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Sports
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Women's Track & Field
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Years Played
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1989-93
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Year Inducted
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2010
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One of the most
versatile sprinters in school history...Nine-time NCAA Division II
All-American, running on six outdoor relays and three indoor...NCC's only
four-time women's 100-meter dash champion from 1990 to 1993...Three-time NCC
200-meter dash champion...Ran on seven outdoor and three indoor NCC
championship relay teams...Four-time individual NCC indoor champ in the 55,
200, 300 and 400 meters...Seven-time NCC outdoor champion in the 100 and 200
meters, the second most titles in NCC outdoor history...1993 CoSIDA Academic
At-Large All-America second team...Two-time Academic All-North Central
Conference first team...Two-time National Strength and Conditioning
All-American...Set NDSU indoor and Bison Sports Arena 300 record (:40.71)...And
still holds records as a member of NDSU's outdoor 800-meter medley relay
(1:46.34) and the NDSU and BSA record indoor 800-meter relay (1:41.57)...On the
NDSU outdoor list, still ranks No. 7 in the 100 (:11.92) and No. 9 in the 200
(:24.53)...On the Bison indoor list, ranks No. 4 in the 300 (:40.71)...Grew up
in Watertown, S.D., where she was a three-time track team MVP and a state
champion in the 200 meters, 400 meters and 800-meter relay...Held the 100
meters record at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays from 1989 to 2008...Two-time
state gymnastics champion in the vault and runner-up in the all-around and also
played basketball for two seasons...Inducted into the Watertown High School
Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001...She still holds the school record for the 100
meters with a time of 11.89 seconds...Graduated from NDSU in 1993 with a
bachelor's degree in physical education and earned a master's degree in
elementary education from Minot State in 2002...She began her professional
career as a business education and physical education teacher and assistant
coach for track, volleyball and basketball at Odebolt (Iowa) High School...Has
been teaching health and physical education at Eastwood Elementary in West
Fargo since 1998...Served as the head track coach at Moorhead High School in
1994 and was an assistant coach at Fargo North from 1996 to 1998 and Fargo
South from 1999 to 2006...Also served as an assistant gymnastics coach at West
Fargo High School from 1996 to 2000...Has been named the North Dakota
Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year and was a recipient of the
North Dakota Association for Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Pathfinder Award as an advocate for girls and women in sports...She and her
husband, Rory, have three children, Kaia, Merritt and Joshua.
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