Kara Windisch

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

2011 CROSS COUNTRY
Finished as the Jayhawks’ No. 2 runnner in all five meets she competed in… Earned All-Big 12 honors with her 17^th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (10/29), completing the 6K in a season-best time of 20:24.7… Finished as the runner-up at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) with a 5K time of 17:55.35… Finished 21^st at the Midwest Regionals (11/12), crossing the finish line in 21:39.61… USTFCCCA All-Region selection.

2011 OUTDOOR
Earned personal-bests in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/15), placing 15^th with a time of 16:58.60 in the 5,000 meters and running a time of 35:45.49 in the 10,000 meters to finish 12^th… Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2), crossing the finish line in 9:47.70.

2011 INDOOR
Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/26), notching a season-best time of 9:45.72 and a 27^th-place finish… Top finish of the season came in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual, crossing the finish line in 10:20.89 to place fifth.

2010 CROSS COUNTRY
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 (11/13), crossing the finish line in 21:28.92… Ran at the Big 12 Championships (10/30), earning a 57^th-place finish with a 6K time of 22:07.22.

2010 OUTDOOR
Utilized redshirt season.

2010 INDOOR
Competed in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/27), finishing 17^th with a PR time of 9:45.72 in the 3,000, and finishing sixth in the 5,000 with a PR time of 16:34.06… Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5:06.05 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29), finishing third… Finished second in the 3,000 meters at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/15), crossing the finish line in 9:53.26… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

2009 CROSS COUNTRY
Was among the Jayhawks[apos] top four finishers in five of the six meets in which she competed… Finished second at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/5) with a 5K time of 18:45.37… Helped her team to a runner-up finish at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (10/3), 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 (11/14) after clocking in with a career-best 6K time of 21:65.50 to take 42^nd place overall.

2009 OUTDOOR
Captured sixth place in the 3,000 meters at the Jim Click Shootout (4/4)with a season-best time of 10:11.13… Ran a 17:19.60 in the 5,000 meters at the Drake Relays (4/24).

2009 INDOOR
Ran the 3,000 meters at five different meets, with her top performance coming at the Big 12 Championships, where she clocked in at 10:00.03… Finished ninth in the 3,000 meters at the New Balance Collegiate (2/6) with a time of 10:01.60… Ran the 5,000 meters at the ISU Classic (2/13), where she finished third in 17:27.57.

2008 CROSS COUNTRY
KU[apos]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 41st at the Big 12 Championships in a 6K time of 22:25.20… Placed 60th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after posting a 6K time of 22:36.65.

2008 OUTDOOR
Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational, recording a season-best time of 10:15.76… Finished in third place in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays with a season-best time of 17:39.87.

2008 INDOOR
Had a season-best time of 10:27.53 at the adidas Classic, where she placed 16th.

2007 CROSS COUNTRY
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[apos] 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.

Kansas Track & Field Kansas Relays Press Conference

Wednesday, April 16

NCAA Track & Field Championship Highlights

Saturday, June 08

Jayhawk Life - Kansas Track & Field

Wednesday, May 08

NCAA Outdoor Championships // Day 4 // 6.9.18

Sunday, June 10

Kansas Track & Field and Cross Country Mourns the Loss of Al Frame

Thursday, July 24

Aaliyah Moore Wins 800m at Guyana Senior National Championships

Monday, June 30

Fey Shines as Multiple Jayhawks Compete at USATF U20 Nationals

Monday, June 23

Madeleine Fey Wins Women’s Discus at USATF U20 Nationals

Friday, June 20

University of Kansas Athletics

2011-12 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Ragan Allen

Josh Baden

Anna Barber

Natalie Becker

Heather Bergmann

Alex Bishop

Aaron Blevins

Casey Bowen

Isaac Bradshaw

Reid Buchanan

Austin Bussing

Amanda Caines

Nick Canton

Cori Christensen

Claire Christie

Kyle Clemons

Jamaica Collins

Julia Cummings

Paris Daniels

Taylor Dawson

Conner Day

Diamond Dixon

Eric Dyson

Dalen Fink

Mason Finley

Hayley Francis

Phillip Freeman

Alex Galli

Andrea Geubelle

Nick Giancana

Gabe Gonzalez

Joshua Harsin

Kevin Hays

Sarah Hedberg

Patrick Helmick

Alex Hermes

Michael Hester

Daniel Hitman

Austin Hoag

Jaimie House

Colin Jokisch

Sam Jones

Brian Katzfey

Alisha Keys

Kyra Kilwein

Joel Krause

Alena Krechyk

Evan Landes

Greg Lupton

Kathryn Lupton

Dominique Manley

Jessica Maroszek

Allison Mayfield

Kenneth McCuin

Molly Milbourn

Jonathan Miller

Denesha Morris

Timmie Morris

Madison Moser

Jose Munoz Jr.

Josh Munsch

Rebecca Neville

Colleen O'Brien

Demi Payne

Derrick Perry

Daniel Prioleau

Sean Proehl

Maddy Rich

Abby Row

Rachael Schaffer

Rachel Schaffer

Kaman Schneider

Kellum Schneider

Nick Seckfort

Sara Seiwald

Francine Simpson

Logan Sloan