Sarah Thompson

Heptathlon
Sophomore
Byron, Ill.

2009:  Tied for fourth place in the high jump (4-11 ½), finished seventh in the heptathlon (3,702 points) and eighth in the 100-meter high hurdles (16.66) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fourth in the pentathlon (2,836 points), eighth in the 55-meter high hurdles (9.21) and tied for 10th in the high jump (4-9 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  A four-year All-Big Northern Conference honoree and a four-time state qualifier, including three times in the triple jump…set a Byron High School record in the triple jump…all four of her teams won sectional championships…both her junior an senior-year teams won conference titles…coached by Scott McMullen…four-year member of both the volleyball and basketball teams…National Honor Society member and four-year high honors student.

Personal:  Undecided on major…her brother, Nick Thompson, lettered on the 2005 and 2006 Carthage football teams…named to the spring 2009 Carthage dean’s list and to the spring 2009 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 3, 1990.