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High School: A 2008 graduate of Desert Vista High School (Phoenix)... lettered in both track & field and football four times and once in cross country... captained the football team twice... won four state titles on the track, including three as a senior (800m, 4x400m and 4x800m)... added 4x800m victories in 2007 and 2005... as a senior, also placed third in the state at 400m... set a trio of state high school records in 2008, including the 800m (1:51.33) and as a member of the 4x400m (3:13.50) and 4x800m (7:45.40) relays... team won back-to-back state 5A-1 titles (2007 and 2008) while also wining national titles each year... track team MVP in 2008... also selected East Valley Tribune Boys Track Athlete of the Year (2008), Arizona Republic Boys Track Athlete of the Year (2008) and Ahwatukee Foothills News Athlete of the Year (2008)... finalist for the 2008 Wendy's High School Heisman State Award... in his earlier years, selected as the track team's Rookie of the Year (2005) and Unsung Hero (2006 & 2007)... selected football team's Outstanding Lineman (2004) and Mr. Consistency (2005)... member of the National Honor Society and was a National Merit Commended Student... 2008 Arizona Republic Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Personal: Majoring in mathematics... parents are Bob and Anna Kline... has one sister: Julia... father Bob swam for Wisconsin-Eau Claire for four seasons... born November 16, 1989, in Baltimore, Md.... full name is John Robert Kline.
Personal Bests 200: 21.7 400: 47.54 800: 1:51.33
