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  Kara Yahn

Kara Yahn

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Clinton, Iowa

High School:
Clinton

Event:
Hurdles

Honors:
5x All-MVC, 2x Regional Qualifier

2007: OUTDOOR - Earned all-MVC honors in the 100 meter hurdles (2nd), 400 meter hurdles (3rd) and 4x400 meter relay (3rd) ... Ran a personal best (13.64) in the 100 hurdles at the MVC Championships setting the school record ... Took second-place at the Musco Invite with a time of 14.06 ... Finished third at the Missouri Relays, clocking in at 14.21 ... Ran a personal best (1:00.68) in the 400 hurdles at the John Jacobs Invite, which currently ranks No. 2 in the UNI record books ... Member of Drake Relays 4x400-meter relay team, setting school record and finishing ninth ... Competed in the Midwest Regionals, finishing 10th in the 100 hurdles (13.79) and 14th in the 400 hurdles (1:00.68) ... Selected to all-Midwest Region team after seventh-place performance in 4x400-meter relay. INDOOR - Member of MVC Indoor Championship 4x400 meter relay team ... Ran a personal best in the 60 hurdles (8.63), which currently ranks No. 2 in the conference and No. 2 on the all-time UNI list.

2006: OUTDOOR - Placed second in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries at the UNI Messersmith in 14.39 before sustaining a season-ending injury in the final heat. INDOOR - Earned all-MVC honors in the 60-meter hurdles at the MVC honors, placing second in a season-best time of 8.64 ... Runner-up in the 60 hurdles at the UNI-Dome Open (8.97) and the UNI Classic (9.02) ... Third leg of the 4x400 that earned all-MVC honors, placing third at the MVC Championships in 3:45.63.

2005: OUTDOOR -Placed fifth in the 400 hurdles at the MVC meet ... Runner-up in the 400 hurdles at the Mark Messersmith Invitational with a time of 1:02.72 ... Earned first place in the 400 hurdles at the Wisconsin Twilight, clocking in at 1:02.39. INDOOR - Finished 10th in the hurdles at the Last Chance Meet with a time of 8.89.

2004: OUTDOOR - Member of the 4x100 meter relay team that finished first at the UNI Twilight with its 48.89 time ... Has season-best time of 14.58 in the 100 hurdles at the Musco Invite ... Finished her 2004 season at the Missouri Valley Conference championships where she was awarded sixth place for her 14.66 time in the 100-meter hurdles. INDOOR - Recorded her personal-best 60-meter hurdles time, 8.80, at the UNI-Dome Open where she finished second ... Earned sixth place at the MVC meet after clocking in 8.92 in the 60 meter hurdles.

HIGH SCHOOL: Set the school record in the shuttle hurdle relay and the 100m hurdles ... Four-year letter winner in track ... Four-year state qualifier and Drake Relays qualifier ... Four-year state place winner ... Two-year letter winner in volleyball ... Senior Class Vice President ... Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Lesli Yahn ... Born June 8, 1985 ... Majoring in health promotion.

INDOOR 60m 8.16 200m 26.49 60m Hurdles 8.63

OUTDOOR 100m 12.70 100m Hurdles 13.64 200m 26.60 400m Hurdles 1:00.68

 

 
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