Liann Kellman Season 2009

Events: 60M (7.54), 100M (11.59), 200M (IN: 24.45; OUT: 23.48)

CAREER CAPSULE
Competed for the Lady Tigers for two seasons in 2009 and 2010 after transferring from Central Arizona Junior College … Finished her career as a two-year letterwinner … An NCAA Mideast Regional qualifier in the 100 meters and 200 meters during her junior season in 2009 … Earned top finishes of ninth place in the 100 meters and sixth place in the 200 meters in two appearances at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Wrapped up her collegiate career with personal bests of 7.54 in the 60 meters, 11.59 in the 100 meters and 23.48 in the 200 meters.

2010
Lettered during the outdoor season while competing in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Just missed scoring points for the Lady Tigers with a  ninth-place finish in the 100-meter dash (11.80) and a 10th-place finish in the 200-meter dash (23.84) at the SEC Outdoor meet … Her time of 23.84 in the qualifying round of the 200 meters at the conference meet was a wind-legal seasonal best … Recorded a wind-legal seasonal best of 11.75 in the 100-meter dash to finish ninth at the LSU Alumni Gold … Placed 12th in the 100 meters at the Penn Relays (11.76) … Clocked a wind-aided time of 23.82 to take 12th place in the 200 meters at the Miami Elite Invitational … Competed primarily in the 60-meter dash during the indoor season … Set a new personal best of 7.54 in a sixth-place finish at the New Mexico Invitational … Clocked 7.56 at the Tyson Invitational, 7.57 at the Purple Tiger Invitational and 7.58 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational … Set a new indoor personal best of 24.45 in the 200-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational … Did not compete in the postseason indoors in 2010.

2009
Was an NCAA Mideast Regional participant in both the 100 meters and 200 meters in her first season at LSU … Placed 14th in the 100 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships … Qualified for the regional meet with a seasonal-best time of 11.69 seconds at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Took 13th place at the conference meet … Finished 16th in the 200 meters at the regional meet … Clocked a seasonal best wind-legal time of 23.78 to win the university division of the 200 meters at the Sun Angel Classic … Scored three points for the Lady Tigers with a sixth-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the SEC Outdoor meet … Ran the leadoff leg on LSU’s 4×200-meter relay team that finished third at the 115th Penn Relays, recording a seasonal-best time of 1:32.03 … Competed in the 60-meter dash during the indoor season … Clocked a seasonal best of 7.68 in the preliminary round at the LSU Twilight … Competed in a total of 13 meets during the 2009 season.

PRIOR TO LSU
Joined the LSU program following a brilliant two-year career at Central Arizona Junior College … A six-time Junior College All-American … Was crowned the 100-meter champion at the 2007 National Junior College Athletics Association Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Was the NJCAA runner-up in the 100 meters during the 2008 season … Earned back-to-back NJCAA runner-up honors in the 200 meters in 2007 and 2008 … Also earned a pair of All-America honors in the 4×100-meter relay … Her performance helped Central Arizona win back-to-back team titles at the NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Finished her career at Central Arizona Junior College with wind-legal personal bests of 11.59 in the 100 meters and 23.48 in the 200 meters … Coached at Central Arizona by Kimberly Dismuke.

PERSONAL
Full name is Liann Olivia Amanda Kellman … Born on March 1, 1987 … Parents are Emmerson and Annette Scott … Has one older sister, Angelina, and one brother, Selwin … Majoring in sports administration at LSU.