Katie Janssen
	Class: Junior Hometown: Minonk, Ill. High School: Fieldcrest Height: 5-6 Position: Distance Birthdate: 01/05/1992

2011-12: Indoor- Ran in three meets, competing in the 3000 meters at each... Set a 3000 meter PR at the IWU Invitational (1/28) with a 11:05.72 mark and a seventh place finish. Outdoor- Ran in four meets during the season... Won the 5000 meters at the UW-Whitewater Alternative Meet (4/28) with a PR time of 18:31.22... Finished in third place in the 5000 meters at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge (3/17) with a 19:19.11 clip... Crossed the finish line at 19:09.03 at the Kansas Relays (4/19), taking 29th in the 5K... Set a career-best time in the 1500 meters with a 4:52.28 mark at the Dr. Keeler Invitational (5/12).

2010-11: Indoor-Placed eighth at the Ball State Quad (2/18) in the 3000-meter run with a time of 11:20.61 ... raced to a personal best time of 5:42.90 in the one-mile run at the Redbird Invite (1/22) to finish ninth ... earned an eighth-place finish in the one-mile run with a time of 5:51.26 at Eastern Illinois Invite (12/11). Outdoor - Placed 11th in the 5000-meter run at the Huskie Open (4/23) with a time of 20:23.78 ... had a personal-best time of 20:13.72 in the 5,000-meter run at the Whitewater Invitational (4/30).

High School:Captain her junior and senior seasons... Named team's most valuable player her sophomore , junior and senior years... Holds school record in the 3200-meter run... Qualified for state in the 3200 meter run her senior year and the 1600 meter run her junior year... State Finalist in the 3200 meter run her senior season and the 1600 meter run her junior season.

Personal:Daughter of Leta Ann and Roger Janssen... Born Jan. 5, 1992... Majoring in speech pathology.