Kelsey Larsen Season/Career Stats:
2024 Outdoor: Won the 5,000-meter run at the Dakota State Twilight (4/23/24) with time of 19:32.80...placed ninth in 10,000-meter run at Sioux City Relays (4/12/24) at 42:38.02...ran career-best time of 41:47.25 in 10,000-meter run at NSIC Outdoor Championships to place 14th...finished seventh in 5,000-meter run at season-opening Wildcat Classic (3/30/24) at 20:41.96...repeat winner of NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honor.
2024 Indoor: Competed in five meets during indoor season...took seventh in the 800-meter run (2:26.78) at Concordia Invite (2/9/24)...also had seventh place finish in 1000-meter run at SDSU Last Chance Invite (2/16/24) in time of 3:06.18...was 17th in 1000-meter run prelims at NSIC Indoor Championships in time of 3:10.69...received NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors and earned NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award with 3.988 grade point average.
2023 Outdoor: Ran leg on new school record 4 x 800 meter relay team at Drake Relays (4/27/23)...ran season-best time of 2:18.25 in 800-meter run to finish fourth at USD Tuneup (5/5/23)...also took fourth in 800-meter run (2:20.00) at Sioux City Relays April 14th...finished third in 1,500-meter run (5:07.51) at the season-opening Wildcat Classic (3/25/23)...placed sixth in 5,000-meter run at Central Nebraska Challenge (4/1/23) with time of 19:04.16...recorded season-best time of 5:00.84 in 1,500-meter run at USD Early Bird Invite (4/8/23))...repeat NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence selection and was voted College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
2023 Indoor: Earned All-NSIC Honors with second place finish in 1,000-meter run (2:57.52) at NSIC Indoor Championships...set new school record in 1,000-meter run with time of 2:56.80 to place fourth at SDSU Last Chance Invite (2/18/23)...took first place in 800-meter run (2:21.83) at Mount Marty Last Chance Invite (2/11/23)...placed second in 5,000-meter run at Concordia Polar Dog Invite (1/21/23) in time of 18:56.23...was fourth in one mile run at South Dakota Kickoff (1/14/23) at 5:29.56...earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence Honors.
2022 Outdoor: Ran season-best time of 2:24.27 in the 800-meter run at the South Dakota Twilight Meet (5/6/22)...was ninth in the 1,500-meter run at the Sioux City Relays (4/9/22) in time of 5:07.02 and at Prairie Wolf Invite in Lincoln (4/28/22) with time of 5:16.88...season-best time in 1,500-meter run was 5:04.86 at the South Dakota Challenge (4/22/22)...received NSIC Spring All-Academic Team of Excellence honors.
2022 Indoor: Competed in six meets...finished 11th in the distance medley relay with a collected 12:56.64 time at the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/25-26/22)...placed second in the 1000 with a time of 3:15.08 and also third in the 4x400 with a collected time of 4:23.23 at the Lancer Last Chance (2/12/22)...finished with a season-best time of 3:13.61 in the 1000 at the SDSU Last Chance (2/19/22)...competed in the mile for the first time in her career posting a 5:46.72 time at the USD Alumni Track & Field Meet (2/5/22).
2021 Outdoor: Ran in six meets in the 400 and 800-meters during outdoor season...top time in 800-meter run was 2:26.00 at South Dakota Tune-Up (5/7/21)...was ninth in 800-meter run at Central Nebraska UNK Challenge (4/3/21) with time of 2:30.55...took 10th in 400-meter run (1:06.13) at season-opening Wildcat Classic (3/27/21).
2021 Indoor: Competed in four meets in middle distance events...placed sixth in the 600-meter run at WSC Wildcat Invite (1/16/21) with time of 1:50.18...ran season-best time of 2:31.62 in 800-meter run to place 12th at Herschel Neil Invite at Northwest Missouri State (1/30/21).
High School: Graduate of BRLD (Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur High School...was a three sport standout (volleyball, basketball and track and field) during her high school career for the Wolverines...placed seventh in the Class C 800-meter run with a time of 2:25.37 as a junior...was a Class C state qualifier in the 400-meter dash and 800-meter run as a sophomore and in the 800 and 1600-meter runs during her freshman season...was the 800-meter champion at the 2019 East Husker Conference Meet and Norfolk Track and Field Classic...in basketball, Larsen was a two-time Class C2 All-State honorable mention selection and helped BRLD reach the state tournament this year while earning All-East Husker Conference honors and was a three year starter in volleyball.
Personal: Daughter of Gregg and Laura Murphy...born September 29, 2001...majoring in pre-physical therapy.
