Amanda Hardesty

Hometown: Valparaiso, Ind. High School: Valparaiso Event: Distance

2011 -- Indoor - posted season-best mile (4:50.33) at Razorback Invite... ran collegiate-best 800 meters (2:14.38) at Iowa Open... Outdoor - anchored team-leading distance medley to seventh-place finish at Drake Relays (11:43.65)... that time ranks 10th all-time at Iowa... placed 17th in 10,000 meters (36:38.45) at Big Ten Championships... ran season-best 1,500 meters (4:34.99) at Sun Angel Classic... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2010 -- Indoor - led team in 3,000 meters (9:30.17)... time is a collegiate-best, provisional qualifier, and ranks eighth all-time at Iowa... ran collegiate-best 4:48.69 mile at ISU Classic, which ranks 10th all-time at Iowa... won mile at Iowa Open (4:56.68) and Last Chance Qualifier (4:50.09)... placed second in mile at Jack Johnson Invite (4:52.32)... Outdoor - competed in 1,500 meters at NCAA West Regional (34th, 4:31.14)... ran third leg on school record-setting 6,400-meter relay at Drake Relays (19:05.63)... ran collegiate-best 16:37.01 in the 5,000 meters at Big Ten Championships, which ranks 10th all-time at Iowa... ran collegiate-best 4:25.60 in 1,500 meters at Sun Angel Classic... won 1,500 meters at CCU Shamrock Invite (4:28.58)... letterwinner... Cross Country - ran a collegiate best time of 21:37 in 6,000 meters at NCAA Regional, finishing 63rd... finished 64th at Big Ten Championships (22:04) in 6,000 meters... placed fourth in 3,000 meters at Hawkeye Invite (10:34)... finished eighth in 3,000 meters at Iowa Invite (10:40)... ran 18:34 (5,000 meters) at Notre Dame Invite and 22:00 (6,000 meters) at Pre NCAA Invite in 6,000 meters (22:00)... academic all-Big Ten... team earned USTFCCCA all-academic honors... letterwinner.

2009 -- Indoor - placed eighth in 3,000 meters at Big Ten Championships with a season-best 9:50.76... won mile with season-best 5:04.46 at Iowa Invite... Outdoor - led team in 5,000 meters with the season-best 17:01.58 she clocked for 16th place at Big Ten Championships... ran third leg on team-leading 6,400-meter relay that placed third (19:36.43) at Drake Relays... that time ranks fourth all-time at Iowa...placed third in 1,500 meters at Sun Angel with a season-best 4:32.17... placed 11th in 5,000 meters (17:19.78) at Drake Relays... letterwinner... Cross Country - placed 33rd at Big Ten Championships with a season-best 21:38 (6,000 meters)... placed 35th at NCAA Regional (21:49.7), 43rd at Wisconsin Adidas Invite (17:58) and 65th at NCAA Pre-Nationals (21:48)... placed second at Hawkeye Invite with a collegiate-best 10:21 (3,000 meters), which ranks fifth in school history... team earned USTFCCCA all-academic honors... letterwinner.

2008 -- Indoor - redshirted... Outdoor - ran second leg on team-leading distance medley relay (12:03.66)... ran season-best 1,500 meters (4:45.76) at Musco Twilight X... letterwinner... Cross Country - ran collegiate-best 5,000 meters (17:36) at Auburn Invite, and season bests in 3,000 meters (10:55) at Hawkeye Invite and 6,000 meters (22:06) at NCAA Championships... team earned USTFCCCA academic all-America honors... letterwinner.

2007 -- Cross Country - placed 57th at Big Ten Championships with a season-best 21:53 (6,000 meters)... also ran collegiate best at Hawkeye Invite (15:03-4,000 meters) ... team earned USTFCCCA all-academic honors... letterwinner.

High School -- four time all-state cross country and two time in track... cross country team MVP and state all-star in cross country senior year... conference, sectional, and regional cross country champion senior year... second team all-regional at Footlocker meet... placed fifth as a junior and senior, 16th as a sophomore and 32nd as a freshman at the state cross country meet... ran on 3,200-meter relay that placed second and placed seventh in mile at state track meet... her team placed second at state track meet... also competed in swimming... National Honor Society member... graduated with academic honors... coached were Karen Devries, Mick Cavanaugh and Jim McCall.

Personal -- born December 11, 1988... daughter of Mark and Mary Hardesty... twin sister, Lauren, also lettered in track and cross country at Iowa (2007-11)... pre-nursing major.