Lara Kallem
Lara Kallem
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Dallas Center, Iowa
  • High School:
    Dallas Center-Grimes

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team (2021)
  • Two-time letterwinner (2020-21)
2021 | Sophomore
  • Named to A-R-C All-Academic Team
  • Competed in all six meets, finishing top-4 among Storm runners in each
  • Produced her best 6K mark of the season at the Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational, 23:43.6, while finishing first on the team
2020 | Freshman
  • Raced in all five meets for the Storm as a rookie
  • Finished first on the team in two races with a fourth-place overall performance in the Coe Triangular
  • Ended in the top two on Simpson at every meet
  • Tallied three top-seven overall finishes during the season
  • Ran to a 29th-place finish at the American Rivers Conference Championships
High School
  • A 2020 graduate of Dallas Center-Grimes High School
  • Participated at the state meet in 2016, 18 and 19. 
  • National Honor Society Silver Cord Volunteer
Personal
  • Daughter of Eric and Crystal Kallem
  • Majoring in mathematics
  • Member of Storm Speaks, Sustainability and Fencing Clubs on campus
  • Also a member of the Storm track and field team

News Mentions

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Simpson earns ninth place at NCAA Midwest Regional

The Simpson College women’s cross country team wrapped up the 2021 season with a ninth place finish at the NCAA Division III Midwest...

November 13, 2021

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Women’s cross country cracks Midwest Region Rankings

Following their best finish at the American Rivers Conference Championships since the 2009 season, the Simpson College women’s cross country...

November 3, 2021

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Women’s cross country places fourth at A-R-C Championships

The Simpson College women’s cross country team collected a fourth-place finish at the American Rivers Conference Championships on Saturday,...

October 30, 2021

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Kallem, Angus pace Storm in final tune-up before conference

In their final tune-up before the American Rivers Conference Championships, Lara Kallem and Emma Angus paced the Simpson College women’s...

October 15, 2021

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Cross country squads battle in Brissman-Lundeen Invite

For the first time since Sept. 11, the Simpson College men's and women's cross country teams were in action. The Storm competed in the Brissman/Lu...

October 1, 2021

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Storm men finish second, women fifth at Les Duke Invite

The Simpson College cross country teams competed in the 59th running of the Les Duke Invitational on Saturday, hosted by Grinnell College. The men...

September 11, 2021

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Storm women capture first at home invite

The Simpson College men's and women's cross country teams both won their own event during the Bill Buxton Invitational on Friday. The men scored a...

September 3, 2021