Best Time: 5K: 18:31.0 (10-4-03); 6K: 22:13.6 (11-13-04).
Purdue: Recorded her best 6K time at the 2004 NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11-13) with a 22:13.6; has six career top 25 finishes, including three in her first three collegiate races; finished sixth at the 2002 Indiana Intercollegiates (9-20) with a time of 19:10.0.
Big Ten Championships: 2004 - 22:58.0 (58); 2002 - 19:48.3 (87).
High School: Was a two-year letterwinner in cross country at Cathedral High School; was an all-state selection as a senior, and was named Cathedral Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Laura Katherine Farley was born on March 8, 1984, in Indianapolis, Ind.; is the daughter of Steve and Lisa Farley.