Kelly Clark Event: Distance
Class: Sophomore
High School: Glenvar
Hometown: Salem, Va.
 
photo 2007 Cross Country: Earned All-ACC recognition for the first time in her career with a 13th-place finish in the 6k at the ACC Championships (21:38.8) ... Teamed with Jessica Fanning for third place at the Wake Forest Relays, completing the course in 35:57 ... Took third individually at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational with a 5k time of 19:09.70 ... Fifth finisher at the William & Mary Inter-Regional with a 6k run of 21:31.9 ... Earned 27th-place finish at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a time of 21:50.08 ... Placed 70th at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships (22:04.10).

2007 Outdoor: Anchored school-record distance medley relay (11:30.01) ... Member of school record 4x1,500-meter relay (18:22.65) that won the Sea Ray Relays ... Placed second in the 1,500-meters at the Liberty Twilight meet (4:36.65) ... Registered fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meter race at the Duke Invitational with a personal-best time of 16:50.59.

2007 Indoor: Finished 19th at the ACC Championships in the 5,000-meter race, crossing the finish line in 17:25.61 ... Had team's best performance of the season in the 1,000-meters (2:57.84) ... Set a personal best of 9:41.01 in the 3,000 meters at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge at Penn State ... Placed seventh in the mile at the VT Challenge, clocking in at 4:56.80 ... Led off second-place distance medley relay that took second place at the same meet.

2006 Cross Country: Was the Hokies' fourth finisher at the NCAA Championships in a 6k time of 22:20 ... Named an All-Region performer at the NCAA Southeast Regional for her 12th-place finish with a 6k time of 21:05 ... Was the second Hokie finisher (17th) at the ACC Championships in 21:59 (6k) ... Ran a 6k time of 21:33 at the Chile Pepper Invite ... In her first collegiate meet at the Wake Forest Relays, paired with Tasmin Fanning to finish as the first-place duo while individually recording the fourth-best overall 5k time of 17:24.

High School: Was a five-time Virginia A state champion, winning the state cross country meet in 2003, the 1,600-meter race in 2006, and the 3,200-meter race in 2004, 2005, and 2006 ... Three-time first-team all-state ... Three-time member of the all-district team ... Two-time first-team All-Timesland selection ... First-team All-Met her junior season ... Had a then-personal best with a cross country time of 17:37.00 at the Region C meet during senior campaign.

Personal: Born June 5, 1988 in Salem, Va. ... Daughter of Craig and Nancy Clark ... University studies major.