2011-12 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Natalie Becker
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Parkway West
2012 CROSS COUNTRY
Ran in the final four meets for the Jayhawks in her junior campaign… Earned her first collegiate victory at the Haskell Invitational (10/6), traversing the 5K course in 18:25.62… Claimed KU’s fifth finish at the Big 12 Championships (10/27) after completing the 6K in 22:53.4 and placing 60th overall… Scored for the Jayhawks at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/7) with her 6K time of 23:01.75 and 116th-place finish.
2012 OUTDOOR
Forced to sit season out due to injury.
2012 INDOOR
Won the 3,000 meters at the first meet of the season, the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2), finishing with a time of 10:25.92… Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/13) where she placed third and clocked in with a season-best time of 10:21.24… Finished sixth in the mile with her time of 5:25.23 at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/13).
2011 CROSS COUNTRY
Competed in only one meet due to injury…Finished 91st in the B Race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/14), crossing the finish line in a 6K time of 23:56.70.
2011 OUTDOOR
Competed in only one meet for the Jayhawks before injury cut her season short… Won the 3,000-meter Steeplechase at the Razorback Spring Invitational (4/2) in a personal-best time of 11:09.09… Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.
2011 INDOOR
Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), earning a 25th-place finish with a time of 9:45.51, a personal record… Recorded a personal-best mile time at the ISU Classic (2/12) in a 25th-place finish, crossing the finish line in 5:01.30… Took 13th in the mile at the Big 12 Championships (2/26), running a time of 5:07.95… Top finish of the season came in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic (1/28), recording a time of 5:12.29 and placing third.
2010 CROSS COUNTRY
Competed in each meet for the Jayhawks, becoming the team[apos]s second-highest finisher in four of the six races… Highest finish came at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), where she finished third overall with a 5K time of 19:33.90… Notched a season-best 6K time at the Midwest Regional Championships (11/13), crossing the finish line in 21:07.74 to finish 33rd… Collected a 33rd-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (10/30) with a 6K time of 21:07.74… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time all-state and all-metro in cross country… Finished 12th at the 2008 cross county state championships in a 5K time of 19:24… Placed in the top 20 at the 2005 and 2006 state cross country meets… Four-time all-state selection in track… Finished fourth in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 track and field state championships and fifth in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at the 2008 state meet.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kim and Eric Becker… Majoring in community health with a minor in business.