Laura Roxberg

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Overland Park, Kan.
High School:
Blue Valley Northwest HS

2011: Cross Country: Finished 12^th in the 5K race at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge on Sept. 10, posting a final time of 19:09.97 ... Took 99^th place in the Notre Dame Invitational 5K on Sept. 30, clocking in at 18:14 ... Completed the 6K course at the Bradley Classic in 21:59.59 on Oct. 14, good for 20^th place ... Finished 36^th in the 6K race at the Big 12 Championships on Oct. 29 ... Checked in at No. 71 at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Nov. 13, completing the 6K course in 22:41.96... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2010: Cross Country: Came in seventh overall and fourth among Tigers Sept. 11 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a time of 18:36.75 ... Was Mizzou's No. 3 runner the rest of the season, including a 20^th-place finish Oct. 2 at the Greater Louisville Challenge, when she clocked in at 17:38.00 ... Came in 148^th at 22:02.20 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Oct. 16 in Terre Haute, Ind. ... Finished 53^rd at the Big 12 Championships Oct. 30 in Stillwater, Okla., with a time of 22:01.26 ... Closed the season with a 40-place showing at the NCAA Midwest Regional Nov. 13 in Peoria, Ill., posting a time of 21:12.66.

2009: Cross Country:Ran for the Tigers at each of the two postseason meets, including at the Big 12 Championships where she was paced with a 6K time of 23:37.55 to earn 62nd overall ... Also ran at the NCAA Midwest Regional and was paced at 23:54.30 to earn 121st overall ... Her 6K season-best clocking came at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival where she was paced at 22:44.44 ... Also ran in a pair of 5K races on the season and posted her season-best mark at the Greater Louisville Invitational after clocking in at 18:17.58, earning her 35th overall ... Ran at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge as well, posting a time of 19:12.40 to place 10th overall ... Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big 12 team.

2008: Cross Country:Ran in all six Tiger races as a true freshman ... Earned second overall and second on the team at the SIU Early Bird ... Set a then personal-record time of 23:12.50 at the Big 12 Championships and broke that time by more than 30 seconds at the NCAA Midwest Regional (22:45.4), good enough for fifth on the team and 76th overall.

High School:
11-time Kansas 6A Champion, winning all four cross country titles in high school career and by 20 seconds her senior season in 2007 ... four-time 1600-meter state champion and three-time 800-meter state champ, also taking runner-up honors at 800 and 3200 meters in 2008 ... four-time Kansas City Star cross country runner of the year and KC Star All-Metro on the track ... WDAF-TV, Fox 4's Kansas City Athlete of the Year in 2007 ... at age 14, ran personal best 2:11.34 at 800 meters at the AAU Junior Olympic National Championships in the intermediate division, running second to only LSU's Latavia Thomas who broke a national record in the race and was the 2008 NCAA Indoor Champion ... high school coach - Harlan Locke ... high school PRs - 400m, 58.22; 800m, 2:11.34; 1600m, 4:54.93; 3200m, 11:14; cc5k, 18:28.

Personal:
Daughter of Steve & Linda Roxberg ... has two sisters -- Emily is a senior at Mizzou, Anna is a sophomore in high school ... wants to major in education with a minor in mathematics ... born November 20, 1989, in Davenport, Iowa.