Ramsey Kavan Class: Sophomore Hometown: Yankton, SD High School: Yankton Height: 5-8 Event: Distance

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner in both cross country and track and field at Yankton High School ... earned cross country All-America honors at the 2003 and 2004 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, finishing sixth and third, respectively ... also earned All-America honors in her 2004 and 2005 track and field seasons ... named to the 2005 USA Today All-USA High School Track and Field team ... South Dakota's Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2005 ... won the individual title at the inaugural Nike Team Nationals cross country race in 2004, helping her team place third overall ... nationally ranked each of her last two years of high school ... two-mile champion at the prestigious Golden West Invitational in 2005 ... owns state records in the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters, and the 4x800-meter relay (9:01) ... three-time South Dakota state cross country champion after placing third in the state meet as a freshman and 24th as an eighth grader ... won the 1,600-meter state title each of her four years, adding the 3,200-meter title in her freshman and sophomore campaigns ... also contributed to several state champion relays ... Foot Locker Midwest Regional champion in 2004 and runner-up in 2003 ... earned all-state honors in each of her high school sports seasons ... undefeated at the state level during her junior and senior seasons of cross country and her senior season of track in the 1,600 meters ... three-time cross country conference champion and ten-time track and field individual conference champion ... personal bests of 2:10.10 in the 800, 4:37.53 in the 1,500, 4:43 in the 1,600, 4:45.49 in the mile, and 10:20 in the 3,200 ... member of National Honor Society, student council, and Girls State at Yankton ... born July 22, 1986 in Norfolk, Neb. ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.