Kara Bennett Class: Senior Hometown: Issaquah, WA High School: Liberty Position: High-Jump/Multi-Events

Collegiate Career Bests:
100 Meter Hurdles 15.57
800 Meters 2:32.09
High Jump 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)
Javelin Throw 141-8 (43.18m)
Heptathlon 4,799 points
Pentathlon 3,344(i) points

2008 Season (Sophomore): Posted a career high in the heptathlon at the Pac-10 Multi-Event Championships with a score of 4,799 points...placed 10th in the high jump at the Pac-10 Championships with a leap of 5-7...finished second at the Big Meet in the javelin with a career-best toss of 141-8...posted a career best in the pentathlon at the MPSF Championships to finish seventh.

2007 Season (Freshman): Finished 12th in the heptathlon with a career-best 4,416 points at the Pac-10 Championships...leaped 5-7 (1.70m) to finish 12th in the high jump at the Pac-10 Championships...posted a career-best 33-05 ¼ (10.19m) in the shot put at the Cal Multis...placed 10th in the high jump at the MPSF Indoor Championships.

High School: A 2006 graduate of Liberty High School in Renton, Wash....captured the 2005 Washington state high school triple jump championship...also claimed the high jump title at the 2004 Washington State Championships...currently holds the high jump record for the Oregon-Washington Meet of Champions (5-7).

Cardinal Catalogue: Engineering major with a minor in energy resources...parents are Walter and Audra Bennett...father, Walter, was a quarterback for Washington State University from 1972-1977...second team Pac-10 All-Academic in 2008...Academic All-MPSF in 2008.