Sarah Spencer Perry

Class: Graduate Student Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD High School: Lincoln HS

Last College: Grinnell College Position: Distance

2009 -- Indoor - did not compete... Outdoor - placed 14th in 10,000 meters (37:45.59) at Big Ten Championships... ran season bests in 1,500 meters (4:43.47) at Sun Angel Classic and 5,000 meters (17:40.94) at Stanford Invite... letterwinner.

2008 -- Cross Country - placed 22nd at NCAA Midwest Regional (21:33) to earn all-region honors... ran collegiate bests in 3,000 meters (10:40) at Hawkeye Invite, 5,000 meters (16:50) at Auburn Invite and 6,000 meters (21:12) at NCAA Pre-Nationals... those times rank seventh, ninth, and seventh, respectively, in school history... placed 21st at Big Ten Championships (21:33)... Iowa's second finisher in five races... Iowa's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree... team earned USTFCCCA academic all-America honors... letterwinner.

Collegiate Competition -- ran cross country and track at Grinnell College, earning all-America honors three times... two-time cross country conference champion, placing second as a freshman... eight-time academic all-conference, earning academic all-America honors three times... six-time team MVP... five-time track conference champion, provisionally qualifying for NCAA meet four times... won Drake Relays 10,000 meters as a junior... placed third at national cross country meet as a sophomore and sixth as a junior... two-time runner-up at regional cross country meet, earning all-region honors... earned three all-conference honors in cross country and seven in track... set school cross country records in 5,000 meters (17:59) and 6,000 meters (21:28), and indoor track records in 3,000 (10:12) and 5,000 meters (17:36)... Dean's List student... coached by Evelyn Freeman.

High School -- six-time all-state and eight-time all-conference in cross country and track... anchored state champion sprint medley relay... set school 3,200-meter record (11:05)... honor roll student and National Merit Scholar... academic all-state honoree... coached by Bob Garry, Phil Biteler, Mark Greeno and John Rodman.

Personal -- born April 13, 1985... daughter of Craig and Suzy Spencer... graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell in 2007 with honors and degrees in mathematics and Chinese... her husband, Kyle, played football and ran track at Grinnell... biostatistics major in the master's program at Iowa.

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