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2014 Women's Track and Field Roster

Katie Kummerer

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Willowbrook, Ill.
  • High School Hinsdale-Central

Biography

2014:  Finished fourth in the 10,000-meter run (38:16.11) and fifth in the 5,000-meter run (18:32.11) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fifth in both the 3,000-meter run (10:22.89) and the 5,000-meter run (18:07.23) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2013:  Finished fourth in the 10,000-meter run (37:39.17) and seventh in the 5,000-meter run (18:14.62) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…named CCIW “athlete of the week” after setting a Carthage record in the 5,000-meter run (17:51.16) at the April 13 Benedictine (Ill.) “Eagle Invitational”…set a Carthage record in the 10,000-meter run (37:44.82) at the April 5-6 Chicagoland Outdoor Championship…finished fifth in the one-mile run (5:11.51) and eighth in the 3,000-meter run (10:25.36) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship…part of a winning distance medley relay team that set a school record at the Chicagoland Indoor Championship.

2012:  Finished eighth in both the 800-meter run (2:27.04) and the 1,500-meter run (4:52.27) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fifth in the both the mile run (5:07.91) and the 3,000-meter run (10:36.89) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2011:  Finished 12th in the 1,500-meter run (4:58.41) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished eighth in the one-mile run (5:20.27) and 15th in the 800-meter run (2:27.19) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  A four-year state qualifier and earned All-West Suburban Conference Silver honors both her junior and senior years…her senior-year team won the Illinois High School Association Class 3A Track and Field Championship, and her junior-year squad finished fourth…all four of her teams won conference and sectional championships…coached by Pat Richards…four-year member of the cross country team and earned all-conference honors her junior year…National Honor Society member, National Spanish Honor Society member, West Suburban Conference all-academic and honor student.

Personal:  Graphic design major…member of the 2010-13 Carthage cross country teams…earned first-team All-CCIW honors, All-Midwest Region and ran in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship in both 2012 and 2013…named to the Carthage dean’s list seven times.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2012Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2013Junior

    Distance
  • 2014Senior

    Distance