Wilkerson, a senior, won the Iowa Conference heptathlon with an NCAA provisional qualifying score and career-best 4,543 points, just 17 points shy of an NCAA automatic qualifying score. It is her third straight All-Conference performance in the heptathlon having placed third in 2004 and second in 2005. Wilkerson posted one of the top-three marks in six of the seven events and a top-five mark in all seven events among the 13 competitors. Her 10.01 meters in the shot put was the top mark and her 1.57 meters in the high matched the top mark. She posted the second-best mark in the long jump (5.2 meters) and javelin (34.95 meters); the third-best mark in the 800-meters (2:25.20) and the 100-hurdles (15.9 seconds); and the fifth-best mark in the 200-meters (27.2 seconds).
