference championship team…coached by Mike Arenberg…two-year member of the track and field team and named all-conference her junior year…National Honor Society member.
Personal: Biology major…mid-distance runner on the 2005 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 March 6, 1986.
Returnee
Junior
Roscoe, Ill. (Rockton-Hononegah)
2007: Did not compete.
2006: Did not compete.
High School: Attended high school for four years in Italy before attending Hononegah High School her senior year…did not run compete in high school cross country…member of the volleyball team her senior year.
Personal: Double major in international political economy and economics…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 Sept. 8, 1987.
Returnee
Junior
Bloomington, Ill. (Downs-Tri Valley)
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 Division III 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 Division III 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 and 2008 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 three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 5, 1988.
Returnee
Senior
Romeoville, Ill.
2007: Finished 68th at the CCIW 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”…ran a career-best 5K time of 19:57.00 at the Bradley Invitational.
2006: Did not compete.
2005: Finished 151st at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 25:33…finished 18th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 22:56 in the 6K race…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 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor…born May 20, 1987.
Returnee
Senior
Bloomington, Ill. (Normal-Community)
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 Division III 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 Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:29.27…finished 96th at the NCAA Division III 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 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 28, 1987.
Returnee
Senior
Eldridge, Iowa (North Scott)
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: Double major in business administration and marketing…sprinter on the 2006-08 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 four-straight semesters…born Jan. 1, 1987.
Returnee
Sophomore
Montello, Wis. (Princeton)
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 fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 15, 1989.
Returnee
Sophomore
St. Charles, Ill. (North)
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: Education major…mid-distance runner on the 2008 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 30, 1988.
Returnee
Sophomore
Plainfield, Ill. (Central)
2007: Finished 41st at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:28.00…finished 98th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best 6K time of 23:53.82…season-best 5K time of 20:18.00 at both the Wisconsin Private College Championship and at the Bradley Invitational.
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 Carthage women’s track and field team…her father, Steve Lawrence, is a longtime high school cross country and track and field coach and works currently at Plainfield Central High School…named to the fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Aug. 8, 1989.
Returnee
Senior
Decatur, Ill. (MacArthur)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:04.86 to finish 41st at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
2006: Finished 52nd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:30.95…ran a season-best time of 25:05.00 and finished 17th at the Aurora “Spartan Classic.”
2005: Finished 120th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 24:39 in the 6K race…finished 34th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a career-best time of 23:50 in the 6K race…finished 18th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 20:39 in the 5K race.
High School: A state qualifier her junior year…named All-Big 12 Conference as a sophomore and set a MacArthur High School record in the 3K…in track and field, a two-time all-state honoree and a three-time All-Big 12 Conference and all-area pick…coached by Bill Harbeck…National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Communication major…distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list six times and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 6, 1986.
Returnee
Sophomore
Lodi, Wis.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 28:59.06 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 24:24.40 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
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: Undeicded on major…sprinter on the 2008 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 3, 1988.
Returnee
Sophomore
Hanover Park, Ill. (Bartlett)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 25:46.76 to finish 28th at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 21:38.30 to finish 35th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Did not participate in high school cross country…four-year member of the track and field team…Upstate 8 Conference all-academic and four-year honor student.
Personal: Education major…distance runner on the 2008 Carthage women’s track and field team…born April 24, 1989.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Elmhurst, Ill. (York)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:26.63 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”
2006: Ran a season-best time of 27:12.39 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
2005: Finished 30th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a career-best time of 27:25 in the 6K race…finished 78th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 23:21 in the 5K race.
2004: Ran a season-best 29:31 in the 6K at the Carthage Invitational and 24:36 in the 5K Loyola (Ill.) “Lakefront Invitational.”
High School: Coached by Larry Basset…four-year member of the bowling team, played soccer her freshman and sophomore years and a member of the track and field squad as a senior…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Double major in mathematics and business administration…mid-distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list six times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor…born June 16, 1986.
Returnee
Junior
Chicago, Ill. (Luther North)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 29:19.42 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 23:59.90 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
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: Double major in business administration and Spanish…named to the fall 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 13, 1987.
Returnee
Senior
Palatine, Ill.
2007: Ran season-best 6K time of 26:25.85 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship…season-best 5K time of 21:21.30 to finish 31st at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best 6K time of 27:40 at the Carthage Invitational.
