2022 Inductee
If you happen to be a person who won multiple state titles plus a Drake Relays title in high school; won Big 12 titles, set Big 12 records, and earned All American honors in college, what else is there really to say about your outstanding career?
Well, if you are Kris Curnyn Hagedorn a 1994 graduate of Jefferson-Scranton High School and a 1999 graduate of Iowa State, there is plenty. She was an outstanding student and a very talented 4 sport athlete.
Like many junior high kids, Kris went out for track in 7th grade because most of her friends were too. She knew track events weren’t going to be her specialty, so she thought she would give field events a try and joined the throws group.
She not only enjoyed the camaraderie of her teammates, she loved the competition.
Qualifying to state in the discus, as a freshman and not placing, didn’t cut it for Kris. She won as a sophomore, but that didn’t cut it either. She not only wanted to win, but also wanted to have the best throw across all classes. She did just that both her junior and senior years. She also won Drake Relays gold in the Discus and silver in the Shot and she helped her team win 4 conference titles, 4 District titles and a first ever State team title for her school while winning 31 of 34 Discus competitions along the way.
At Iowa State, she immediately became a very important part of the Cyclone’s success.
Kris qualified to the NCAA championships seven times and earned All American honors in the Weight Throw, and the Hammer Throw.
She was a Big 12 champion and Big 12 record holder in the Discus, a four-time Iowa State Scholar Athlete award winner and over 20 years since graduating, she still on ISU’s Indoor All Time Top Ten lists in the Shot Put and Weight Throw Indoors and the Shot Put, Discus and Hammer Throw outdoors.
Kris works at Principal in Des Moines as a Product Manager. She and her husband Josh, also a B12 champion and All American thrower at Iowa State reside in Adel. Son Joey is a college freshman at ISU and daughter Lauren is a high school freshman at ADM.