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May 23, 2013
Texas

  Kendall Howen

Kendall Howen

Player Profile

Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Dallas, Texas

High School:
Richardson Pearce

Event:
Distance

Experience:
FR/FR

COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 1,500m- 4:40.95 at Texas Invitational (4/13/13)
• Outdoor 3,000m- 9:59.92 at Aztec Invitational (3/15/13)
• Outdoor 5,000m- 16:50.43 at Mt. SAC Relays Open 'C' (4/19/13)
• Outdoor 10,000m- 36:46.47 at Texas Relays (3/28/13)
• Cross Country 5K- 20:01 at Pac 12 Preview Invite (9/21/12)
• Cross Country 6K- 22:01.3 at Big 12 Championships (10/27/12)

2012-13
Indoor:
Did not compete.
Cross Country:
Competed in all six timed meets for Texas as a freshman ... posted a 6K season best of 22:01.3 at the Big 12 Championship, where she placed 34th overall and scored fifth for the Longhorns ... sixth for UT and 247th overall at the NCAA Championship, finishing in 22:23.6 ... ran to 41st in 22:22.2 at the NCAA South Central Region meet ... posted a 22:17.8 time at the 6K Pre-Nationals Invitational ... placed 10th at the Grass Routes Grand Prix with a 5K time of 19:17.17 ... crossed in 20:01 at the 5K Pac 12 Preview Invite to open her season.

PRIOR TO TEXAS
Three-year member of Dallas Metroplex Striders Club team under coach Terry Jessup ... helped the Striders to USATF national cross country championship in 2011 ... four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Pearce under coaches Gregg Larimer and Drew Harden ... named cross country team MVP her junior and senior years and track distance MVP her sophomore through senior years ... state finalist in cross country her junior and senior seasons, finishing top-10 as a senior ... was also a 3200m state finalist during sophomore track campaign ... served as captain of Pearce's cross country team in 2010 and `11 and of the track team as a senior.

PERSONAL
Full name is Kendall Gayle Howen ... born on December 8, 1993, to M'Lissa and Steve Howen in Dallas, Texas ... has one sibling, Kelsey (24) ... earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the Fall 2012 semester ...graduated in the top 10 percent at J.J. Pearce High School ... received first-team Academic All-State honors ... member of National Honor Society, UIL science team, math club and Spanish club ... majoring in chemical engineering.
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