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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

Michael Wade/Wade Event Photography
Michael Wade/Wade Event Photography
Emily Papandria, USI Photography
Emily Papandria, USI Photography
Emily Papandria, USI Photography
Kara Martin Head Shot

Kara Martin

  • Position
    Distance
  • Indoor Class
    Senior
  • Outdoor Class
    Sr.
  • Hometown
    Herrin, IL
  • Highschool
    Herrin
  • Major
    Kinesiology

Biography

2022-23
CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Recorded three top-10 finishes in the 3,000 meters, 4x400 meter relay, and distance medley relay at the OVC Championship…recorded a personal-best mile time of 4:55.42 in a fifth-place finish at the PNC Bellarmine Classic…ran to a personal-best 3,000 meters time of 9:45.62 in a 112th-place effort at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational…earned top-five finishes in the 800 meters and mile at the Bellarmine Open…finished 2023 with Academic All-District accolades...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Won both the 5,000 meters and 3,000 meters at the OVC Championship…participated with both USI record-breaking teams in the 4x1,600-meter relay and the 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays…recorded two second-place finishes in the 800 meters and the 4x400-meter relay at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic…finished the 2023 campaign with Academic All-District honors...named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2021-22
CROSS COUNTRY: Earned All-Region with a 21st place finish in the NCAA II Midwest Region Championships…received All-GLVC honors after finishing 12th in the GLVC Championships…competed in four meets with two top-15 finishes…participated in the NCAA II National Championships and finished 159th...collected Academic All-GLVC honors...given the Council of President's Academic Excellence Award.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Competed in the mile, distance medley relay, and 4x400-meter relay in three meets, finishing fourth in the distance medley relay, fifth in the 4x400-meter relay, and eighth in the mile in the GLVC Indoor Championships.
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Participated in seven meets in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase, and 4x400-meter relay…led the Eagles to eighth place in the 4x400-meter relay in the GLVC Outdoor Championships…placed fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and seventh in the 1,500 meters in the GLVC Outdoor Championships...named Academic All-GLVC...given the Council of President's Academic Excellence Award.

TRANSFER
Comes to USI from the University of Tennessee-Martin, where she competed in both cross country as well as track & field during her collegiate career...was 16th at the 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championships after finishing 24th as a freshman in 2016...was a scorer for the Skyhawks in six of the eight events she competed in at the OVC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships from 2017-18...was on the OVC's Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2016-17 and 2017-18...was UT-Martins Team MVP in 2018.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Herrin High School (Herrin, Illinois) where she earned eight total varsity letters in cross country and track…earned the Most Outstanding Athlete, Most Valuable Athlete and Dedication awards at Herrin…named All-Conference all four years in both cross country and track…also named academic All-State as both a junior and senior…was All-State in cross country as a senior and in track as a junior and senior…named 2016 Southern Illinoisan Cross Country Runner of the Year…won individual regional and sectional championships…led her school to team titles in both regional and sectional championships…won the Illinois Top Time Championship in the 1,600 meters with a time of 5:04.7.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-2022Junior

    Distance
  • 2022-2023Senior

    Distance