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2015 Women's Cross Country Roster

Kaleigh Evans

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Winchester, Ill.
  • High School Winchester

Biography

2016

Track and Field

Indoors

  • Ran the 400m at the EIU Early Bird, finishign with atime of 1:05.18

2015

Track and Field

Outdoors

  • Ran the 800m at the Illini Twilight with a mark of 2:32.90.

Indoors

  • Competed in three meets for the Orange and Blue
  • Ran in the 400m, 600m, and 800m

High School

  • Earned consecutive varsity letters in basketball and track and field during the years 2005-2010
  • All-State track (one year)
  • All-State basketball (one year)
  • All-Conference track (3 years)
  • All-Conference basketball (4 years)
  • Conference leader in steals in basketball

Personal

  • Daughter of Craig and Heather VanHyning
  • Has one brother, Chase VanHyning
  • Born April 26, 1992
  • Majoring in Animal Science
  • Lists her favorite athlete as Michael Jordan and cites Jordan as her basketball hero growing up
  • Evans' favorite professional athletic organization is the St. Loius Cardinals
  • Favorite musicians are Eminem, Drake, Celine Dion, and Miley Cyrus
  • Lists her dream job as professionally working with race horses
  • Evans' most memorable athletic moment occurred when she nailed a three-point buzzer beater to win a super sectional high school basketball game in 2010

Evans' Personal Bests

Track and Field

Outdoors
800m: 2:32.90 - Illini Twilight (4/8/15)

Indoors
400m: 1:02.44 - EIU Early Bird (12/5/14)
600m: 1:42.38 - Illini Classic (1/17/15)
800m: 2:26.10 - Orange and Blue Open (2/21/15)

Updated March 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Senior

  • 2015Senior