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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Grimes, Iowa
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- High School:
- Dallas Center-Grimes
Bio
Honors & Awards
- Letterwinner (2022)
2022 | freshman
- Raced in six races in her debut campaign
- Finished sixth on the team at the Platte River Rumble, running a career-best 6k of 23:09.7
High School
- A 2022 graduate of Dallas Center-Grimes High School
- Two-year letterwinner in cross country and three-year letterwinner in track and field
- 2x cross country state qualifier (2020, 21)
- All-conference and all-district performer in cross country (2021)
- Academic all-state in cross country (2021) and track and field (2022)
- 3x academic all-conference in cross country and track and field (2019, 20, 21)
- 2021 recipient of Coaches Award in cross country
- Placed fourth in the 4x800 relay at state track and field as a senior
- State qualifier in sprint medley (2021)
- Winner of Sportsmanship Award for track and field (2022)
- Took first in the open 800 at districts (2022)
- Member of National Honor Society
Personal
- Parents are Scott and Sulley Blessman
- Has one sibling, Cole
- Majoring in history with a minor in secondary education
- Also a member of the Storm track and field team
News Mentions
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
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 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 trio finish in top 20 at Les Duke Invitational
The trio of Emma Angus, Teghan Booth and Ashley Rockhold finished in the top 20 to lead the Simpson College women’s cross country team at...
September 10, 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