Kianna Elahi

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Class:
Senior
High School:
Millard North
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Earned second place in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Semifinals with a time of 56.61 ... placed third with a time of 57.34 at the NCAA West Preliminary in the 400-meter hurdles ... won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.37 at the NCAA West Preliminary ... placed second at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.41 ... clocked 56.53 placing second at the Sun Angel Classic in the 400-meter hurdles ... placed first at the Drake Relays in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.78 ... INDOOR: Earned All-Big 12 honors as the runner-up in the 600-yard run and member of the sixth-place finishing, school record setting 4x400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... set the Iowa State school record in the 300-meter dash (39.18) at the Holiday Preview ... set a personal-best time in the 400-meter dash (54.62), finishing first at the Bill Bergan Invitational ... set meet records in four straight meets this season ... won the 600-yard run at the ISU Open and ISU Classic.

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Named CoSIDA third-team Academic All-American ... named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team ... earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... competed in the 400-meter hurdles (56.93) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles and competed on the 4x400-meter relay team at the NCAA West Regional ... earned All-Big 12 honors for a third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles and as a member of the eighth-place finishing 4x400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Championships ... finished runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the Drake Relays with a personal best time of 56.73 … won the 400-meter hurdles at the Missouri Relays and the Mt. SAC Relays INDOOR: Earned All-Big 12 honors by taking second-place in the 600-yard run (1:20.23) and by being a member of the seventh-place finishing 4x400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … set the Iowa State school record with a first-place finish in the 600-yard run (1:19.91) at the ISU Classic … won the 400-meter dash (55:06) at the Bill Bergan Invitational.

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Named Academic All-Big 12 Track & Field Team … set a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles (57.12) at the USA Championships … competed in the 400-meter hurdles (58.63) at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships … finished third in the 400-meter hurdles (57.52) at the NCAA West Regional Championships … Big 12 Outdoor Champion in the 400-meter hurdles (57.40) … member of the seventh-place 4x400-meter (3:43.42) relay team at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... … second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (58.59) and member of the first-place Distance Medley relay team at the Drake Relays … runner-up in the 400-meter dash (54.76) at the Kansas Relays, setting a personal best in the event. INDOOR: Second-place finish in the 600-yard run (1:20.61) and member of the eighth-place 4x400-meter relay team at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, setting a personal best in the 600-yard run … first-place finish in the 600-yard run (1:22.00) at the ISU Classic … placed first in the 600-yard run (1:22.34) at the ISU Open … finished first in the 600-yard run (1:22.89) at the Cyclone Open … finished first in the 400-meter dash (55.97) at the Bill Bergan Invitational … finished sixth in the 400-meter dash (54.95) at the NCAA Indoor Qualifier, setting personal best

2008-2009: OUTDOOR: Sixth-place finisher in the 400-meter hurdles (58.87) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... finished third in the 400-meter hurdles (59.01) at the Big 12 Championships ... sixth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.62) at the USA Junior Championships ... Kansas Relays champion in the 400-meter hurdles (59.70) ... ... runner-up finish in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.01) at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... third-place finisher in the 400-meter hurdles (59.59) at the Drake Relays (59.59) ... placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles (59.98) at the Raleigh Relays. INDOOR: Took fourth in the 600-yard run (1:22.30) at Big 12 Indoor Championships ... running unattached, set Holiday Preview record in the 400-meter run (57.51) by finishing in first place ... placed first in the 600-yard run at both the ISU Open and Husker Invite.

Before Iowa State: Personal, school, and state record in the 300-meter hurdles (43.04) ... personal record in 100-meter hurdles (15.02) and 400-meter run (57.63) ... placed first in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Nebraska state meet ... earned second at the 2008 Nebraska state meet in the 400-meter run ... helped team to three first-place finishes at state meet in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Personal: Born August 24, 1990...daughter of Bijan Elahi and Renee Lutzen...chemical engineering major.