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Prep profile: Lindsey Parker

Dennis Semrau  —  6/18/2008 5:42 am

Lindsey Parker

School: Madison East

Year: senior

Sports: track and field, gymnastics, cross country, volleyball

Track and field highlights: Parker is a four-year letterwinner and a three-time state qualifier. As a senior, she competed at the WIAA Division 1 state track and field meet and tied for fifth place in the pole vault at 10 feet, 6 inches. She also won City, Big Eight Conference and regional titles as a senior. Parker won the Big Eight Conference pole vault title as a junior and also set a school record with a vault of 10-9 to win the sectional title. She was named the team's Most Valuable Performer as a freshman, sophomore and senior, and Most Dedicated as a junior.

Other sports highlights: Parker was a four-year letterwinner in gymnastics, competing in the all-around. She was a WIAA Division 1 state qualifier in the uneven bars as a sophomore and junior. She was named the team's Most Valuable Performer as a sophomore and junior. Parker competed in cross country as a junior and senior, and volleyball as a freshman and sophomore.

Cumulative grade-point average: 3.6

Favorite subject: biology

Quick quote: "Competing in sports teaches you how to work together"

Three words to describe me are: motivated, determined, team-player

How I got started in sports: I started competing in gymnastics when I was 8 years old, track and field in sixth grade, volleyball my freshman year and cross country my junior year

I wish I could compete in: ice skating

My most memorable moment in sports was: setting a school record in the pole vault at sectionals my junior year

My role model is: Pete Dvorak, my pole vault coach

My family includes: my parents, DeWayne and Karen Kennedy-Parker, and my sister, Allison

Favorite team: Team USA Gymnastics

Favorite movie: "The Wedding Singer"

Favorite TV show: "Grey's Anatomy"

Favorite place to visit: Colorado

I want to visit: Australia

I like Madison East High School because:  of its diversity and how big it is

I wish I could meet: Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Carly Patterson

I like to read: Runner's World, Cosmo

Favorite opponent: Brea Imse of Madison La Follette, my teammate on our co-op gymnastics team but an opponent in the pole vault in track and field

My perfect day would be: going to a spa to relax with my mom and sister

If I could change anything, I would: lower gas prices

This and that: member of National Honor Society and Beta Club Student Congress officer certified nursing assistant works part-time at the Princeton Club playroom earned 2008 Milt McPike Achievement Award volunteer work includes Luke House and Meals on Wheels received Service 'E' award for community service was a team captain in cross country, gymnastics, and track and field as a senior

Post-high school plans: attend University of Wisconsin to study nursing or genetics and walk on to the track and field team in the pole vault

Career goal: geneticist

Dennis Semrau  —  6/18/2008 5:42 am