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2007 Outdoor: Scored at the Pac-10 Championships, placing fifth in the 1,500m run in a personal-best 4:24.62... finished 15th at the NCAA West Region meet in the same event... won her only 800m competition, taking the Double Dual in 2:09.89... placed fourth in a personal-best time of 16:47.64 in the Stanford Invitational 5,000m run... 2007 Indoor: Redshirted... 2006 XC: Despite being sidelined for several weeks midway through the year, came back strong to place 88th at the NCAA Championships... earned All-Region honors by finishing 25th at the NCAA West Region meet... finished 21st in the Pac-10 meet, her first meet back after a one-month layoff... opened her career finishing third at the Dave Murray before taking 61st at the Roy Griak... placed third (22:04 in the 6,000m race) at the 2007 USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, Colo., and made the U.S. world team, but did not compete at the meet in Kenya.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Queen Creek High School (Queen Creek, Ariz.)... one of the more decorated athletes in Arizona prep history... won six individual track & field titles, two cross country titles and helped team win three track & field crowns... won cross country, 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m runs as a senior... added 3,200m, 4x400m relay and cross country as a junior and 4x800m relay as a sophomore... also finished runner-up in cross country twice and was second in the 800m run (once), 1,600m run (twice) and 3,200m (once)... captured five regional crowns as a senior, including cross country, 800m, 1,600m, 3,200m and 4x400m relay titles... holds the three state 3A records, including 3,200m (10:41), 4x400m relay (4:01) and 4x800m relay (9:36) and two 4A state marks, including the 800m (2:11.3) and 3,200m (10:26)... her 10:26 also ranks as the third-fastest in the history of Arizona... also holds three state meet records... clocked a 17:01 at the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational in 2005, the 10th-fastest all-time in the meet's history... earned all-state in track and field and cross country all four years... competed in the 2005 FootLocker West Region race, placing sixth, before finishing 26th nationally... the Arizona Republic selected her as the 2006 East Valley and State Female Athlete of the Year... East Valley Tribune selected her best in the state in 2006... named the top cross country runner by both publications in 2005... won the 1,500m run and 3,200m run at the Great Southwest Invitational in 2006 and the 3,200m run in 2005.
Personal: Major is exploratory... parents are Shaun and Ellie Hardt... has three brothers: Sherod, Jayce and Denton; and one sister: Whitney, a member of the ASU cross country and track & field teams... father Shaun played football for Northern Arizona; uncle Clay played football at Arizona; grandfathers Jack Spillsbury and Jiggs Hardt played football at ASU Teachers College... born May 13, 1988, in Tucson, Ariz.... hobbies include organizing, shopping, dancing and spending time with family members... full name is Kari Lynn Hardt.
Personal Bests - 800: 2:09.89, 1500: 4:24.62, 1600: 4:59, Mile: 5:00, 3000: 9:46, 3200: 10:26, 2 Mile: 10:32, 5000: 16:47.64
In NCAA Championship Meets
2006 XC - 6,000m Course - 22:03.50 - 88th
