Kelsey Klettke





Year: Senior Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Date of Birth: 3-14-90 Previous School: Prairie HS

 

 

 



 


JUNIOR:
Enjoyed one of the best seasons in the history of the Warrior women’s program...started off the year by winning the Idaho Cup, which featured a number of NCAA runners...went on to finish in the top eight in every regular season race, including wins at the Warrior Invite and the Frontier Conference meet... ran a season best 17:23 at the Warrior Invite...was the team’s top finisher in every race...placed 11th in the NAIA national meet, which is the highest finish in program history and earned All-American honors...earned Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors... finished third at Inland Empire meet, fifth at Eric Anderson Invite, and eighth at Willamette Invite.

SOPHOMORE:
finished among the top-three LC runners in all seven cross country races, leading the team three times…led the Warriors and finished 26th overall at the Charles Bowles Invitational, recording a time of 18:13 that stands as the sixth best 5k time in the LC record book…finished in the top-10 overall four times…finished 53rd overall and No. 1 for LC at the NAIA National Championships, crossing the line in 19:40…Klettke holds seven LC track records…in outdoor track Klettke set school records, at the season’s first race, in the 1500m (4:48.04) and 800m (2:19.57)…won the 1500m at the Northwest Scoring Clash with a then school-record time of 4:43.69…later qualified for nationals and broke her own LC-best times in the 1500m (4:42.84), 800m (2:13.65) and 5000m (18:08.61)…ran on outdoor 4x400m relay team that set a school record (4:18.14).

FRESHMAN: placed sixth overall in her cross country debut at the Whitman Invitational…gradually built on her time despite being hampered by illness…competed in the 800m, 1500m and 4x400m relay during the indoor and outdoor track seasons…part of the indoor 4x400m relay team that set a school record (4:23.32)…earned fifth-place finish in the 1500m and was fifth in the 800m at the Idaho Cup…took third in the 800m at Eastern Washington.

HIGH SCHOOL: Qualified for the state cross country meet three times and was the district champion in cross country and track…broke district cross country course record and set meet records at the Capitol Invite (twice) and Hoquiam Invite…during her first three years, she won 20 of the 35 cross country races she competed in…state champion in Junior Olympics for both Oregon and Washington in 2006 in cross country and placed in the top five on four occasions in USATF Junior Olympics Track and Field in 2006…personal bests of 18:03 in the three-mile in cross country, 61 seconds in the 400m, 2:18 in the 800m, 4:52 in the 1500m and 10:35 for 3000m in track and field…all of her track times would have broken LCSC school records at these distances.

PERSONAL: Born March 14,1990 to Suzy and Barry Klettke…one sister Tori…hobbies include swimming, road biking, mountain climbing, rock climbing, kayaking, snowboarding, going on runs with my dad, playing in the sun, backpacking, and watching Glee with teammate Amanda…majoring in Secondary Education with Biology emphasis

FAVORITE RACE: Ken Shannon track meet and Whitman College cross country meet
NICKNAME: KK
FAVORITE MOVIE: Into the Wild
FAVORITE FOOD: Quinoa
FAVORITE PHRASE: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
FAVORITE BOOK: Siddhartha
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Modern Family
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Mississippi Pizza
FAVORITE MUSICIAN: Neil Young
MOST MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENT: Running a 4:50 at UW and running against Kara Goucher last summer
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB: Super model or professional triathlete
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS: Teaching high school biology, coaching cross country, and still running competitively
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LCSC: The wonderful cross country team!
WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT THE LCSC CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK PROGRAMS: Everything, the girls, the boys, coach, Tracy, camp, the competitiveness, and the list goes on and on


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