2018 Cross Country Roster

Mike Schnelle, Slippery Rock University
Mike Schnelle, Slippery Rock University

Kara Burton

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Palatine
  • Hometown Palatine, Ill.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2018: RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Second-Team All-RMAC ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District ... Appeared in four races for Mines ... Placed 69th at the NCAA Championships in 24:04.6 ... Took 34th place at the NCAA Regional Championships in 22:53.4 ... Finished 27th at the RMAC Championships with a time of 22:54.8 ... Season-best finish of 18th at the Rock Pre-Nationals, running 23:07.2.

2017: USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Competed in five events for Mines ... Finished the NCAA Championships in 22:57.7 ... Placed 42nd at the South Central Region Championships and 37th at the RMAC Championships ... Top finish of 14th at the Chile Pepper XC Fesitval in 17:42.7.

2016: RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Second-Team All-RMAC … Ran in five events … Opened the season 22nd at the Colorado College Invitational … Placed 26th at the Chile Pepper Festival … Came in 25th at RMAC Championships … Was 93rd at NCAA Regionals and 124th at NCAA Championships.

2015: Made Mines debut at the Chile Pepper Festival at the University of Arkansas with a 101st-place finish in a time of 18:25.4… took 82nd at the RMAC Championships (24:52.2).

High School: Ran cross country and track at Palatine (Ill.)...Led Palatine to second in the Illinois state meet as a senior and two other top-ten finishes as a freshman and junior...Two-time Mid-Suburban League All-Conference...Four-time all-state in the 4x800 relay including two runner-up finishes...Earned eight letters...Ran for Palatine XC Club and finished 12th in the Nike Cross Nationals...National Honor Society member...National Merit Finalist...AP Scholar with Distinction...All-Academic Team...IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Junior

  • 2018Senior