| Kara Syrdal |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Shoreline, WA
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| High School:
Shorecrest
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| Birthdate:
07/20/1979
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| Experience:
3V
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| Major:
Psychology/Pre-Medicine
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1999-2000: Finished 18th at the Stanford Invitational, the top Husky finisher ... Placed 25th at the Pac-10 championships and 19th at the NCAA west regionals ... Finished 119th at the NCAA Championships, helping the Huskies to a 13th-place team performance ... A first-team All-Pac-10 academic cross country selection … On the track oval, placed ninth in the 3,000 meters (9:58.15) and 13th in the 5,000m (17:25.48) at the Pac-10 championships … Qualified for the conference meet with career-best clockings of 9:39.47 (3,000m) and 16:46.55 (5,000m) during early-season meets … Ranked No. 3 among Huskies in the 3,000m and No. 4 in the 5,000m … A first-team All-Pac-10 academic team selection in track and field. 1998-99: Placed fourth at the Pac-10 track championships in both the 3,000- (9:49.09) and 5,000-meter (16:52.12) events ... Reached the NCAA provisional-qualifying standard in the 5,000 meters (16:47.31) but did not receive an invitation to the championship meet ... Boasted the team’s best 1,500-meter time (4:32.77) ... Registered a 10th-place performance at the Pac-10 meet and was 26th in the NCAA West Regional race ... Finished 129th in the NCAA cross country race, helping the Huskies to a ninth-place team result ... Received second-team All-Pac-10 academic team acclaim in both cross country and track. 1997-98: Top placing was 10th at the Washington State Invitational ... Helped the Huskies to a 14th-place finish at the NCAA cross country championships with a 129th-place effort ... Finished 35th at the Pac-10 championships and 45th in the NCAA West Regional race ... On the track, placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Pac-10 championships (16:58.1) ... Finished sixth at the Pac-10s in the 3,000 meters (9:47.34 ... Clocked a 4:25.54 in the 1,500 meters, the second-best time of any Husky in 1998. High School: Led cross country team to a state title in 1993, and a sixth-place finish in 1994 ... Also lettered in track and basketball ... The 1997 Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Shorecrest ... Graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
