Kelley Owen, a native of Bismarck, N.D., excelled in both basketball and track at Moorhead State University from 1980 to 1983. In track & field she was named the Dragons’ Outstanding Track & Field Athlete in 1981. A three-time Northern Sun Conference (NSC) outdoor champion, Owen holds the MSU Moorhead outdoor record in both the shot put (42’-5 ½”) and the javelin (161’). She placed fourth in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Outdoor Champion ships in the javelin as junior and second as a senior. Owen also won the javelin in 1982 at the Drake Relays.
Owen was also a two-time All-NSC team member in basketball. She was team MVP as a senior and scored 887 points in three seasons with the Dragons.
After college Owen played women’s hockey and was a member of the 1990 U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team which played in the first Women’s World Cup Tournament in Ottawa, Ontario. She also played on the U.S. Women’s Bandy Team in 1991, playing in the World Cup Tournament in Lillehammer, Sweden. She also competed in the Minnesota Border to Border Triathlon in 1991. Owen currently works for HealthPartners as a Senior Application Analyst and Developer in IS&T. Owen and her partner, Anne Breckenridge, reside in Minneapolis, Minn.