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Katie Eidem Season 2021-22

PositionJumps
Height5-9
ClassGraduate Student
HometownRochester, Minn.
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. 
2020-21 Outdoor
  • 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.
2020-21 Indoor
  • Set a new personal best total 3696 in the pentathlon at the Texas Tech Invitational.
2019-20 Outdoor*
* 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).
2018-19 Outdoor
  • 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.
2018-19 Indoor
  • 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.
2017-18 Outdoor
  • 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.
2017-18 Indoor
  • 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
You have a chance to pick the brain of any coach of any sport for one hour....who is it?
My own coach
The most upset you have ever been in a game was:
Not performing well freshman year at Pac-12s
The happiest you have ever been in a game:
Getting a pr in the pentathlon at MPSF
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
You need a walk-up song, what is it?
Wow. - Post Malone
What do you like best about your hometown?
Being close to the lake and getting to wakeboard in the summer
A movie you have watched more than once and will watch again:
Miracle
Past Sun Devil (any sport) you wish you could have watched compete:
Jackie Johnson
Favorite song from your favorite artist?
Favorites songs change all the time - Kygo is one of my favorite artists at the moment
What is one of your favorite quotes?
Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion
What chore do you absolutely hate doing?
Shoveling snow - that's why I'm in Tempe now
What is your favorite form of exercise?
playing sand volleyball, spikeball and going for bike rides
Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
my mom
If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be?
First moon landing
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Anything in gymnastics
If you could meet anyone, past or present, who would it be?
Jackie Joyner Kersee
What did you do growing up that got you into trouble?
Lying
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.
What's your favorite TV show and why?
Greys Anatomy
If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be
Olivia Dunham from Fringe
If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?  
n/a
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
If you had to watch one show for the rest of your life, it would be:
How to get away with murder
A Sun Devil "story" that has put a lump in your throat:
Anthony Robles winning national championship
Game/event where you learned the most from?
Falling over the last hurdle at first NAU meet junior year
If you could live during any time period when/where would it be and why?
80s - good music and life was so simple
What is the most important thing that a parent/grandparent taught you?
Always be honest and open even when its hard
What was the single-biggest challenge of your life?
Deciding to leave everything/everyone I knew and go to college in Arizona
What is your favorite road trip destination?
California coast
What toppings do you get on your pizza?
sausage & pepperoni
Favorite pro athlete you have been around...
Vashti Cunningham
Most underrated coach you have been around...
n/a
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
What you know now that you wish you knew in high school...
Nothing comes easy you have to work hard and earn everything
Typically, I am in bed and lights are out at...
12
Last book I read:
Class textbook
Last movie I saw:
The social dilemma
What was the first concert you ever attended?
Drake and Future
The most played song on my phone (spotify, ipod, etc.) is:
Mood
My favorite month:
May
Something I have not done, but I will...
Hike the grand canyon
What is your favorite holiday and why?
Christmas because I get to see all of my extended family
What three words would you use to describe yourself?
Determined, motivated, versatile
If you could be on any game show, which show would you choose?
American Ninja Warrior
What is the most useful app you have downloaded?
TikTok - lowkey learned about so many new things/ideas from that app
What is your best childhood memory?
Going to an amusement park with my cousins every summer
You have just won the lottery, what is your first purchase?
Something for my family
What is your favorite sport to watch?
Volleyball
What is your favorite food?
Pizza
What is your favorite restaurant?
Diego Pops
What is your favorite candy?
Reece's
What do you miss the most about being a kid?
Having so much energy
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
One sentence to describe your family...
My family has always been so loving and supportive throughout my life
What is a place that you have always wanted to visit?
Greece
My dream job is:
FBI program analyst / FBI intelligence analyst
Katie_Eidem_2019

Senior
2021

Jumps
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Katie_Eidem_2019

Junior
2020

Jumps
5-9 / -
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Sophomore
2019

Jumps
5-9 / -
Katie_Eidem

Freshman
2018

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5-9 / -