North Central University Athletics

2025 Season Highlights

Ari competed in both the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Rams... In the indoor season, she placed 10th in the 60m hurdles at the Jack Johnson Classic, with a time of 10.48... Ari finished 5th in the 60m hurdles at the UMAC Indoor Championship, putting up a personal best of 10.27 seconds... In the outdoor season, she placed 5th in the 100m hurdles at the Gustie Twilight... The UMAC Outdoor Championships were historical, as she broke the program record in the long jump with a leap of 4.50m.... Klein was also a member of the 4x400 relay team that placed 2nd with a record breaking time of 4:11.31, 4th in the 400m hurdles at 1:09.34, and 9th in the 100m hurdles with a time of 17:35... Ari qualified for NCCAA Nationals in the 100m and 400m hurdles... She finished 12th in the 100m hurdles prelims at 17.11 seconds and placed 11th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:10.31... Earned fall Athletic Director Honor Roll... UMAC Academic All-Conference... 2025 Athletic Director Honor Roll Athlete.

Prep Career

Attended Sioux City North High School... Team Captain Junior & Senior Year... 4x All-Conference... 2x Conference Champion 400mH... 2x Conference runner-up 100H...1x District runner-up 400mH... 1x District Champion 400mH... 7th Place Iowa State Medalist junior season... School records held in shuttle hurdle, 100h, 60h, sprint medley... Graduated in 2024.

Personal

Ari was born March 6th, 2006... Majoring in Elementary Education... She was a member of the non-profit Big Brothers Big Sisters.