2005: Finished 52nd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:57 in the 6K race…finished 28th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a time of 21:06 in the 5K race…ran a career-best time of 24:32 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational and a career-best time of 21:00 in the 5K at the Loyola “Lakefront 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: Elementary education major…distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Dec. 8, 1986.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Twin Lakes, Wis. (Schaumburg H.S., Ill./University of Iowa)
2007: Finished 18th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 24:19.60…finished 130th at the NCAA Division III 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 Cross Country championship with a time of 24:13.40…finished 69th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship with a career-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 to the fall 2006 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 11, 1986.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
McHenry, Ill. (Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic)
2007: Finished 44th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:35.86…finished 162nd at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a time of 25:07.52…ran a season-best 6K time of 24:26.37 to finish fifth at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 20:33.00 to finish 18th at the Bradley Invitational.
2006: Finished 22nd at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:27.51…finished 94th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best time of 23:57.40.
2005: Finished 83rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 23:45 in the 6K race…earned All-CCIW honors with a 13th-place finish at the CCIW Cross Country Championship and a career-best time of 22:44 in the 6K race…finished fifth at the Aurora Invitational…finished sixth at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 19:47 in the 5K race.
2004: Finished 101st at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 23:52…finished 29th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship at 25:04…finished third at the Carthage Invitational…ran a season-best 23:12 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational and a 20:12 in the 5K Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Three-year All-Suburban Catholic Conference honoree and conference “athlete of the year” both her junior and senior years…named all-state as a senior and all-area both her junior and senior years…coached by Bill Lada…four-year member of the track and field team and named all-conference both her junior and senior years…National Honor Society member, four-year Suburban Catholic Conference all-academic pick and honor student.
Personal: Double major in geography and marketing…distance runner on the 2005-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list six times and named to the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll seven-straight semesters…born Sept. 16, 1985.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Mundelein, Ill.
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 30:08.54 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship…season-best 5K time of 24:52.90 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best time of 31:25.58 in the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship.
2005: Finished 38th at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 28:55 in the 6K race…finished 90th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 24:20 in the 5K race.
2004: Ran a career-best 28:22 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational and a 25:02 in the 5K Wisconsin Private College Championship.
High School: Coached by Nathan Sweet…three-year member of the track and field team…National Honor Society member, North Suburban Conference all-academic, four-year honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Accounting major…distance runner on the 2005-067 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list six times and named to the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll seven-straight semesters…born July 4, 1986.
Returnee
Junior
St. Charles, Ill. (North)
2007: Ran a career-best 6K time of 27:43.79 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 22:49.40 to finish 63rd at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Ran a season-best time of 28:11.73 at the open-race portion of the CCIW 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 three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 5, 1987.
Returnee
Senior
Chicago, Ill. (Immaculate Heart of Mary)
2007: Finished 51st at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:01.87…finished 139th at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a season-best 6K time of 24:35.59…season-best 5K time of 20:39.00 to finish 25th at the Bradley Invitational.
2006: Finished 21st at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 24:16.25…finished 63rd at the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional with a career-best time of 23:23.40 in the 6K race.
2005: Finished 139th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 25:14 in the 6K race…finished 39th at the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a season-best time of 24:08 in the 6K race…finished 25th at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 21:02 in the 5K race.
High School: Sectional qualifier her senior year…all four of her teams qualified for the regionals…coached by Jeff Fredrickson…four-year member of the soccer team…National Honor Society member, National Art Honor Society member and National Spanish Honor Society member.
Personal: Psychology major…mid-distance runner on the 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list four times and a five-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 1, 1987.
Returnee
Graduated Senior
Wauwatosa, Wis. (West)
2007: Ran a season-best 6K time of 29:12.31 at the Aurora “Spartan Classic”…season-best 5K time of 23:43.90 at the Wisconsin Private College Championship.
2006: Did not compete.
2005: Finished 22nd at the open-race portion of the CCIW Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:17 in the 6K race…finished 43rd at the Wisconsin Private College Championship with a career-best time of 21:39 in the 5K race…season-best 25:02 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational.
2004: Ran a season-best 26:10 in the 6K at the Augustana (Ill.) Invitational and a 21:43 in the 5K Loyola (Ill.) “Lakefront Invitational.”
High School: Named All-Woodland Conference three-straight years, third team as a freshman, second team her sophomore year and first team as a junior…coached by Susan Henderson…four-year member of the track and field team.
Personal: Communication major…mid-distance runner on the 2005-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…born April 23, 1986.