Meredith McKean

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Armstrong-Ringsted
Hometown:
Armstrong, Iowa

2006:

Finished ninth at the ISU Indoor Qualifier in the 3,000-meter run (10:50.10) ... Outdoors, recorded a 10th-place finish at the Tom Botts Invitational in the 3,000-meter run (10:49.43) ... Earned eighth-place at the Michael Johnson Classic in the 5,000-meter run (20:20.78).

2005:

Finished 14th in the 10,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a personal best time (38:57.61) ... In the same meet ran a personal indoor best time of 18:23.1 in the 5,000-meter run ... Recorded a fifth-place finish at the ISU Open in the 3,000-meter run (10:24.40).

2004:

Finished 81st out of 185 athletes in the NCAA Mid West Regional Cross Country Championships ... Earned 20th place among 237 runners at the Tori Neubauer Invitational ... Outdoors, placed first in the 3,000-meter run at the UNI Twilight meet with a time of 10:15.65, clocking a career best ... Finished fifth at the ASU Invite, with a 10:26.13 effort in the 3,000-meter run.

2003:

A member of the Iowa State cross country team.

Before Iowa State

Finished 30th in the 2002 1A cross country state meet with a time of 15:15 for 4,000 meters ... Placed seventh in the 2001 3A state cross country meet ... Finished third in the state meet 1,500-meters as a junior and was the 3,000-meter runner-up as a sophomore.

Personal

Born March 27, 1985 ... Daughter of Phyllis and Richard McKean ... Both parents and four sisters all attended ISU ... Biochemistry major.