2005: Stayed in Tennessee's top three all season long and distinguished herself as an All-SEC and All-South Region runner for the second year in a row...Began the year by charting a 4K career-best of 14:40.70 en route to finishing eighth overall and third on the team at the Belmont Opener...Logged in with a 5K personal record of 18:09 two weekends later at the Tennessee Invitational, crossing the line second among all competitors behind teammate Sarah Bowman...Stepped up to the team leader role the next two meets, as she placed ninth in a then-6K career best of 20:45.3 at the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa., and 12th in 21:14 at the Penn State National Invitational...Ran third for UT at the SEC Championships in Columbia, S.C., covering the 6K course in a PR of 20:12.26 to finish eighth, garner All-SEC status and help Team Orange triumph for the third straight season...Also was Tennessee's third scorer at the 6K NCAA South Regional in Gainesville, Fla., notching a 12th-place outcome with a readout of 21:13.78 that helped J.J. Clark's squad extend its streak of team victories to four in a row...Closed out the campaign filling the No. 2 role for the Lady Vols at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind....Her effort of 21:14.9 for 6K ranked her 113th in the field of 253...Received team's Most Improved and Scholar-Athlete awards for the second year in a row...In the classroom, Katie kept up her good work, earning recognition on both the SEC and Thornton Academic and Student Life Center Honor Rolls for the fourth time...Was a repeat first-team selection for ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV kudos...
2004: Had a break-out year in her second season at Rocky Top, collecting NCAA All-South Region and All-SEC kudos for the first time as a Lady Vol...Was one of a record five UT performers to earn all-region honors with her 21st-place performance of 21:48.87 over 6,000 meters, as Tennessee won its third consecutive region crown...Finished as her squad's number-four runner at that outing...Came through with a huge, 10th-place result of 21:17.62, as Tennessee won its second straight SEC Championship...That mark was then a 6K lifetime best for Katie and helped UT overcome a sub-par performance by ailing leader Brooke Novak...Was Big Orange's second finisher at the NCAA Championships, as she navigated the 6K course in 21:53.7 to wind up 97th...Came up with a sixth-place effort and was her team's third finisher at the 5K Tennessee Invitational in 18:19.15...Ran third for UT and 51st overall in 21:36.3 at the 6K ISU Pre-Nationals meet and was 15th overall and fourth on the team in 21:24.86 at the 6K Paul Short Run...Received squad's Most Improved and Scholar-Athlete awards at team banquet...Once again handled her studies with aplomb, earning ESPN The Magazine first-team Academic All-District IV distinction with a 3.95 grade point average after gleaning second-team kudos in 2003 when the award was sponsored by CoSIDA...For the third time, Katie was a member of both the SEC and Thornton Academic and Student Life Center Honor Rolls...
2003: Ran in six races as a redshirt freshman, contributing to the team total on three occasions...Scored in fifth and was 26th overall in a then-career-best 21:45.21 as UT won the 6K NCAA South Regional for the second time in as many seasons...Was team's fifth finisher and was 178th overall in 21:50.0 at the 6K NCAA Championships race...Also scored in fifth at the Crimson Classic, notching a 5K season best of 18:47.89 to place 12th of 126 runners...Came in 22nd and was UT's sixth runner to cross the line at the SEC Championships, covering the 6K distance in 23:09.73 as Tennessee claimed the team hardware...In the classroom, she earned Thornton Academic and Student Life Center Honor Roll and Academic All-SEC status for the second year in a row...Also was named to the second team of the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Track & Field/Cross Country squad...
2002: Ran in the first two races of the season before an injury forced her to redshirt...She opened with a 20:14.89 clocking over 5K to finish ninth on the squad and 28th overall, as UT triumphed at the Tennessee Invitational...Improved to eighth on the team and 16th against the field in 22:09 at the 5.3K adidas Wolfpack Classic in her final appearance of the season...Made the SEC and Thornton Academic and Student Life Center Honor Rolls for the first time...
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