South Dakota State University Athletics
Hall of Fame — Kiri (Johnson) Solberg
1/31/2018 4:12:00 PM | General
Graduated: 1993
Inducted: 2017
Solberg paced the Jackrabbits on the cross country course and track, earning All-America honors six times and winning four individual conference titles.
Three of Solberg's North Central Conference titles came in cross country. Her first two individual titles, in 1990 and 1991, spurred the Jackrabbits to conference team titles. She recorded her third consecutive NCC individual title in 1992 and capped her collegiate cross country career with her fourth All-America honor and second consecutive 10th-place finish at the national meet later that fall.
On the track, the Reeder, North Dakota, native won the NCC 5,000-meter indoor title in 1993 and posted back-to-back sixth-place finishes in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1992 and 1993.
Recognized as one of the top 50 female student-athletes during SDSU's 50 Years of Women's Athletics celebration during the 2015-16 school year, Solberg was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award during the 1993-94 academic year. She also was selected as a recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a GTE Academic All-District honoree.
Inducted: 2017
Solberg paced the Jackrabbits on the cross country course and track, earning All-America honors six times and winning four individual conference titles.
Three of Solberg's North Central Conference titles came in cross country. Her first two individual titles, in 1990 and 1991, spurred the Jackrabbits to conference team titles. She recorded her third consecutive NCC individual title in 1992 and capped her collegiate cross country career with her fourth All-America honor and second consecutive 10th-place finish at the national meet later that fall.
On the track, the Reeder, North Dakota, native won the NCC 5,000-meter indoor title in 1993 and posted back-to-back sixth-place finishes in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1992 and 1993.
Recognized as one of the top 50 female student-athletes during SDSU's 50 Years of Women's Athletics celebration during the 2015-16 school year, Solberg was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award during the 1993-94 academic year. She also was selected as a recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a GTE Academic All-District honoree.
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