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Kelsey Klettke

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Year:
Junior |
Hometown:
Vancouver,
Wash. |
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Date of
Birth:
03-14-90 |
Previous
School:
Prarie
HS |
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Name pronunciation: Klet-kee
LCSC
CAREER: As a
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)…as a
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, 2:13 in the 800m, 4:42
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
running, triathlons, hiking,
snowboarding, playing with
her dog, playing catch,
biking, backpacking, playing
in the sun, and watching
late night TV…majoring in
Kinesiology at LCSC.
FAVORITE RACE: Ken Shannon
track meet and Whitman
College cross country meet
NICKNAME: KK FAVORITE
MOVIE: Into the Wild
FAVORITE FOOD: Salmon
FAVORITE PHRASE: 1
Corinthians 9:24-27
FAVORITE BOOK: Saiddartha
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Office
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: Living in the
woods with my sister 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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