Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2013 TRACK AND FIELD: Established 800 meter run school record of 2:35.88 on March 30 at Hanover College Invitational. ... Part of 4x400 meter relay team that set school record of 4:51.85 at the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet on April 27. ... Season-best fifth-place rfinish in the 800 meter run on April 6 at Anderson University Raven Invitational. ... Scored in three events at KIAC meet.

2012 CROSS COUNTRY: IU East's No. 1 or No. 2 runner in all six Red Wolves races. ... Ran the 13th-fastest time in school history with a 21:33 at the Wilmington College Classic on Oct. 12. ... Debuted with a season-best fourth-place finish at the Asbury University Chick-fil-A Invitational on Aug. 30. ... Ran the 14th-fastest time in school history with a 21:40 at the KIAC Championships on Nov. 3, good for 20th place.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time all-conference runner and four-time regional qualifier in cross country. ... Helped Hagerstown (Ind.) High School advance to the Indiana semistate as a team in 2010 and 2011. ... Conference champion in the 1600 and a three-year regional qualifier in four different track and field events. ... Helped Hagerstown win three track and field team conference titles and one track and field team sectional championship. ... Individual high scorer at the 2011 Hagerstown Tiger Booster Invitational. ... Personal best 5K time of 20:40

ALL ABOUT KEARSTIN

AREA OF STUDY: Nursing

WHY KEARSTIN CHOSE IU EAST: Close to home and a great nursing program

MOST MEMORABLE RUNNING MOMENT: Qualifying for the Indiana cross country semistate as a team

PARENTS: Denise and Larry McDaniel

SIBLINGS: Jenice and Larry Gene McDaniel