Laura Mottaz Class: Senior Hometown: Plymouth, MN High School: Maple Grove Event: Middle Distances

Collegiate Career Bests
400 Meters: 56.13
800 Meters: 2:10.21
800 Meters: 2:11.39i

2007 Track & Field Season (Junior): Ran a career-best 56.13 400 meters at the Stanford Invite ... Posted an indoor career-best 57.04 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational ... Ran an indoor season-best 2:12.32 800 meters at the UW Invitational.

2006 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Indoors, ran a season-best 2:16.19 in the 800 meters at the Washington Invitational ... Redshirted the outdoor season.

2005 Track & Field Season (Freshman): Ran a season-best 2:10.21 to finish ninth in the 800 meters at the Pac-10 Championships ... A member of the 1,600 meter relay team that posted a time of 3:41.08 at the Big Meet ... Also a member of the 4x800 meter Penn Relay champions.

High School: A 2004 graduate of Maple Grove High School in Plymouth, MN ... Four-year Minnesota state finalist in the 200 and 400 meters ... Finished fourth in the 400 at the 2004 Minnesota State Championship.

Cardinal Catalogue: Political Science major with honors ... Selected as a 2007 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Parents are Tom and Judy Mottaz.