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2009: Serving as a team captain ... earned GLIAC Runner of the Week honors on Sept. 15 ... got her first-career win at the Winona Duel with a time of 14:36 ... followed that up by having the top time of all non-DI runners at the Flyer 5k Challenge where she was first in her division and 12th overall with a time of 18:53 ... continued her career-year at WSU with a 4th place finish at the Detroit Titan Invitational ... finished 8th at the Cardinal Invitational
2008: Received All-Regional honors by placing 13th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Big Rapids, Mich. ... earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors by placing 11th at the league championship meet in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. ... serving as a team co-captain ... named to GLIAC All-Academic Team ... competed in all nine races recording two top-five finishes ... received 2008 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic honors.
2007: Earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors after placing 14th at the conference meet ... was WSU's second runner at the GLIAC Championship helping the Warriors to a second-place finish ... was WSU's second runner at the NCAA Regional helping the Warriors to a second-place finish ... was WSU's second runner at the NCAA Championship meet helping the team to a 14th-place finish ... finished in the top 14 in three races.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Ionia High School ... earned three varsity letters in cross country for the Bulldogs and coaches Chris Young and Brian Powell ... was a three-time team MVP as well as a a three-time Academic All-State selection in both cross country and track ... placed 51st at the 2004 state meet, 42nd as a junior and 40th in 2006 ... named to the Lansing State Journal Division 2 All-Area team in 2006 ... earned a cross country league championship in 2005 ... selected to the All-Ionia County First Team her last three years ... also earned four letters in track and one in basketball (2003) ... set school records for the 5K (18:58) in 2005 and the two-mile (11:20) in 2006 ... served as a team captain in both cross country and track ... is a member of the National Honor Society ... named CAAC Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Full name--Lauren M. Kessler ... born November 20, 1988, in Ludington ... daughter of Ted and Sue Kessler ... has an older brother, Justin, who ran at Wayne State, and two sisters, Kara and Julia ... Kara was a senior on the 2007 WSU cross country squad ... is majoring in biology ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2007, Winter 2008 (4.00), Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 ... serves on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
| Lauren Kessler's Career Statistics | |||||||||
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||
| Meet | Time | Place | Time | Place | Time | Place | |||
| Winona Duel | --- | --- | --- | --- | 14:36 | 1st | |||
| UP Collegiate Cross Country Opener | --- | --- | 20:11.8 | 2nd | --- | --- | |||
| Flyer 5K Challenge | --- | --- | --- | --- | 18:53 | 12th | |||
| Detroit Titan Invitational | 19:25 | 5th | 18:55 | 17th | 18:42 | 4th | |||
| Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational | 19:06 | 30th | --- | --- | --- | --- | |||
| Mel Brodt/BGSU | --- | --- | 19:12.19 | 4th | --- | --- | |||
| Iona | --- | --- | 23:49 | 71st | --- | --- | |||
| Cardinal Invitational | --- | --- | --- | --- | 23:02.8 | 8th | |||
| Louisville Classic | 18:50.36 | 59th | --- | --- | --- | --- | |||
| Slippery Rock | --- | --- | 23:14 | 20th | --- | --- | |||
| Lehigh Paul Short Run | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |||
| Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k | 24:10.4 | 11th | 19:21 | 12th | --- | --- | |||
| Lucian Rosa Invite | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |||
| GLIAC Championship - 8k | 23:23.19 | 14th | 22:35.7 | 11th | --- | --- | |||
| NCAA Regional - 10k | 22:47.85 | 22nd | 22:45.6 | 13th | --- | --- | |||
| NCAA Championship - 10k | 22:52.9 | 96th | 23:26 | 77th | --- | --- | |||
