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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- West Des Moines, Iowa
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- High School:
- Waukee
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- Event(s):
- Middle distance
Bio
Honors & Awards
- All-Conference in Distance Medley Relay (2023)
- A-R-C All-Academic Team (2024)
- Two-time letterwinner (2023-24)
2024 | sophomore
- Set a career-best in the outdoor 400 meters with a time of 1:00.79 at the Wartburg Triangular
- Clocked the fastest 800 meters for the Storm on the year with a time of 2:21.35 at the Jim Duncan Invitational
- Part of the 4x400 meter and distance medley relay teams that ran top 10 times in school history
2023 | freshman
- Part of the distance medley relay team that finished third at the A-R-C Indoor Championships, earning an all-conference honor
- Ran the fastest 800 meters by a Storm runner in indoor or outdoor competition with a 2:23.39 mark at the Kip Janvrin Open
- One of four Storm runners under the 2:30 mark indoor with a best time of 2:28.26
- A member of the Storm indoor 4x400 meter relay team that clocked a 4:05.38, the sixth-fastest time in school history
High School
- A 2022 graduate of Waukee High School
- 2022 state qualifier in 4x400, 4x800 and distance medley relay
- 2021 state qualifier in 400m
- 2022 Drake Relays qualifier in 4x800 and 4x400
- 2x cross country team captain
- 4x member of track and field leadership team
- Received "We Are One" and Iron Woman awards for track and field as a senior
- Earned Most Improved Award in track and field and Coach's Award for cross country as a junior
- Four-year letterwinner for cross country and track and field
- Earned four academic letters in both cross country and track and field
- Member of National Honor Society
Personal
- Parents are Lucas and Sarah Carder
- Has two siblings, Anjelena and Hudson
- Majoring in political science and minoring in criminal justice
- Also a member of the Storm cross country team
News Mentions
Storm vie for NCAA Championship spots in Illinois
The Simpson College track and field teams competed at the Midwest Twilight Qualifier, hosted by Augustana, in hopes of seeing more athletes...
May 16, 2024
Distance duo earns all-conference honors, hurdles excel in preliminaries
Lara Kallem and Teghan Booth earned all-conference honors in the 10,000 meters on day two of the American Rivers Conference Championships.
May 10, 2024
Storm women complete final preparations for conference championships
Strengthened with multiple season and personal bests, the Simpson College women’s track team completed its final preparations before the...
May 3, 2024
Storm wrap up Kip Janvrin Open on Senior Day
The Simpson College women’s track and field team wrapped up the Kip Janvrin Open with Senior Day on Friday afternoon.
April 26, 2024
Storm duo obliterate outdoor 10,000 meter school record
Lara Kallem and Teghan Booth of the Simpson College women’s track and field team both smashed the school record in the outdoor 10,000 meters...
April 21, 2024
Kallem, Booth break 5,000 meter school record in outdoor debuts
Lara Kallem and Teghan Booth of the Simpson College women’s track and field team both broke Kallem’s old school record in the 5,000...
April 12, 2024
Storm continue outdoor season at Wartburg
The Simpson College women’s track and field team continued its outdoor season at the Wartburg Outdoor Select on Friday and Saturday.
April 6, 2024
Storm women start outdoor season in Pella
The Simpson College women’s track and field team opened its outdoor season at the Central Invitational on Thursday.
March 28, 2024
Multiple school records go down on final day of conference championships
The Simpson College women’s track and field team saw two more school records go down on the final day of the American Rivers Conference...
February 24, 2024
Hays, Erhardt lead Storm at Wartburg
The Simpson College women’s track and field team finished up its last meet before next week’s conference championships, led by...
February 17, 2024
Hays breaks second school record of the season
The Simpson College women’s track and field team saw one of its athletes set a school record for the second straight day, as Maddie Hays...
February 10, 2024
Storm women claim multiple podium finishes
The Simpson College women’s track and field team had multiple athletes finish on the podium across various events at the Wartburg Select on...
February 3, 2024
Johnson, Arnold win events at Grinnell
Aaliyah Johnson and Audrey Arnold paced the Simpson women’s track and field team by winning events at the Grinnell Invitational on Saturday.
January 27, 2024
Kallem breaks 3,000 meter school record
Lara Kallem of the Simpson women’s track and field team ran a blistering 10:08.91 in the 3,000 meters to break the school record in the...
January 19, 2024