Kara Windisch

Class: Senior Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. High School: Blue Valley West

Height: 5-2

JUNIOR (2010)

Competed in three races for the Jayhawks... Set a new personal-best 6K time in a 54^th-place finish at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13), crossing the finish line in 21:28.92... Ran at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), earning a 57^th-place finish with a 6K time of 22:07.22.

SOPHOMORE (2009)

Was among the Jayhawks' top four finishers in five of the six meets in which she competed... Finished second at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5) with a 5K time of 18:45.37... Helped her team to a runner-up finish at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), where she placed 14^th and posted a career-best 5K time of 17:48.60... Took 37^th at the Big 12 Championships after completing the 6K course in 22:53.19... Was the Jayhawks No. 2 finisher at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 14) after clocking in with a career-best 6K time of 21:55.50 to take 42^nd place overall.

RS-FRESHMAN (2008)
KU's No. 3 runner... Recorded a personal-best 5K time of 19:25 en route to a fourth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic... Placed sixth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 19:31.91... Posted a career-best 6K time of 22:22.50 at the ISU Pre-Nationals... Finished 41^st at the Big 12 Championships in a 6K time of 22:25.20... Placed 60^th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after posting a 6K time of 22:36.65.

FRESHMAN (2007)
Utilized Redshirt Season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered all four years in both track and cross country... Received Eastern Kansas League Scholar Athlete award all four years... Was the 2007 6A state track and field champion in the 3,200-meter run and was runner-up in the 1,600-meter run... Led her team to a third-place finish at the state track championships in 2007... Named to the all-sun girls track first team in 2006 and 2007... Received all-metro honorable mention for track in 2007... Finished second at the 2006 5A state track meet in the 3,200-meter run... Was runner-up at the 5A State Cross Country Championships in 2005, led the girls' team to a second-place finish... All-Johnson County cross country first team in 2005... All-sun girls cross country first team in 2005... All-metro cross country second team in 2005... Received 2005 Community America Credit Union Class 5A Cross Country Academic All-State Award... Named the 2004 and 2005 Blue Valley West Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year... Named to the All-Johnson County cross country second team in 2004... All-sun girls cross country honorable mention in 2004... All-Metro Cross Country Honorable Mention in 2004.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Paul and Glenda Windisch.... Majoring in community health.