Connie Abbott

Class: Senior Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. High School: Shawnee Mission South

Height: 5-4 Birthdate: 04/25/1986

2006: Did not compete.

2005: Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Finished 49th overall at the Big 12 Championships in a time of 22:58 ... Finished first on the team and 129th overall at the Roy Griak Invitational (23:16) ... Finished seventh overall at the Bob Timmons Invitational (19:19.46).

2004: Talented freshman competed in all six events for the Jayhawks ... Came in first or second on the squad in all but one race ... Finished 10th at the Bob Timmons Invitational with a time of 20:03.75 ... Came in 12th overall and first on the team at the KSU Wildcat Invitational, pacing the team to a fourth-place finish (23:29.9) ... Placed 130th overall at the Roy Griak Invitational (23:27) ... At NCAA Pre-Nationals, recorded a time of 22:25.7, finishing 128th overall and first on the team ... Finished 48th overall and second among KU finishers at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 23:21.76 ... Saved her best time of the year for the NCAA Midwest Regionals (22:45.62).

High School: 2002 Kansas state cross country champion ... Holds Shawnnee Mission South track records in both the 3200m and as a member of the 4x800m relay team ... Named to the All-Sun cross country team four times and three times in track ... As a junior and senior was named to the All-Metro cross country team ... As a junior was named the All-Metro cross country runner of the year.

Parents: Kevin and Margaret Abbott. Born: April 25, 1986, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Major: Pre-physical therapy