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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

Fran Ruchalski
Fran Ruchalski

Katie Flaherty

  • Events Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • High School The Classical Academy

Biography

2024 Outdoor (Graduate Student)

  • Competed in two meets
  • Finished in the top-10 in the 3000m steeplechase at theĀ 2024 MVC Outdoor Track & Field ChampionshipĀ (5/10-12) with a season best time of 11:11.51

2024 Indoor (Graduate Student)

  • Placed first in the 5000mĀ at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19-20) with a season best time of 17:02.19
  • Earned a fourth place finish in the mile at the Commodore Challenge (1/12-13) with a season best time of 4:52.46

2023 Outdoor (Senior)

  • Placed second in the 3000m steeplechase at the Flames Invitational (4/7)
  • Finished first in the 3000m steeplechase with a personal best time of 10:28.97 at the Music City Challenge (4/29)
  • Placed seventh in the 3000m steeplechase at the MVC Outdoor Championship (5/12)
  • Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round

2023 Indoor (Senior)Ā 

  • Recorded a new personal best in the 3000m with a time of 9:50.88 at the PNC Bank Bellarmine (2/3)
  • Set a new personal best in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (2/10) with a time of 17:04.23

2020 Indoor (Freshman)Ā 

  • Competed in five meets
  • Posted five top-30 finishes
  • Took 20th in the Mile at the University of Kentucky's Jim Green Invitational
  • Top-30 finish in a deep Mile field at the Vanderbilt Invitational
  • Placed sixth in the 3000m at the Thundering Herd Invitational
  • Ran a season-best 5:05.57 Mile to finish fifth at the Samford Bulldog Invitational
  • At the OVC Indoor Championship took 12th in the MileĀ 
  • Earned OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction.

Prior to Belmont:Ā Four-time state qualifier in cross country and track ... Finished in the top-10 at the Colorado 3A Cross Country Championship twice (5th in 2018, 9th in 2016) ... Two-time First Team All-State in cross country ... Helped her Classical Academy team win the 3A State Championship in 2018 ... Earned three top-three finishes at the 2019 3A State Track and Field Championships (2nd in the 1600m, 3rd in the 3200m, 3rd in the 4x800 relay) ... Earned top-10 finishes at the 2018 State Meet (7th in the 1600m, 6th in the 3200m) ... Team captain junior and senior years in both cross country and track.

Personal:Ā Majoring in NursingĀ ... Would like a career as a ER nurse ... Favorite TV show is Brooklyn Nine-NineĀ ... Favorite foods are sushi and Mexican.... Hobbies include skiing, hiking, and backpacking ... Favorite athletes are Peyton Manning and Emma Coburn... Has one sibling.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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