Laura Ring Class: Freshman Hometown: Twin Lakes, Wis. High School: Wilmot Union Height: 5-8 Event: Distance

Cross Country
2007: Competed in three races on the year, factoring in the team's top seven each time ... took 30th as UWM's seventh runner at the league meet ... scored at the UIC Home Opener, taking 52nd as the fifth Panther finisher. 2006: Finished 38th at the league championship with a season-best 5k time of 21:04 ... competed at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, placing 192nd.

Track
• 2007 League Indoor 4x400m Relay Champion
• All-League Second Team (2007 Indoor 800m, 2007 Outdoor 800m)

2007 Indoor: Earned all-league second team honors as runner-up in the 800m at the league meet ... won the 800m at the UW-Whitewater Invite ... was second at the Tadd Metzger Invite ... at the UWM Double Dual, placed third in the 400m. Outdoor: Was second at the league meet in the 800m, running the fourth-best 800m time in school history ... won the 800m at the Warrior Invite ... took fifth in the event at the Big Blue Classic and Kip Janvrin Open ... ran with school-record sprint medley relay at Drake Relays.

Personal
Majoring in psychology ... born June 3, 1988 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... married to Jon Ring.