Kassie Vaness

Photo by: Brad Olson

Photo by: Brad Olson

Photo by: Brad Olson

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Photo by: Tom Nelson

Height:
5-7
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Oxford, Wis.
High School:
Portage H.S.

2011-12: Competed in all four regular season events for the Huskies and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships…finished in second place at Caty’s Run (11/8/11) with a time of 15:07…finished in 23^rd place at the NSIC Championships (10/8/11) with a time of 22:30.5...placed seventh in the 3K at NSIC Indoor Championships in 2012...named to All-NSIC Academic team for Spring 2012 and Fall 2011.

2010-11: Competed in three events for the Huskies in her rookie season… Ran a personal best time of 22:59.1 at the Tori Neubauer Invite, finishing in 57th place… Had a 22nd place finish at the NSIC Championships, crossing the finish line in 23:37.71… Competed in the Central Regionals and finished the race in 23:29.05, earning her 47th place.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Portage H.S., where she was coached by Joe Pease…she earned four letters in both cross country and track & field…she went to state four times and was named MVP four times in cross country…earned multiple Badger North Conference awards…was named All-State one season…was named team MVP three times in track & field while earning multiple conference awards…was also a part of the MWEHL League championship team in hockey.

PERSONAL: Daughter of August and Raedean Vaness...lists making it to nationals for hockey as her greatest sports thrill...also enjoys hanging out with friends, reading, listening to music and playing sports as her favorite hobbies outside of athletics...majoring in accounting at SCSU.