Katie Eidem Top Marks | ||
INDOOR | MARK | YEAR |
400 Meters | 57.26 | 2020 New Mexico Classic |
60m Hurdles | 9.10 | 2020 Lumberjack Team Challenge |
Long Jump | 5.58m/18-3.75 | 2020 Lumberjack Team Challenge |
High Jump | 1.65m/5-5.0 | 2019 Mt. T's Invitational |
Pentathlon | 3696 pts | 2021 Texas Tech Invitational |
OUTDOOR | MARK | YEAR |
100m Hurdles | 14.59 | 2021 Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival |
200 Meters | 25.72 | 2021 GCU Invitational |
800 Meters | 2:17.61 | 2021 Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival |
Long Jump | 5.79m/19'0" | 2021 Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival |
High Jump | 1.65m/5'5" | 2021 Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival |
Javelin Throw | 26.87m/88'2" | 2021 Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival |
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All-conference honors
2020 MPSF Pentathlon (7th place)
2020 MPSF 4x400 (9th place)
2021-22 Indoor
- Set a personal best of 2:29.30 in the 800m at New Mexico's MLK Jr, Collegiate Invitational.
- Set personal bests in every event she competed in at the Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival.
- Jumped a personal best 5.79m/19'0" in the long jump, adding almost a full foot from her previous mark, at the Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival.
- Took first in the 100m hurdles with a personal best 14.74 at the GCU Invitational.
- Set a personal best 25.72 in the 200m at the GCU Invitational.
- Set a new personal best total 3696 in the pentathlon at the Texas Tech Invitational.
* Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20 Indoor
- Kicked off her indoor season with a bang, jumping just two-inches short of her personal best at the NAU Friday Night Duals.
- Set an indoor personal best of in both the long jump and 60-meter hurdles at the Lumberjack Team Challenge.
- Finished fifth in her pentathlon debut with a score of 3523 at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet.
- Ran a personal best 57.26 in the 400-meter dash at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
- Earned her first all-conference honors at the MPSF Championships in both the 4x400-meter relay (9th) and pentathlon (7th).
- Set an outdoor personal best when she cleared 1.65m/5-5 at the 40th Sun Angel Classic.
- Finished 14th in the high jump at the Pac-12 Championships.
- Won the high jump at the ASU Invitational.
- Took 23rd at the MPSF Championships in the high jump.
- Set an indoor personal best of 1.65m/5-5 twice at the Lumberjack Team Challenge and Mt. T’s Invitational.
- Set an outdoor personal best of 1.60m/5-3 feet at the Sun Angel Classic.
- Took fourth at the Desert Heat Classic and was just a half-inch of her personal best.
- Started her ASU career with a bang as she set a personal best and finished third in the high jump at the Friday Night Duals.
- Went on to finish in the top-10 at four meets during her freshman campaign.
High School
- Finished fifth in the high jump at the 2016 USATF Junior Olympics.
- Made all-state five times in track and field in the 400, 4x800, 4x400, and 200.
- Finished as the runner-up at the state meet twice in the 400-meter dash.
- Earned six varsity track letters, two for volleyball and two for basketball during her time at Rochester Century.
- Set the school record in the high jump, 400 and 200.
- Earned academic all-state three times.
Personal: Katie Eidem was born March 1999 to Ben and Debbie Eidem . . . Eidem will pursue a degree in biological sciences at Arizona State.
One word to describe the feeling of putting on the ASU uniform for the first time: |
Blessed
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You have a chance to pick the brain of any coach of any sport for one hour....who is it? |
My own coach
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The most upset you have ever been in a game was: |
Not performing well freshman year at Pac-12s
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The happiest you have ever been in a game: |
Getting a pr in the pentathlon at MPSF
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You have a chance to go watch one past sporting event live (any sport)...what are you going to? |
Games 7 finals in 2016 - Cavaliers and Warriors
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You need a walk-up song, what is it? |
Wow. - Post Malone
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What do you like best about your hometown? |
Being close to the lake and getting to wakeboard in the summer
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A movie you have watched more than once and will watch again: |
Miracle
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Past Sun Devil (any sport) you wish you could have watched compete: |
Jackie Johnson
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Favorite song from your favorite artist? |
Favorites songs change all the time - Kygo is one of my favorite artists at the moment
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What is one of your favorite quotes? |
Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion
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What chore do you absolutely hate doing? |
Shoveling snow - that's why I'm in Tempe now
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What is your favorite form of exercise? |
playing sand volleyball, spikeball and going for bike rides
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Who has been the biggest influence on your career? |
my mom
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If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be? |
First moon landing
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If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? |
Anything in gymnastics
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If you could meet anyone, past or present, who would it be? |
Jackie Joyner Kersee
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What did you do growing up that got you into trouble? |
Lying
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What story does your family always tell about you? |
My junior year of high school as I was playing volleyball, I went up to hit the ball, the other team was late on the block, so I spiked it almost straight down and directly in an opposing player's face and gave her a concussion.
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What's your favorite TV show and why? |
Greys Anatomy
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If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be |
Olivia Dunham from Fringe
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If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it? |
n/a
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Name one thing about yourself that most people don't know: |
I taught myself how to solve a Rubik's cube when I was 13
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If you had to watch one show for the rest of your life, it would be: |
How to get away with murder
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A Sun Devil "story" that has put a lump in your throat: |
Anthony Robles winning national championship
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Game/event where you learned the most from? |
Falling over the last hurdle at first NAU meet junior year
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If you could live during any time period when/where would it be and why? |
80s - good music and life was so simple
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What is the most important thing that a parent/grandparent taught you? |
Always be honest and open even when its hard
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What was the single-biggest challenge of your life? |
Deciding to leave everything/everyone I knew and go to college in Arizona
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What is your favorite road trip destination? |
California coast
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What toppings do you get on your pizza? |
sausage & pepperoni
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Favorite pro athlete you have been around... |
Vashti Cunningham
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Most underrated coach you have been around... |
n/a
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Past Sun Devil game/event you wish you would have been there live to see... |
ASU vs Washington football game in 2017 - students rushed the field afterward
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What you know now that you wish you knew in high school... |
Nothing comes easy you have to work hard and earn everything
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Typically, I am in bed and lights are out at... |
12
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Last book I read: |
Class textbook
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Last movie I saw: |
The social dilemma
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What was the first concert you ever attended? |
Drake and Future
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The most played song on my phone (spotify, ipod, etc.) is: |
Mood
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My favorite month: |
May
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Something I have not done, but I will... |
Hike the grand canyon
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What is your favorite holiday and why? |
Christmas because I get to see all of my extended family
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What three words would you use to describe yourself? |
Determined, motivated, versatile
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If you could be on any game show, which show would you choose? |
American Ninja Warrior
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What is the most useful app you have downloaded? |
TikTok - lowkey learned about so many new things/ideas from that app
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What is your best childhood memory? |
Going to an amusement park with my cousins every summer
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You have just won the lottery, what is your first purchase? |
Something for my family
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What is your favorite sport to watch? |
Volleyball
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What is your favorite food? |
Pizza
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What is your favorite restaurant? |
Diego Pops
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What is your favorite candy? |
Reece's
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What do you miss the most about being a kid? |
Having so much energy
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What is the hardest thing that you have ever done? |
I had 12 teeth pulled all at the same time and couldn't eat normally for months
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One sentence to describe your family... |
My family has always been so loving and supportive throughout my life
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What is a place that you have always wanted to visit? |
Greece
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My dream job is: |
FBI program analyst / FBI intelligence analyst
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