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12 All-Americans
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Eileen Schweiss
Senior
Festus, Mo.
Herculaneum HS
2012
Ran in seven meets...Best finish was seventh at
the SIU Early Bird...Finished 45th at the MVC
Championships and 133rd at the NCAA Midwest
Regionals.
2011
Competed in all seven meets for the Salukis...
Notched four top-15 finishes, including an eighth
place finish at the Saluki Invitational with a time
of 19:38.1.
2010
Competed in all seven meets during the 2010
season...Took top-15 meets during the first three
meets of the season, including a season-best sixth
place finish at the Saluki Invitational...Recorded a
season-low 5K time at the Greater Louisville Clas-
sic with a time of 19:12.98.
High School
Earned all-conference, all-district and all-sectional
honors in all four years at Herculaneum High
School...Finished in the top 10 at the cross coun-
try 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.
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 personal 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 Se-
ries 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.
Kaylyn Shaw
Senior
Riverton, Ill.
Riverton HS
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