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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Martensdale, Iowa
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- High School:
- Martensdale-St. Mary's
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- Event(s):
- Sprints/Jumps
Bio
Honors & Awards
- Two-time letterwinner (2023-24)
2024 | sophomore
- Recorded a score of 2,571 points in the pentathlon at the A-R-C Indoor Championships, the ninth-best mark in school history
- Jumped 5.18 meters in the indoor long jump at the Iowa State Cyclone Open, the ninth-best mark in school history
- Set a career-best in the heptathlon at the A-R-C Outdoor Championships with a score of 3,393 points
2023 | freshman
- One of two Storm athletes to clear the five-meter mark on the long jump, leading the team outdoors with a mark of 5.10 meter
- Also competed on the 4x100 meter relay teams, helping the Storm to a first-place finish at the Central Dual Meet
High School
- A 2022 graduate of Martensdale-St. Mary's High School
- 2x state qualifier in softball (2018, 22)
- 1x state qualifier in basketball (2020)
- All-region in basketball (2022)
- First team all-conference in basketball (2022)
- Second team all-conference in softball (2019, 20, 22), volleyball (2020, 21) and basketball (2021)
- Honorable mention all-conference in volleyball (2018) and softball (2018)
- 2021 state track qualifier in 4x100 and sprint medley
- 2022 state track qualifier in long jump, sprint medley and distance medley
- Secretary of Best Buddies
- Four-year academic letterwinner and honor roll student
Personal
- Parents are Brent and Jaime Parrott and Jennifer and Travis Held
- Has seven siblings, Madison Jo, Alex, Madison Kim, Braydon, Reece, Emma and Connor
- Majoring in health and exercise science with a minor in chemistry
- Also a member of the Storm women's basketball team
News Mentions

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

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

Kallem, Booth lower 5k school record again
The Simpson College women’s track and field team completed a successful first day, highlighted by Lara Kallem and Teghan Booth lowering the...
February 23, 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

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

Simpson duo competes in first multi event of the season
Maddie Hays and Anna Parrott each competed in the pentathlon at the Dutch Winter Multi for the Simpson College women’s track and field team.
January 26, 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

Hays breaks school record in 300 meter dash
Maddie Hays of the Simpson College women’s track and field team broke the school record in the 300 meter dash that had stood out for 30...
December 9, 2023

Arnold wins two events in season-opening meet
Audrey Arnold won two sprint events to open the season for the Simpson College women’s track and field team.
December 1, 2023