MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Cross Country
6000m – 21:11.20 // Texas A&M Invite (9/26)
Indoor Track & Field
Mile Run – 5:16.47 // Illinois-Iowa Border Battle (1/9)
Outdoor Track & Field
3000m Run – 9:54.79//Tom Botts Invitational (4/9)
1500m Run – 4:43.15//John McDowell Invitational (4/16)
5000m Run – 17:29.38 // Florida Relays (3/31)
2017-18
Season Bests
Cross Country – Did not compete during the cross country season
Indoor Track – Did not compete during the indoor season
Outdoor Track – Did not compete during the outdoor season
2015-16
Season Bests
6000m (XC) – 21:11.20 // Texas A&M Invite (9/26)
Mile Run (ITF) – 5:16.47 // Illinois-Iowa Border Battle (1/9)
3000m Run (OTF) – 9:54.79//Tom Botts Invitational (4/9)
1500m Run (OTF) – 4:43.15//John McDowell Invitational (4/16)
5000m Run (OTF) – 17:29.38 // Florida Relays (3/31)
Cross Country – Ran three times for Mizzou in the fall, registering two top-five Mizzou finishes ... Finished first for Mizzou and third overall at the Illini Challenge, finishing the 5,000m race at 18:09.60 … Finished third for Mizzou at the Texas A&M Invite, running a season-best 6,000m time of 21:11.20.
Indoor Track – Ran once during the indoor season, finishing eighth in the mile run at the Border Battle with a time of 5:16.47.
Outdoor Track – Opened the outdoor season with a season-best time of 17:29.38 in the 5,000m run at the Florida Relays … Posted her best finish of the year at the Georgia Spec Town Invitational, finishing second in the 3,000m with a time of 9:54.79 … Finished ninth in the 1,500m run at the Tom Botts Invitational, crossing the finish line at 4:43.15 … Competed in the 5,000m run at the SEC Championships, finishing 34th at 17:50.37.
HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
1500m - 4:44.85 // 3000m - 10:04.67 // 4000m XC - 14:29.00 // 5000m XC - 18:15.30
Kate competed at Ankeny Centennial HS for coaches Eric Cogdill and Andrew Kruzich...CROSS COUNTRY...She was a two-time IAHSAA All-State finisher in cross country, placing tenth in 2013 and 11th in 2014...TRACK & FIELD...Kate was also a four-time IAHSAA All-State performer for track, crossing in eighth for both the 1500m and 3000m in 2014...She was sixth in the 1500m and fourth in the 3000m in 2015, and was a member of the third-place DMR team...She competed in the Drake Relays in 2014-15, finishing as runner-up in the 3000m, fourth in the 1500m, in 2015...She was First Team All-Academic all four years (2011-15).
PERSONAL
Parents are Matthew and Jane Smith...Born September 24, 1996 in Des Moines, Ia...Her sister, Abby, plays varsity tennis...She is studying Health Sciences.