Air Force Academy

Kelly McPherson

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Class: Senior Hometown: Mildenhall AFB, England High School: Lakenheath

Position: Team Captain

Junior (2002): Season best time was 19:03 at Cowboy Jamboree, finished 41st of 146 women ... Placed fourth in Air Force Open (19:34) ... New Mexico finish was 11th in 23:30 ... Pre-NCAA time was 22:54 (181st) ... Mountain Region time was 22:46 ... Finished 52nd of 123 runners ... No. 2 on indoor best marks list for 800m (2:21.12) and mile (4:59.31) ... Women's distance medley team set new school record (11:52.02) ... No. 3 on outdoor best marks for 800m (2:19.10) and No. 2 in 1500m (4:43.87).

Sophomore (2001): Best finish was sixth at Lobo Invite ... Ran 22:55 to help team to a clean sweep ... Ran 23:16 at Roy Griak Invite ... Finished 37th at MWC with a time of 23:38 ... Team finished second ... Finished 59th at Mountain Region with a time of 23:39 ... Indoor best mark in mile was 5:10.50 and 2:26.19 for 800m ... Last spring, ran 800 leg on AFA's school record distance medley relay team ... Finished eighth in MWC outdoor meet in 1,500m ... Season bests of 4:43.59 and 2:18.94.

Freshman (2000): Season -best 19:52 at Woody Greeno ... In her first collegiate championship race, finished 35th in the MWC ... Was 91st at Mountain Region. High School: Best times were 2:20 in the 800m and 4:51 (1,500m) at the European Championships ... Ran the 5K in 17:52 ... State qualifier in cross country and track ... Champion in the 1,500m ... Lakenheath Athlete of the Year (twice) ... Team captain ... National Honor Society ... Principals Honor Roll (twice) ... Most Valuable Runner Europe ... All-Europe Academic Award (twice) ... Most valuable track runner in UK. Notables: Dean's pin for fall 2001 semester ... Member of NCAA all-academic team (2001 and 2002).