Laura Kilen

Sprints
Senior
Eldridge, Iowa (North Scott)

2008:  Finished fifth in the javelin (105-8) and sixth in the heptathlon (3,143 points) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 15th in the 400-meter dash (1:07.40) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2007:  Finished 24th in the 200-meter dash (30.72) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 19th in the 400-meter dash (1:07.67) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2006:  Finished eighth in the 400-meter dash (1:07.16) at the Wisconsin Private College Championship…finished 13th in the 400-meter run (1:06.52) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  A state qualifier her junior year in both the 800-meter run and the distance medley relay…coached by Christina Page-Fagerland…three-year cross country letterwinner and coached by Don Rupe…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…member of the 2005-08 Carthage women’s cross country teams…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a five-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 1, 1987.