Kyle Winter Class: Junior Hometown: Wales, Wis. High School: Kettle Moraine Event: Long Sprints Experience: JR/JR

Personal Bests (Marquette Rank)
Indoor:
400 49.73
500 1:03.93 (#2/FR)
600 1:21.37 (#8)
800 1:51.67 (#5)
Outdoor:
400 48.62 (#8)
800 1:49.84 (#3)

2010-11: Recorded personal bests in both the 400- and 800-meter runs during the outdoor campaign, moving into Marquette's all-time top-10 in both events...Ran the third-fastest 800 time (1:49.84) in school history to finish fifth at the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships on May 8...He was only the third athlete in program history to break the 1:50 barrier in the outdoor 800...His fifth-place finish also was 11 places higher than his seeded place coming into the meet...Won the 800 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (April 2) in 1:54.39... Competed in the 800 at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 15) and finished 44th in the open race in 1:52.18, his second-best time of the season...Recorded his best 400 time (48.62 seconds) at the Lee Calhoun Invitational on April 9 to finish 4th...Notched PRs in the 600-, 800- and mile runs during the indoor season... Ran the fifth-fastest time (1:51.67) in school history in the 800 at the Meyo Invitational to win the event...Finished third (1:53.18) in his preliminary heat and eighth (1:52.05) in the final of the 800 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships...Ran a PR in the 600 (1:21.37) at the dual meet with Milwaukee on Jan. 22 to finish second...Set a personal best in the mile (4:44.80) at the Badger Track Classic on Jan. 15.

2009-10: Had a sensational start to his freshman season at Marquette during the indoor season...In his first collegiate meet, won the 500-meter run at the Blue and Gold Invitational in a freshman record (third-fastest all-time) 1:04.50...Recorded the second-fastest time in school history (1:03.93) in the 500 in a preliminary heat at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships...Ran a time of 1:04.61 in the finals of the 500 to finish ninth...Also competed in the 4x400-meter relay and distance medley relay at the BIG EAST Indoor meet, finishing 11th and 10th, respectively...Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay (w/Fisher, M. O'Brien and Emmer) to win the event and secure the dual meet victory over Milwaukee on Jan. 23...In addition to running the 500 and the relays during the indoor season, also ran the fastest MU indoor times in the 600 and 800, even recording two BIG EAST Indoor-qualifying times in the 800 with a top time of 1:53.34 at the Meyo Invitational...Ran the fastest MU times during the outdoor season in the 400 and 800 but fell less than half a second short of qualifying for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in each...Finished eighth (7:58.87) at the BIG EAST Outdoor meet in the 4x800 relay with Peter Bolgert, Jack Hackett and Blake Johnson.

High School: Winter was a four year track letterwinner at Kettle Moraine High School...Was a first-team all-state performer in the 4x400-meter relay in 2008...In 2008 was the state runner-up in the open 800 meters...When he left Kettle Moraine, held the school record in the open 800 (1:52.72) in addition to the 4x400 and the 4x800-meter relays...Competed at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals, placing 20th in the open 800 with a time of 1:54.32...Placed sixth in the 2009 Midwest Distance Gala in the open 800 with a time of 1:52.72...Registered a best time in the 400 meters of 49.5...A two-time captain in both track and soccer...Earned three letters in soccer....All-conference performer in soccer as a senior.

Personal: Winter was born in San Diego, Calif. on July 13, 1990...Is the son of Amy and Tyler Winter... has a younger brother, Kevin...Father played football at Montana State...Planning to major in finance and marketing.