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Leah Klapatauskas
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Senior HS
- Hometown:
- Dubuque, Iowa
CAREER RESULTS (TFRRS)
2025: Placed 10th in the 5K at the Cyclone Preview with a career-best time of 17:45 ... Took fifth in the 6K at the Redbird Invite with a career-best time (21:54) ... Placed 78th in the 6K at the Gans Creek Classic (22:05)
2024: Placed 27th in the 5K at the Cyclone Preview (18:10) ... Placed 178th in the 6K at the Gans Creek Classic (22:21) ... Took 135th at the Bradley Pink Classic in a time of 22:16 ... Finished in 49th place at the MVC Championships in a time of 22:10 ... Placed 151st at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet (22:18).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track at Dubuque Senior High School ... Helped the Rams to a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) cross country titles (2020, 2023) and qualify for the Iowa Class 4A state meet four times (2020-23), including a third-place finish as a senior ... 2023 MVC Athlete of the Year ... 2023 cross country team captain who earned Elite All-State Team honors with three individual medalist finishes at the state championships (2021-23) ... 2023 Academic All-State honoree in cross country ... Medaled twice at the state track championships in 2023 in the 1,500 and 3,000-meter runs ... Three-time Drake Relays qualifier and First Team All-Conference in track (2021-23) ... Dubuque Senior school record holder in the 1,500 meters (4:39) ... Member of National Honor Society, honor roll student, student council president as a senior and all-state speech honors.
PERSONAL: Native of Dubuque, Iowa ... Daughter of Todd and Kathleen Klapatauskas ... Sister of Charlie, Abigail and Madilyn ... Exploratory major ... Volunteers with the Dubuque Miracle League, St. Anthony's Parish and was the head of her student council's service committee.
2025: Placed 10th in the 5K at the Cyclone Preview with a career-best time of 17:45 ... Took fifth in the 6K at the Redbird Invite with a career-best time (21:54) ... Placed 78th in the 6K at the Gans Creek Classic (22:05)
2024: Placed 27th in the 5K at the Cyclone Preview (18:10) ... Placed 178th in the 6K at the Gans Creek Classic (22:21) ... Took 135th at the Bradley Pink Classic in a time of 22:16 ... Finished in 49th place at the MVC Championships in a time of 22:10 ... Placed 151st at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet (22:18).
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track at Dubuque Senior High School ... Helped the Rams to a pair of Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC) cross country titles (2020, 2023) and qualify for the Iowa Class 4A state meet four times (2020-23), including a third-place finish as a senior ... 2023 MVC Athlete of the Year ... 2023 cross country team captain who earned Elite All-State Team honors with three individual medalist finishes at the state championships (2021-23) ... 2023 Academic All-State honoree in cross country ... Medaled twice at the state track championships in 2023 in the 1,500 and 3,000-meter runs ... Three-time Drake Relays qualifier and First Team All-Conference in track (2021-23) ... Dubuque Senior school record holder in the 1,500 meters (4:39) ... Member of National Honor Society, honor roll student, student council president as a senior and all-state speech honors.
PERSONAL: Native of Dubuque, Iowa ... Daughter of Todd and Kathleen Klapatauskas ... Sister of Charlie, Abigail and Madilyn ... Exploratory major ... Volunteers with the Dubuque Miracle League, St. Anthony's Parish and was the head of her student council's service committee.
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