Monmouth College Athletics

       Kara Kuhrts earned one All-American award while competing for the Fighting Scots track team – two, if her second-team Academic All-American honor is counted.

       More than a decade after the end of her collegiate career, Kuhrts remains the school record-holder in her signature event, the triple jump. She holds the outdoor mark of 39’6 and set the indoor record of 37’11-3/4 while competing at the 2003 NCAA meet, where she placed eighth.

       Kuhrts also helped the Scots win seven Midwest Conference meets, being named a Most Outstanding Performer in four of them. She won 16 conference titles, including seven in the triple jump and four in the long jump, where her best mark was 17’10-1/4.

       Also a sprinter, she was part of five MWC champion relays and was on the only MC squad to break 4:00 in the indoor 4x400. Kuhrts also holds the school heptathalon record.