Laura Pearson

Hometown: Schaumburg, IL High School: Schaumburg Event: Distance

2005 -- Indoor - placed eighth in 800 meters with a collegiate-best 2:33.90 at Iowa Open... Outdoor - redshirted... letterwinner... Cross Country - placed 39th (11:39) at Hawkeye Invite.

2004 -- Cross Country - ran collegiate best 4,000 meters (16:06) at Hawkeye Triangular and 5,000 meters (19:26:50) at Murray Keatinge Invite... letterwinner.

High School -- member of state runner-up 3,200-meter relay and won conference title in 1,600 meters sophomore year... runner-up at conference cross country meet junior year... three-time all-state in track, earning all-state honors in cross country as a junior... three-time all-conference in cross country and two-time in track... set cross country 5,000-meter course record and school records in indoor 1,600 meters and outdoor 800 meters... team MVP in cross country and track as a junior... team captain in cross country and track as a senior... National Honor Society member and honor roll student... four-time IHSA all-academic award winner... coaches were Jon Macneider and Mike Rebeck.

Personal -- born June 11, 1986... daughter of Edward and Libby Pearson... exercise science major.

Pearson's Collegiate Bests