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Kelsey Kane                  Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: West Height: 5-5 Event: Distance Year (In/Out): Jr./Jr.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
Mile: 5:01.24 (2012)
3000m: 10:17.10 (2012)

Outdoors
800m: 2:21.37 (H.S.)
1,500m: 4:47.63 (2011)
3,000m: 10:55.97 (2011)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: N/A

2012: Honors - None...Indoors - Posted a mile career best in the Kentucky Invitational, running 5:08.18...Lowered it to 5:01.24 to place 12th at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Established an indoor 3000m PR that bettered her outdoor mark, crossing the line in 10:17.10 at the Auburn Invitational...Outdoors - N/A.

2011: Indoors - Saw her initial collegiate action, posting a career-best of 5:21.67 in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational...Outdoors - Competed in the SEC Outdoor Championships and registered a 1500m PR of 4:47.63 in the prelims...Second-best effort of 4:50.42 came at the UCF Invitational...Produced a 3000m career best of 10:55.97 to finish sixth at the UT-UCLA Dual.

2010: Indoors - Did not compete due to injury...Outdoors - Did not compete.

2009: Indoors - Redshirted...Outdoors - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Helped the Rebels claim state track & field team titles in 2006 and 2008...Earned all-state accolades all four years on the oval and her final three years in cross country...Was all-state in track in the 800m, mile, 3200m and 4x800m relay in her final three seasons...Named 2008 Knoxville Interscholastic League Outstanding Distance Runner after claiming victory in both the 1600m and 3200m...Posted Class AAA state cross country finishes of eighth as a senior, 10th as a junior and fifth as a sophomore...Charted a 5K PR of 18:57 in finishing 72nd at the 2007 Foot Locker South Regional Cross Country Championships.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 17, 1990, in Knoxville, Tenn....Majoring in journalism and electronic media...Parents are Missy (Alston) Kane Bemiller and Jim Bemiller...Has a sister, Gracie...Mother is a Lady Vol Hall of Famer, TV personality, 1984 U.S. Olympic distance runner and the coach of UT's 1990 SEC Cross Country Championship team...Stepfather is a UT professor and a former UT men's vault coach who coached 2004 U.S. Olympic gold medalist Tim Mack among others.