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Kimarra McDonald                  Class: Senior Hometown: Lumberton, N.J. High School: Rancocas Valley Regional Height: 5-9 Birthdate: 08/14/1987

AT TENNESSEE:

2007: Made one meet appearance as a junior...Was on the trip to Nashville for the Belmont Opener, where she was UT's seventh runner and placed 63rd overall in 16:56.14 on the 4K course...For the second straight season, she made the SEC Academic Honor Roll...2006: Saw action in two meets as a sophomore as she trained for the track & field season...Placed 53rd of 114 runners at the 4K Belmont Opener in Nashville with a 16:09.62 readout...Logged a 22:46 effort to place 61st at the 5K Tennessee Invitational...Did not compete in a meet the rest of the season...Fared well academically, earning a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll... 2005: Competed in Tennessee's first five meets during her rookie season...Began her collegiate career by running seventh on the team and 74th overall in a career-best 17:00.14 at the 4K Belmont Opener...Was the Big Orange's seventh finisher and was 12th overall at the 5K Tennessee Invitational in a personal-record 21:04...Ran in the open division of the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa., covering the 6K layout in 24:51.9 to place 158th...Notched a pair of eighth-place finishes among UT runners at the Penn State National Invitational and SEC Championships, coming in 274th at 26:30 and 98th at 24:37.78, respectively...Her time at the conference meet was a PR...Named to the Thornton Academic and Student Life Center Honor Roll for her prowess in the classroom...

HIGH SCHOOL:

Raced to New Jersey indoor state championship at 800 meters in 2004, becoming the first female athlete from Rancocas Valley to win an indoor state title since former Lady Vol Tonya Lee did so for RVRHS in the 400 meters and high jump in 1987...Competing in the Keystone State during her first two years of high school, Kimarra earned all-state honors in 2003 after finishing third in the 800 meters outdoors at the Pennsylvania state meet while representing Merion Mercy High School...Was the runner-up at the Pennsylvania indoor state meet in 2002...Finished eighth at the 2002 National Scholastic Indoor track meet...Won Colgate Women's Games 800 meters in 2005 and 2002 and placed second in 2003 and fourth in 2004...Ran for United Stars Track Club, winning the 800 meters at the Simplot Games in 2003 and finishing sixth in 2004 and seventh in 2005...Authored school records in the 400, 800 and 1000 meters, the mile and indoor sprint medley relay...Career bests include 2:10.87 for 800 meters, 4:56 for 1500 meters indoors and 5:20 for the indoor mile...

PERSONAL:

Kimarra is majoring in exercise science...Is considering a career as a pediatrician...Has one sibling: Jarrytt McDonald, 17...Admires former Lady Vol great Joetta Clark...Enjoys reading, traveling and shopping...Kimarra Danielle McDonald was born in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 14, 1987...Her parents are Rodney and Lisa McDonald.