Kelley Gallagher

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Vernon Hills
Hometown:
Mundelein, Ill.

2013-14
Third All-Time at SIU for 5000m (outdoor)
Finished ninth in the mile at the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished fourth in the 5000m run at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a 16:48.26 finish...Ranks third all-time at SIU and held SIU's second-fastest outdoor 5000m time of the season with a 16:48.26 finish...Took first place in the 5000m run with a 17:07.21 finish at the Red Wolves Open...MVC Academic Honor Roll...Competed in two events (mile, 3000m) in four indoor meets...Participated in three events (1500m, 4x800m, 5000m) in five outdoor meets.

2012-13
MVC Scholar-Athlete
Part of All-MVC distance medley relay team that finished third at the MVC Indoor Championships, which ran the third-fastest time in Saluki history at 11:52.67...Scored at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the 1500m and 5000m races, where she finished eighth in both...Part of women's 4x1600 meter relay at Drake Relays that broke the school record with a time of 20:06.75...Held team bests in the mile (4:58.58) indoors and the 1500 meter run (4:35.80) outdoors...Set personal bests in the outdoor 800m (2:19.95), 1500m, mile, indoor 3000m (10:04.81) and outdoor 5000m (17:32.81)...PR in the mile currently ranks ninth all-time at SIU and PR in the 1500m ranks tenth...Ran in three events (mile, 3000m, DMR) in five meets indoors and four events (800m, 1500m, 5000m, 4x1600) in five meets outdoors...Posted nine top-third finishes.

2011-12
Ran in four events (Mile, 800m, 1500m, 3000s) in 11 total meets in the indoor and outdoor seasons...Tallied three total top-five finishes.

High School
Two time all-sectional selection...State qualifier sophomore and junior year...Varsity letter winner in outdoor track, swimming, and cross country...First Vernon Hills High School athlete to qualify to the IHSA state meet in three sports

Personal
Born October 4, 1992 in Highland Park, Illinois...Daughter of Mark and Lisa Gallagher...Has one sister, Erin...Majoring in exercise science.