VMI Athletics

Kathleen Yates at XC TFRRS

Kathleen Yates at TFRRS

2018: Placed 50^th overall in 16:21 at the Virginia Tech Invite to open the season … came in 27^th overall at the JMU Open in 22:08 … arrived in 34^th overall with a time of 26:50.7 at the George Mason Invite … scored team points at the HPU VertCross Invite with a 55^th-place mark of 20:11.90 … competed at the Southern Conference Championships, finishing 58^th overall in 20:49.60 for team points.

2017: Took part in each of VMI's six cross country races...set new PR's in three of the six events...was VMI's #4 runner in half of the events...was 67th at the SoCon Championships...indoors, finished 18th in the mile at the indoor conference meet...posted a personal best in that event at the Keydet Invitational...was sixth in the mile at the VMI Team Challenge...outdoors, limited to just the conference meet, where she finished 17th in the 1,500 with a collegiate best time.

2016: Competed in four races during the cross country season...struggled during her first three events, but after two races off, had a breakthrough effort at the SoCon Championships with a 54th-place finish...indoors, was 14th in the SoCon in the mile and 24th in the 800...finished third in the 800 in the VMI/Citadel dual...was 10th in the 3K at the Virginia Tech Challenge...outdoors saw her finish 18th in the conference in the 1,500...had a seasonal best time in the 3K at Bucknell.

High School/Personal: Indoors, was fourth in her conference in the high jump and fifth in the 800-meters...finished in the top-four in the mile at the regional meet as a junior, both indoors and outdoors, and was 11th in the state indoors that year...finished 46th in the state in cross country as a junior and 78th as a senior.

Personal Bests:
800-meters: 2:27.01 (2017 Duke Invite)
1,000-meters: 3:11.66 (2018 Keydet Invitational)
1,500-meters: 5:00.99 (2018 SoCon Outdoor Championships)
Mile: 5:24.39 (2018 Keydet Invitational)
3K: 11:05.30 (2017 Bison Outdoor Classic)
5K (XC): 19:26 (2016 SoCon Championships)
6K (XC): 24:45 (2017 VertCross Invite)