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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Marshalltown, Iowa
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- High School:
- GMG
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- Event(s):
- Middle distance
Bio
Honors & Awards
- Two-time letterwinner (2022-23)
2023 | sophomore
- Set a new career-best in the indoor 800 meters in a time of 2:34.09 at the Liz Wuertz Invite
- Clocked a season-best of 2:32.17 in the outdoor 800 meters at the Dr. Tucker Open
- Part of the 4x800 meter relay team that finished fifth at the conference championships
2022 | freshman
- Set a career-best in her Storm debut in the indoor 600 meters in a time of 1:54.92, placing third
- Part of the indoor 4x400 relay team that placed second at the Grinnell Invitational
- Ran the third-fastest outdoor 800 meter time for the Storm, clocking a 2:29.13 at the Dr. Tucker Open
High School
- A 2021 graduate of GMG High School
- Academic all-state and all-district in basketball (2021)
- Class valedictorian
- Iowa Governor's Scholarship recipient
Personal
- Parents are Tammy and Bill Backoff and Mike and Hazel Schewe
- Has one sibling, Grace
- Majoring in English and educational studies with a minor in honors
News Mentions
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
