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  Katherine McCarthy
Katherine McCarthy

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Marne, Mich.

High School:
Kenowa Hills

Major:
Undecided


2010 Track: Redshirted.

2009 Cross Country: Crossed the finish line second at the Michigan Intercollegiates with a time of 18:03...Finished third at the GLIAC Championships with a time of 21:42, earning First Team All-GLIAC...Placed fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals with a time of 22:00..Led GVSU with an 11th place finish at the NCAA Championships, earning All-American with a time of 21:18.

2009 Track: Placed third at the GLIAC Indoor Championships for 800m and GLIAC Indoor Champion in the DMR...Finished sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships running a time of 2:11.70 in the 800m and anchored the DMR to a runner-up finish...GLIAC Outdoor Champion in 800m with a time of 2:10.23...Placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in 800m for a time of 2:12.20.

2008 Cross Country: Placed fifth at GLIAC Championships with a time of 22:09...Was 10th at the NCAA Midwest Regional...Earned All-American placing 25th at the NCAA Championships.

2008 Outdoor: Won the 1500 meter at the Aquinas Open with a time of 4:36.74...Won the Chico State 800 and 1500 with times of 2:09.65 and 4:32.51...Took second at the Hillsdale Gina Relays with a time of 4:33.76 in the 1500 invite section...Also second place in the 800 at the Hillsdale relays with a time of 2:10.89...GLIAC Champion in the 800 with a time of 2:12.40...Second in the 800 at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 2:09.90.

2008 Indoor: At the Boston Valentine Invite, took ninth in the 800 with a time of 2:13.12...Set the GVSU Fieldhouse record in the mile with a time of 4:58.03...On the conference championship DMR team...Won the 800 at the GLIACs with a time of 2:13.49...At the NCAA National Championships, was a member of the fifth-place DMR team and took fifth in the 800 with a time of 2:13.20.

2007 Cross Country: Sixth at Michigan Intercollegiates in the 4k with a time of 14:45.2...Ninth at the GLIAC Championships with a time of 23:08.7.

2007 Outdoor: USATF Junior National Qualifier in the 800...All-American in the 800, placing eighth in a time of 2:10.2...Third in the GLIAC 800 with a time of 2:13.92...Finished eighth in the 800-meter at the UCLA Invite with a time of 2:14.09 (4/13)...Placed 6th at the Long Beach State Invite with a 4:41.10 in the 1500-meter (4/14)...Placed 2nd in the 800-meters with a time of 2:13.43 at the Jack Shaw Classic (4/21).

2007 Indoor: Won the 600-meter event with a time of 1:39.14 at the Bob Eubanks Open (1/19)...Finished second in the 800-meter at the Notre Dame Open with a time of 2:15.93 (1/26)...Finished first the 400-meter event at the Grand Rapids Championships with a time of 59.18 (2/17)...Finished first in the distance medley with a time of 11:43.12 at the GLIAC Championships (2/24)...Also finished second in the 800-meter with a time of 2:16.37 (2/24)...Ran the 800-meter leg on the National Championship team of the DMR in a national meet record time.

Grand Valley State Bests: 200m- 27.34...400m- 56.3...600m- 1:35.58...800m- 2:09.65...1500m- 4:32.51...Mile- 4:56.28...4000m- 14:45.2...5000m- 18:03...6000m- 21:18.

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