Charity Stowers

Class: Senior Hometown: Hartwell, Ga. High School: Leavenworth HS

Height: 5-6 Event: Sprints

2008 OUTDOOR: Ran a personal-best 800-meter time of 2:11.94 at the Sooner Invitational to finish in third place ... Placed eighth in the 800 meters at the Kansas Relays with a time of 2:18.93 ... Finished in seventh place in the 400 meters at the Missouri Relays after posting a time of 58.32 ... Ran a time of 2:19.55 in the 800 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational to place eighth.

2008 INDOOR: Posted four top-five finishes in the 600 yards ... Took first place at the Jayhawk Classic, running a time of 1:25.30 ... Finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 1:23.92 ... Placed fifth at the ISU Classic with a time of 1:23.76 ... Fifth-place finisher at the Kansas Invitational (1:27.77) ... Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 4x400-meter relay.

2007 OUTDOOR: Had a season best time of 56.96 in the 400 meters at the Kansas Relays ... Finished 15th at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 57.62 in that event ... Also ran the 800 meters (2:19.98) at the Tulsa Duels.

2007 INDOOR: Primarily ran the 600-yard run ... Ran a time of 1:24.50 at the Husker Invitational ... Placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships with a run of 1:21.42 after a preliminary time of 1:22.44 ... Also ran once in the 400 meters (57.61) at the ISU Classic.

2006 OUTDOOR: Ran two events for the Jayhawks ... Placed sixth in the 800-meter run at the Tulsa Duels (2:19.19) ... Primarily ran the 400 meters ... Notched a time of 56.59 at the Kansas Relays and competed at the Big 12 Championships with a personal-best time of 56.57 in the 400-meter dash. 2006 INDOOR: Ran the 400-meter dash ... Placed 11th at the Jayhawk Invitational (59.34) ... Competed at the Big 12 Championships and placed 14th (56.91) ... Ran a season-best at the ISU Last Chance (57.09).

HIGH SCHOOL: Kansas 6A state champion in the 200-meter dash as a junior ... Runner-up in the 400-meter dash as a junior and senior ... Was a member of the champion 1,600 meter-relay team her junior and senior seasons ... Named the 2005 Kansas High School Female Athlete of the Year.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Rocko and Darlette Stowers ... Born in Lebanon, Penn. ... Major is pre-medicine.