Tara Grosserode

Class: Senior Hometown: Lincoln, Neb. High School: Pius X High School

Height: 5-4 Event: Middle Distance

2010 OUTDOOR: Finished first in the 800 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (Mar. 27) with a personal best time of 2:17.05.

2010 INDOOR: Recorded five top-five finishes in the 600 yards... Competed in the 600 Yards at the Big 12 Championships (Feb. 26) setting a personal best with a time of 1:25.50 and finishing 15^th... Had two second place finishes; the first coming at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 5) with a time of 1:28.66, and the second coming on a time of 1:27.62 at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 8).

HIGH SCHOOL: Finished third in the 800 meters at the 2009 Nebraska Class A State Championships...Anchored the 2009 State Champion 4x400 and 4x800 meter relay teams...Member of the 4x400 and 4x800 meter relay teams that hold the Pius X High School records...Four-year state qualifier in the 100, 200, 400 and 800-meter individual events...Member of the 2007 cross country state championship team...Was the top finisher for her high school team at the 2008 Class B Cross Country State Meet...Named to the Lincoln Journal Star All-City team in 2006, 2008 and 2009...Received the 2008 Lincoln Sertoma Club Award for Outstanding Achievement in cross country...Also started at guard for the Pius X basketball team...Named to the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald All-State Honorable Mention Girls Basketball teams in 2009...Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-State in 2008 and 2009...Member of the National Honor Society from 2007-09...Named Pius X Homecoming Queen in 2008.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Joann Grosserode...Has four siblings; Patrick, Matthew (deceased 8/6/03), Danny and Mitchell...Brother, Patrick, competed in track and field for South Carolina and Nebraska; brother, Matthew, played football at Iowa State and brother, Danny, played football at Bryant University...Majoring in Spanish.