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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Greenfield, Wis.
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| High School:
Whitnall
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5-7
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Steffen's Track and Field Bio
At Wisconsin
Notables
• 2012 Academic All-Big Ten in cross country
2012: Placed second for the Badgers and third overall at the Oshkosh Open (10/19), finishing in a time of 22:36.58 (6k) ... finished second for Wisconsin and 37th overall with a time of 22:02 (6k) in the "B" race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/12) ... placed 40th overall and second for the Badgers at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational (9/29), finishing in a time of 18:27 (5k) ... placed 15th at season-opening Badger Opener (9/7), finishing in a time of 18:20 (5K)
2011: Took eighth overall and seventh for the Badgers at the UW-Oshkosh Open (6K), running in at 23:07 ... finished 88th overall in the "B" race at the Wisconsin adidas Invisible with a time o 23:41.9 ... placed 79th overall and fifth for UW at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (5K), clocking in at 19:00 ... took 14th for UW and 30th overall at the Badger Opener with a time of 19:39
High School
Four-time first team All-Conference ... Conference Champion and State qualifier senior year ... tied school 4000 meters record (14:54) ... Academic All-State, Whitnall High School Best Female Athlete, Whitnall High School Female Scholar Athlete senior year ... four year varsity letter winner in soccer
Personal
Parents are Jim and Cindy Steffen ... has an older brother, Brad ... on the Dean's List ... intends to major in pharmacology and toxicology
Why Wisconsin?
"I chose Wisconsin because I am a third generation Badger and I wanted to experience UW's rich academic and athletic tradition for myself. Wisconsin is such a prestigious university and I couldn't resist the chance to be a part of it."
