Monica Mims

Hometown: Iowa City, IA High School: City Event: Middle Distance

2008 -- Indoor - redshirted... won 400 meters (58.92) at Hawkeye Invite while competing unattached... Outdoor - ran second leg on team-leading 1,600-meter relay (3:44.21) that placed sixth at Big Ten Championships... ran collegiate-best 800 meters (2:15.94) at Iowa Invite and 400 meters (56.46) at Auburn Classic... ran lead leg on team-leading 3,200-meter relay (9:14.66) at Drake Relays... letterwinner.

2007 -- Indoor - ran collegiate-best 600 meters (1:35.54) at Big Ten Championships... won that event at Iowa Invite (1:38.05) and placed third (1:38.99) at Hawkeye Invite... Outdoor - anchored 1,600-meter relay that placed sixth at Drake Relays, running a season-best and NCAA regional-qualifying 3:39.36 in the prelims... that time ranks third in school history... anchored third-place 1,600-meter relay (3:39.64) at Big Ten Championships, which ranks fourth in school history... ran season-best 400 meters (57.98) at Musco Twilight IX... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2006 -- Indoor - led team in 600 yards, running a collegiate-best 1:27.53 at Iowa State Classic... Outdoor - ran season-best 400 meters (59.55) at Shamrock Invite and season-best 800 meters (2:18.04) at Musco Twilight VIII... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2005 -- Indoor - placed fifth in 800 meters at Gold Country Classic (2:24.73)... ran season-best 600 yards (1:30.12) at Iowa State Classic... Outdoor - ran season-best 2:29.48 in 800 meters at Jim Duncan Invite... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2004 -- Indoor - runner-up in 600 meters with a season-best 1:40.20 at Hawkeye Invite... won 600 (1:40.52) at Iowa Open... Outdoor - redshirted.

2003 -- Cross Country - redshirted.

High School -- ran on six state champion and four conference champion relays... set state meet and school record as part of distance medley relay (4:03.56)... set school records as part of 1,600 (3:56.94) and 3,200-meter relays (9:11)... ran on 3,200-meter relay that placed fourth at Adidas National Championships junior year... two-time track team MVP... track and cross country team captain senior year... National Honor Society member... coaches were Tom Mittman and Terry Coleman.

Personal -- born December 12, 1984... daughter of Fred and Susan Mims... father played basketball and baseball at Iowa, played baseball for the Houston Astros and is one of Iowa's Associate Athletics Directors... mother ran track and cross country at Iowa... her brother, Jeremy, runs track for Nike, her brother, Corey, runs track at the University of Kansas and her sister, Kelsey, runs track at Iowa... African-American world studies major.

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