Kelly Van Abeele

Class: Senior Hometown: Greenwood, Ind. High School: Center Grove

Event: Middle Distance Birthdate: 11/26/1980

2004: (Outdoor) Competed in the 800m at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships ... placed first in the 800m against Indiana with a season-best time of 2:12.03 ... finished second in the 800m at the Miami Invitational (2:12.93) ... placed second in the 800m at the Big Ten Previews and third at the Ohio State Relays ... finished fifth in the 400m at the Purdue Invite with a time of 59.20.

2004: (Indoor) Posted runner-up finishes at Purdue Invitational, Indiana State, and Boilermaker Invitational in 800m ... won 800m at Indiana Invitational with season-best time of 2:13.97 ... placed 12th in Big Ten Championships prelims in 800m with a time of 2:14.94.

2001-02: (Outdoor) Ran the 400m and 800m ... finished ninth at Big Ten's in the 800m, clocking a 2:10.91 ... ran a leg of the 4x400 relay that placed eighth at Big Ten's ... best 800m time of the season, 2:09.83, came in the prelims of the Big Ten race ... best finish of the year was second at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... tallied the second-best 400m effort on the team, a 57.42 at the Indiana Quad meet ... (Indoor) Ran 400m, 600m and 800m ... tallied points for Purdue with a seventh-place 800m finish at the Big Ten's, clocking a season-best 2:12.65 ... won the 800m at the Boilermaker Open (2:15.60) ... placed third at the Hawkeye Invitational in lone 600m effort of the year (1:38.81) ... lone 400m race brought her fourth at the Boilermaker Open in 59.74 ... ran a leg of the distance medley relay that finished eighth at Big Ten's ... received Comeback Performer of the Year honors in 2002.

2000-01: Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

High School: Four-year letterwinner and team MVP in both cross country and track ... High School Heisman candidate ... owns school record in 800m ... member of school-record setting 4x400 and 4x800m relay teams ... earned all-state honors in cross country and track ... county, sectional, regional and semi-state champion ... among the top 10 in the state as a junior ... finished fourth at state meet in 800m her junior year ... won Tumey Scholarship ... participated in AAU Junior Olympics ... National Honor Society treasurer ... Honor Roll member.

Personal: Given name Kelly Marie VanAbeele ... born 11/26/80 ... parents are Thomas and Debra VanAbeele ... has two sisters, Sarah and Jill ... both father Tom and grandfather Fred VanAbeele are Purdue alums ... majoring in English Education.

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