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Sykes's Cross Country Bio
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Sophomore/Sophomore
At Wisconsin
2013 Outdoor: Finished 10th in the 3000 meters at the Wisconsin Open (5/4) with a time of 11:28.96 ... placed 15th in the 3000 meters at the Musco Twilight Invitational (4/20) with a time of 11:01.55
2013 Indoor: Finished 16th in the 3000 meters at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/19) with a time of 10:49.86
2012 Outdoor: Placed seventh in the 3000 meters at the Wisconsin Open (5/5) with a time of 10:29.09 ... clocked in at 4:57.64 to take ninth in the 1500 meters at the Musco Twilight Invitational (4/21)
2012 Indoor: Competed unattached, placed 18th in the 3000 meters at the Badger Track Classic (1/14) with a time of 11:55.52
2011 Indoor: Redshirt season
2011 Outdoor: Redshirt season.Competed unattached in the 5000 meters for fourth place with a time of 18:44.24 at the Rex Foster Open (4/8) ... placed 12th in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:49.95 at the Wisconsin Twilight Invitational (5/7)
High School
2010 state track qualifier for the 1600-meter relay and finished 12th ... 2009 state qualifier in cross countryand finished 24th as a senior ... also placed on 2009 Academic all-state cross country team her senior year ... 2006 state qualifier in cross country as a freshman ... also played soccer ... was a Kansas National Honor Scholar
Personal
Parents are Sven and Julie Sykes ... father, Sven, attended UW-Madison ... has two siblings, older brother Steven and younger sister Kristen ... majoring in psychology
Personal Bests |
Indoor | | Outdoor |
3000 Meters | 10:49.86 | 1-19-13 | | 1500 Meters | 4:57.64 | 4-21-12 |
| | | | 3000 Meters | 10:29.09 | 5-5-12 |
| | | | 5000 Meters | 18:44.24 | 4-8-11 |