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Kelli Tosic - Women's Track & Field - University of Iowa Athletics

Kelli Tosic

Position Distance
Class Jr.
Hometown Grayslake, Ill.
High School Grayslake North

2024 — Indoor – ran season bests in mile at Hawkeye Invite (5:16.68), 3,000 meters at Black & Gold Invite (10:25.46), and 5,000 meters at Iowa Open (17:21.48)… Outdoor – ran season bests in 1,500 meters at Musco Twilight (4:47.40) and 5,000 meters at Drake Relays (17:53.58)… President’s List and Dean’s List student (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten… letterwinner.

2023 — Indoor – ran collegiate-best and team-leading 5,000 meters at Music City Challenge (16:57.07)… ran season bests in mile at Larry Wieczorek Invite (5:03.19) and 3,000 meters at Meyo Invite (9:49.82)… Outdoor – ran season bests in 1,500 meters at Raleigh Relays (4:46.77) and 5,000 meters at Mike Fanelli Track Classic (17:27.09)… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten… President’s List and Dean’s List student (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)… letterwinner… Cross Country – Iowa’s top finisher at Bradley Pink Classic (22:36.40-6,000 meters)… Iowa’s second finisher at NCAA Midwest Regional with a season-best 22:22.3 (6,000 meters)… Academic All-Big Ten… letterwinner.

2022 — Indoor – led team in 3,000 meters (9:41.06)… ran season bests in mile at Hawkeye Invite (5:12.53), 3,000 meters at Tyson Invite (9:41.06), and 5,000 meters at B1G Championships (17:21.27)… Outdoor – led team in 5,000 meters (17:02.03) and 10,000 meters (35:19.42)… placed second in 10,000 meters with a collegiate-best 35:19.42 at Bryan Clay Invite… ran season bests in 3,000 meters at Baldy Castillo Invite (10:08.03) and 5,000 meters at Stanford Invite (17:02.03)… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten… President’s List and Dean’s List student (Spring 2022)… letterwinner… Cross Country – Iowa’s second finisher at Hawkeye Invite (2nd-14:38.3-4,000 meters), B1G Preview (32nd-14:38.3-4,000 meters), and NCAA Midwest Regional (75th-21:33.1-6,000 meters)… Iowa’s third finisher at Gans Creek Classic (42nd-21:31.3-6,000 meters), Weis-Crockett Invite (90th-22:18.2-6,000 meters), and B1G Championships (102nd-22:13.1-6,000 meters)… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Academic All-Big Ten… Dean’s List student (Fall 2022)… letterwinner.

 

2021 — Indoor – led team in 3,000 meters (9:47.84) and 5,000 meters (17:09.13)… ran season bests in mile at Larry Wieczorek Invite (4:58.77), 3,000 meters at Hawkeye B1G Invite (9:47.84), and 5,000 meters at B1G Championships (17:09.13)… 2020-21 Cross Country – placed 61st at B1G Championships (22:06.5-6,000 meters)… letterwinner… Outdoor – led team in 3,000 meters (9:54.05) and 10,000 meters (36:00.48)… placed third in 3,000 meters (9:54.05) and ran a collegiate-best 1,500 meters (4:32.31) at B1G Florida Invite… ran season-best 10,000 meters at B1G Invite #2 (36:00.48)… Dean’s List student (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)… letterwinner… Cross Country – Iowa’s top finisher in first three races of the season… placed 11th at Hawkeye Invite (14:23.4-4,000 meters), seventh at Dirksen-Greeno Invite (17:40.3-5,000 meters), and 12th at Gans Creek Invite (21:24.8-6,000 meters)…. Academic All-Big Ten… President’s List and Dean’s List student (Fall 2021)… letterwinner.

High School — seven-time all-conference and MVP… four-time state qualifier… holds three school records… placed 14th at Cross Country State Meet in 2018 and third in the conference meet in 2019… placed first in the 800m and 3200m at the Indoor Track Conference Championship in 2019 and second in the 3200m in the Outdoor Track Conference Championship in 2019… eight-time NLCC All-Academic… 2020 Grayslake North High School Female Athlete and Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Personal — born December 28, 2001… daughter of Jenny Spangler and Miki Tosic… has one sibling – Kristina Tosic… father played soccer for the University of Illinois and mother ran cross country and track for the University of Iowa… theatre arts major.

Kelli Tosic’s All-Time Results via TFRRS.org