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.