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Distance Bios
Kelsey Kaiser
Indoor: Senior
Outdoor: Senior
XC: Junior
Lexington, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Ran in three events (Mile, 800m, 1500m) in nine meets
during the indoor and outdoor seasons...Broke into the top-ten
three times, with her best finish being sixth place at the Saluki
Fast Start in the mile race.
2010-11:
Competed in the 800m and 1500m at three meets dur-
ing the outdoor season...Ran in the 800m and mile run events at
six meets during the indoor season, including at the MVC Indoor
Championships, placing 21st in the mile with a time of 5:25.76.
2009-10:
Earned three top ten finishes during the 2009-10 cam-
paign, including a season-best fifth place showing at the Saluki
Fast Start in the 800m...Also placed in the top ten at the McDon-
ald’s Invitational (mile run) and the 1500m (SIU Spring Clas-
sic)...Competed in four indoor and four outdoor meets during the
season.
Cross Country:
2012:
Participated in the first three meets of the year...Best finish
was 12th at the SIU Early Bird.
2011:
Competed in three meets for the Salukis...Placed 23rd at
the SIU Early Bird.
2010:
Ran in six meets in 2010 during her first season of
competition...Placed 15th at the SIU Early Bird with a time of
17:33.30...Recorded a season-best 5K time of 20:39.40 at the
Greater Louisville Classic.
2009:
Did not compete.
High School:
Part of 4x800 team that finished third in state in
2009...Best 800m time was 2:26.
Personal:
Full name is Kelsey Marie Kaiser...Majors in kinesiol-
ogy...Born July 3, 1990...Daughter of Jackie and Scott Kaiser...
Has one sibling.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
800m - 2:29.31
800m - 2:25.61
Mile - 5:25.76
1500m - 5:03.45
5000m - 20:03.62
Kristen Levi
Indoor: Freshman
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Freshman
Belvidere, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Redshirted the indoor season...Ran in the 3000m and
5000m races during the outdoor season, in which she ran in six
meets...Had three top-ten finishes, including a third-place finish in
the 3000m at the Memphis Tiger Invitational.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in seven meets...Notched four top-20 finishes, with
three of those in the top-10 and and two of them in the top-five...
Finished 18th at the MVC Championships...Ran at the NCAA
Midwest Regionals and finished 71st.
2011:
Placed fourth in her only meet of the year, the SIU Early
Bird.
High School:
Seven time all-conference in cross country and
track...six time state qualifier..three time all-state selection...
Holds school record in 3200m and 1600m...Placed fourth in state
in cross country sophomore year...Placed third in the state in the
3200m race her senior year...Illinois State Scholar.
Personal:
Full name is Kristen Marie Levi...Born April 28, 1993
in Rockford, Ill. ...Daughter of Paul and Jan Levi...Has three
brothers...Father is a middle school teacher, mother is a nurse...
Majoring in Biological Sciences-Biomedical Sciences.
Kristen Levi
Personal Bests
Outdoor
3000m - 10:37.12
5000m - 18:03.80