Sophomore
Roselle, Ill./Lake Park

At Miami: Finished a season-best 30th during cross country at the Miami Invitational ... competed well indoors improving her best ever time to 10:20 ... redshirted during outdoor season. Ceronie's Comment's: "Kate did not have the kind of cross country season that she would have like to have, but she came back to have a very good indoor season. We redshirted her during the outdoor season and I am confident she will have a solid sophomore year." High School: All-state her senior year in cross country by virtue of her 11th place finish at the state meet ... placed ninth as a junior and 11th as a senior in the 3200 at the state meet with a career-best of 11:15. Personal: Accepted into the honors program at Miami and is majoring in zoology ... carries an outstanding 3.87 GPA ... daughter of Robert and Diane Steffen.