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2013 Track and Field Media Guide
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Distance Bios
Eileen Schweiss
Indoor: Junior
Outdoor: Junior
XC: Junior
Festus, Mo.
Track:
2011-12:
Ran in four different events (Mile, 3000m, 5000m,
10,000m) in nine meets over the indoor and outdoor seasons...
Broke the top-five twice, with her best finish coming in the
3000m race at the Memphis Tiger Invitational where she finished
second.
2010-11:
Finished second in the 3000m at the SIU Invitational
with a time of 10:45.41...Competed in five other events during
the indoor season...Notched a first place finish in the 5000m at
the Ole Miss Invitational finishing with a time of 18:29.77...
Participated in the 5000m and 10,000m at the MVC Outdoor
Championships.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in seven meets...Best finish was seventh at the SIU
Early Bird...Finished 45th at the MVC Championships and
133rd at the NCAAMidwest Regionals.
2011:
Competed in all seven meets for the Salukis...Notched
four top-15 finishes, including an eighth place finish at the Sa-
luki Invitational with a time of 19:38.1.
2010:
Competed in all seven meets during the 2010 season...
Took top-15 during the first three meets of the season, includ-
ing a season-best sixth place finish at the Saluki Invitational...
Recorded a season-low 5K time at the Greater Louisville Classic
with a time of 19:12.98.
High School:
Earned all-conference, all-district, and all-sec-
tional honors in all four years at Herculaneum High School...Fin-
ished in the top 10 at the cross country state finals all four years,
including a first place finish during her junior year in 2008...
Earned all-state track honors in the 1600m, 3200m, and 4x800
relay during senior season...Team won state cross country title
each of her four years on the team...Member of student council
and National Honor Society...Named Missouri Bright Flight
Scholar.
Personal:
Full name is Eileen Nicole Schweiss...Born on
April 25, 1992, in Columbia, Mo...Daughter of Kirk and Jan
Schweiss...Father is a mechanical engineer, while mother is an
electrical engineer...Majoring in mechanical engineering.
Kaylyn Shaw
Indoor: Junior
Outdoor: Junior
XC: Junior
Riverton, Ill.
Track:
2010-11:
Competed in 3000m and mile run at four events during
the indoor season... Placed sixth at the Saluki Fast Start in the 1
Mile...Ran in two events for the Salukis in the outdoor season.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in three meets for Southern...Best finish was eighth at
the SIU Early Bird.
2011:
Participated in two meets for the Salukis...Best finish came
at the SIU Early Bird, where she finished 17th.
2010:
Competed in three meets in 2010...Finished a season-best
34th place at the Saluki Invitational with a time of 21:50.50...Set a
season-low time of 21:27.73 at the Greater Louisville Classic.
High School:
Named track all-conference three times and cross
country all-conference twice at Riverton High School...Set a per-
sonal record time of 19:50 on a three mile course...Ran a time of
5:41 in the 1600m and 12:16 in the 3200m...Member of National
Honor Society, Spanish Club, Pep Club, and Yearbook...Earned
Illinois State Scholar honors as a senior...Went to same high
school as University of Illinois basketball star Mike Tisdale and
NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Justin Allgaier.
Personal:
Full name is Kaylyn Faith Shaw...Born Aug. 27, 1992,
in Springfield, Ill...Daughter of Bill and Kathryn Shaw...Father is
an electrical engineer and mother is a software analyst...Has one
brother...Majoring in electrical engineering.
Autumn Shearer
Indoor: Junior
Outdoor: Junior
XC: Junior
Manhattan, Ill.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 5:23.20
3000m - 10:35.01
3000m - 10:26.86
5000m - 18:01.07
10,000m - 37:58.71
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 5:39.75
3000m - 11:20.38
3000m - 11:35.91
5000m - 20:26.38