• All-Big 12
• Drake Relays Champion in 4x1600m relay
• All-Midwest Region Cross Country
AS A FRESHMAN:
Outdoor: All-Big 12 in the 800m with her seventh-place finish (2:10.96) ... Bales had her personal best in the event in the Big 12 prelims (2:10.28) ... Drake Relays Champion as a member of the record-setting women's 4x1600m relay team. Indoor: Won the 800m at both the Missouri Triangular and the KU-KSU-KU Triangular...competed in the 800m at the Big 12 Conference meet.
PERSONAL:
Daughter of Jeff and Cindy Bales ... majoring in physical therapy ... two-time Drake Relays 800m champion in high school ... the 2001 Iowa state champion in the 800m ... a member of the Elite All-State for the 800m her junior and senior years ... named the Pleasant Valley Female Athlete of the Year ... born December 5, 1982 in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Career Bests:
400M_____59.3
800M_____2:10.28
1500M_____4:30.86
