Karolina Haraldsdottir

Position:
Multi-Event Specialist
Height:
6-0
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Rochester, Minn.

2009-10: Indoors, set a school record in the pentathlon, scoring 3,910 points to take third place at the ACC Championships in Blacksburg, Va. ... also earned All-ACC accolades for her performance ... placed 10th at the conference meet in the shot put with a throw of 42-1.50 ... long jump of 17-10.75 at the Hokie Invite is the No. 5 Duke performance ... placed fourth in the shot put at the VT Challenge with a throw of 43-6.50, the No. 2 all-time Duke mark ... named Duke indoor women's track & field Co-MVP ... outdoors, again set a multi-event school record with a 5,145-point performance at the ACC Championships to finish in fifth place ... recorded 18-1.00 in the long jump at the Wake Forest Open for the No. 3 Duke performance ... her throw of 40-10.25 in the shot put at the ACC Outdoor Championships ranks No. 3 in Duke history ... selected Duke women's outdoor track & field Most Improved Senior.

2008-09: Continued to show her versatility as a multi-event specialist for the Blue Devils ... indoors, recorded Duke's top season times in the 60m hurdles (9.49), high jump (5-6), shot put (40-7.75) and pentathlon (3,688) ... finished in eighth place at the ACC Indoor Championships with a then-school-record 3,688 points ... scored 3,610 points to finish third at the ECAC Championships, garnering All-East recognition ... outdoors, competed in the 200m, 100m hurdles, long jump, shot put and javelin ... her shot put performance of 40-4.25 at the UNC Invitational in April was the then-No. 4 Duke performance ... missed the remainder of the season due to injury.

2007-08: Earned outdoor All-East honors with a seventh-place finish in the heptathlon at the ECAC Championships ... her score of 4,555 points was the then-No. 3 Duke performance.
2006-07: Spent first season at Duke training to become a multi-eventer.

Personal: Daughter of Haraldur Bjarnason and Katrin Frimannsdottir ... born May 5, 1988 ... has one brother, Bjarni Haraldsson, and one sister, Kristin Haraldsdottir ... sister Kristin was a member of the Princeton rowing team (2004-08) ... majored in International Comparative Studies.

Indoor PRs:

800m- 2:22.54 (2/27/2010)

55m Hurdles- 9.02 (1/24/2010)

60m Hurdles- 9.24 (2/28/2010)

Shot Put- 13.27m (2/20/2010)

High Jump- 1.73m (2/27/2010)

Long Jump- 5.45m (1/23/2010)

Pentathlon- 3910 (2/27/2010)

Outdoor PRs:

200m- 26.39 (4/3/2010)

800m- 2:23:44 (4/17/2010)

100m Hurdles- 14.69 (4/3/2010)