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Kianna Ruff                  Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. High School: McCluer South-Berkeley Height: 5-3 Event: Middle Distance/Sprints Year (In/Out): So./So.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Indoors
400m: 55.88 (2011)
800m: 2:07.64 (2012)

Outdoors
200m: 24.44 (H.S.)
400m: 54.20 (H.S.)
800m: 2:04.85 (2012)
1500m: 4:41.80 (2012)

RUFF'S NCAA SCORING

2011 Outdoor 4x400mR: 7th, 3:32.15

2012 Indoor 4x400mR: 6th, 3:34.13

RUFF'S SEC SCORING

2011 Indoor 4x400mR: 5th, 3:36.16
2011 Indoor 800m: 6th, 2:08.19
2011 Outdoor 800m: 6th, 2:07.97
2011 Outdoor 4x400mR: 7th, 3:38.62

2012 Indoor 4x400mR: 4th, 3:34.76
2012 Indoor 800m: 6th, 2:08.35
2012 Outdoor 4x400mR: 3rd, 3:33.85
2012 Outdoor 800m: 5th, 2:04.85

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Four-time USTFCCCA All-American (three times with 4x400m relay and once with DMR)...Eight-time SEC scorer...2011 SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team (800m)...2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field...2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll...Winner of 2011 Lady Vol Indoor & Outdoor Freshman of the Year and Lady Vol Captain's Award.

2012: Honors - Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-America First Team honors with 4x400m and second-team accolades with distance medley relay...Indoors - Ran third leg for UT's sixth-place 4x400m relay at the NCAA Indoor meet, helping that unit to a season-best time of 3:34.13 and USTFCCCA Indoor All-American First Team honors...Garnered second-team acclaim as the 800m leg with the distance medley relay, which was 11th in 11:26.02...Placed fourth at SEC Indoors with UT's 4x400m relay unit (3:34.76), running the third leg...Finished sixth in the SEC Indoor 800 meters for the second year in a row, crossing the line in 2:08.35...Won the Gold Division 800m at the Akron Invitational, logging a lifetime best of 2:07.64...Started the season fifth in the 800m in 2:11.18 at the Kentucky Invitational...Lowered her mark to 2:10.20 to finish seventh at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Ran on sixth-place 4x400m relay unit at A&M that clocked in at 3:38.18...Ran the 400m in 55.96 at the Auburn Invitational...Outdoors - Lowered her 800m PR to 2:04.85, earning fifth at the SEC Championships...Contributed to the third-place finish of the 4x400m relay team in a time of 3:33.85...Finished second in the 400m in 54.34 and led off UT's winning 4x400m relay (3:41.05) at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual...Produced a 1500m readout of 4:41.80 and helped the UT 4x400m relay to fourth place (3:44.63) at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge...Charted a then-PR in the 800m at 2:07.11 in a second-place finish at the Tennessee Challenge and led off UT's victorious 4x400m relay tandem (3:45.09)...Improved PR to 2:06.32 to finish fourth in the Showcase 800 meters at the Sea Ray Relays...Anchored UT to victory in the Showcase 4x400m relay in 3:39.37 at that meet as well...Ran on UT's runner-up distance medley relay (11:03.53) and runner-up 4x800m relay (8:27.04) at the 118th Penn Relays.

2011: Honors - USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (4x400mR)...USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team (4x400mR)...SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team...USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field...SEC Academic Honor Roll...Lady Vol Indoor & Outdoor Freshman of the Year...Indoors - Earned second-team All-America accolades on UT's ninth-place 4x400m relay (3:35.12)...Fifth at SECs with that unit in 3:36.16...Anchored both of those quartets...Finished sixth in the 800m at SEC Indoors in 2:08.19...Notched her indoor PR of 2:08.02 to wind up third at the Texas A&M Challenge...Ran indoor 400m best of 55.85 in prelims at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Moved to sixth on UT's all-time performers list in the 600m with a third-place 1:32.77 readout at the Hokie Invitational...Outdoors - First-team All-American with UT's 4x400m relay, helping that group to seventh at the NCAA meet in 3:32.15...Also on the seventh-place SEC Outdoor unit...Aided Tennessee's third-place 4x800m cause at Penn Relays (8:27.29)...On winning 4x4 and DMR at Sea Ray Relays...Sixth in the 800m at the SEC Outdoor meet in a career-best 2:07.97...Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round but did not advance...Sixth at USA Junior Championships in 2:10.74...Logged 400m outdoor best of 54.79.

HIGH SCHOOL: Won the 800m at the 2010 AAU Junior Olympics in a career-best 2:09.46...Also victorious at the AAU Area 10 National Qualifier and AAU Ozark District Qualifier leading up to the national meet...Won 800m and 400m titles at the 2010 Missouri Class 3 State Championships and had a 400 crown in 2009 as well...Was state runner-up in the 800m in 2008 and 2009, and in the 400m in 2008...Helped MS-BHS win four state team titles during her career...Ran a 5K cross country race as a junior, finishing in 22:00.78...Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Born July 18, 1992, in St. Louis, Mo....Majoring in business...Parents are Kimberly Ruff and Derek Johnson...Has twin siblings, Eric and Erica.