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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Dallas Center, Iowa
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- High School:
- Dallas Center-Grimes
Bio
Honors & Awards
- All-A-R-C Individual (2022)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual (2022)
- Two-time A-R-C All-Academic Team (2021-22)
- Co-Team MVP (2022)
- Three-time letterwinner (2020-22)
2022 | junior
- Ran in five races for the Storm, finishing first on the team in three of them
- Finished in 36th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional to lead the Storm, the highest individual finish at a regional meet since 2010
- Took 14th at the A-R-C Championships to earn all-conference honors
- Ran a career-best 22:57.1 at the Platte River Rumble in the 6k, the fastest 6k time by a Storm runner since 2015
- Finished second at the Bill Buxton Invite with a career-best 4k time of 16:23.1
- Received All-Academic Individual honors from the USTFCCCA
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
Multiple Storm runners earn all-academic honors
The Simpson College men and women’s cross country teams received All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country...
January 26, 2023
Storm place seventh at NCAA Regional
Simpson College women’s cross country team had its best finish at an NCAA Regional meet since 1991, taking seventh overall out of 29 teams...
November 12, 2022
Storm cross country remains in regional rankings
Simpson women’s cross country team remained at No. 7 in the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Rankings, while the men checked in at No. 8, as...
November 1, 2022
Simpson grabs fourth at conference meet
Simpson women’s cross country team placed fourth at the American Rivers Conference Championship behind strong performances from Emma Angus...
October 29, 2022
Kallem leads Storm to fast times in Nebraska
Lara Kallem led the Simpson women’s cross country team in a meet full of Division I teams at the Platte River Rumble, Friday, at Mahoney...
October 14, 2022
Simpson moves up one spot in regional rankings
The Simpson men’s and women’s cross country teams both came in seventh in the newest edition of the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional...
October 4, 2022
Simpson women battle to fourth place finish
Alongside many other regionally ranked teams, Simpson women’s cross country team placed fourth overall at the Aurora Invitational at...
October 1, 2022
Storm women open season with home victory
Simpson College women’s cross country team claimed victory on its home course at the Bill Buxton Invitational to open its fall season,...
September 2, 2022
Simpson cross country teams receive highest preseason regional rankings in program histories
The Simpson College men’s and women’s cross country teams received their highest-ever preseason regional rankings, as announced by the...
August 23, 2022