Cara Forte'

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Kansas City, Mo.
High School:
Center

Missouri Personal Bests
Event	Mark	Meet	Date
60m	7.79	MU Collegiate Challenge	02/17/2012
100m	12.24	Missouri Relays	03/2012
200m	24.93	Arkansas Spring Invitational	03/2012
400m	59.65	Bill Bergan Invitational	01/29/2011

Noteworthy:

Outdoor All-Big 12 for the 4x100m (2012)

2011/2012:

Indoor Track- Earned a new personal record of 7.79 in the 60m dash at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge, and took third place in the process...Finished the season at the Big 12 Championships, where she competed in the 60m, 200m, and 4x400m...Just missed out on an All-Big 12 honor at the Championship event, helping her 4x400m team to a ninth-place finish in 3:46.60...Ran her season-best 200m time of 25.05 at the Big 12 Championships.

Outdoor Track- Cara earned two more personal records during the outdoor season in the 100m and 200m...Her 100m PR came at the Missouri Relays, where she placed third in 12.24...Ran a PR of 24.93 in the 200m at the Arkansas Invitational...Was a member of the sixth-place SMR (Sprint Medley Relay) team at the Drake Relays with a final time of 3:57.45...Ended her season with an All-Big 12 performance as part of the seventh-place 4x100m team...Just missed out on a second All-Big 12 honor after finishing ninth in the 4x400m.

2010/2011:

Inddor Track- Set personal-bests in the 60m, 200m and 400m dashes during the indoor season ... Her PR in the 60m dash came at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge where she was clocked at 7.80 in the preliminary heat of that event, taking fifth overall ... Her PR in the 200m dash came at the Husker Invitational where she clocked in at 25.11 to take sixth overall ... Clocked a personal-best time of 59.65 in the 400m dash at the Bill Bergan Invitational, placing 13th overall.

Outdoor Track- Set a personal-best in the 100m dash at the Georgia vs. Missouri Dual Meet after clocking in at 12.50, placing fourth overall ... Ran as a member of the Tigers 4x100m relay team that took ninth at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 47.48.

High School:

Competed at Center HS for coach, and father, Jerome Forte...As a team, Cara helped them to a second place finish at the District Championship and fourth place at the MSHSAA State Championship (2007)...As an individual, Cara broke four records at Center HS in the 100m, 200m, 4x200m, 4x400m, and also broke the 100m and 200m records for the West Central Conference (2009)...Eight-time Conference Champion and seven-time District Champion...Eight-time MSHSAA All-State (2007-2009)...High School bests are 11.56 (100m), 24.60 (200m), and 57.40 (400m).

Personal:

Parents are Jerome and Carole, brother Jerron...Born August 30, 1991 in Kansas City, MO...Graduated high school third in her class after making Principal's Honor Roll (2006-2010) and joining the National Honor Society (2009-2010)...At Missouri, she made the Dean's List and the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2010-2012)...Older brother, Jerron, preceded Cara at Mizzou, and competed for the Tigers' track and field team 2006-2010...She is studying Finance.