Kyna Forkins Class: Senior Hometown: Glen Ellyn, Ill. High School: Glenbard West Height: 5-2

2004: Competed in six meets, scoring in all six ... Ran at both Big Tens and Midwest Regionals ... NU's fourth finisher, and 100th overall, with a season-best 22:52.41 at 6K Midwest Regional (11/13) ... Finished 72nd overall at 6K Big Ten Championships (10/31) ... Took 17th overall at 6K Bradley Classic (10/1) ... Also scored in 6K races at Griak Invitational (9/25) and Pre-Nationals (10/16), and at 4K Hawkeye Invitational (9/10) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2003: Served as one of the Wildcat captains ... Overcame preseason injuries to race four times, including with the Big Ten Championship squad ... Placed 85th overall at 6K Big Tens (11/2) ... Prior to that, she was Northwestern's top finisher at the 5K Forester Invitational (10/11) and the 5K UW-Parkside Invitational (10/18) ... Placed sixth overall in 19:50 at the Forester and 16th overall in 19:06 at UW-Parkside ... First race this season was the 5K Lakefront Invitational (10/4), where she clocked 20:01 ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2002: Tied for team-high honors by running in seven races ... Competed in every one of the championship meets for the Wildcats ... Placed 196th overall at the 6K NCAA Championships (22:35.1) ... Cut more than 40 seconds off her personal best at the 6K Midwest Regional to finish 64th (22:20.62) ... Had a 50th-place finish with her first sub-19 5K at the Big Ten Championships (18:54.2) ... Best placement was 18th at the season-opening 6K Illinois State Invitational (23:52.51) ... Also ran at the 6K Roy Griak (23:16.2), the 5K Notre Dame Invite (19:22) and the 6K Pre-National Invitational (23:02.6).

2001: Ran in six races, scoring in one ... Finished 13th overall at 2-mile UIC Home Opener (12:23) ... Also had top-50 finish at 5K Bradley Open (19:45) ... Ran at 5K Big Ten Championships (19:48.8) and 6K Pre-National Invitational (24:01) ... Other races included 5K Illinois Invitational (19:17) and 6K Roy Griak Invitational (23:35.8).

High School: Two-time all-state ... Three-time all-state Northern Division ... Two-time Western Suburban Silver Conference cross country champion (1997, 1999) ... Four-time all-conference ... As a freshman, led team to seventh-place finish at state championship meet ... Medaled in every race she ran in high school ... Also three-time all-conference in track ... Glenbard West's Female Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Academic all-conference ... Member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... Recipient of Glenbard West's Senior Medal of Honor and "Matter of Pride" Award.

Personal: Born Kyna Beth Forkins on 11/2/82 ... Daughter of Deb and Marc Forkins ... Also an accomplished violinist.

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