Murray State University Athletics
2008 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Katelyn Jones
- Position:
- Player
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rockport, Ind.
- High School:
- South Spencer
2009-10 (CROSS COUNTRY): Opened season with 15th place finish at Belmont Opener, running the 4k in 14:55.08….finished 11th overall with a time of 19:13.69 at the Commodore Invite….top Murray State finisher with a 5th place time of 18:54.50 at the Saluki Invitational….Finished 4th in 19:20.47 at Tennessee Tech Invite….Led Racers to first team victory of the season with 2nd place finish of 18:47 at Evansville Invitational….Ran in 20:11.46 at OVC Championships to place 5th….third-best finish by MSU entry at NCAA Southeast Regional, completing 6k course in 23:30
2008-09 (CROSS COUNTRY): Began her season with a 9th place finish at the Mid-American Opener after recording a time of 15:26.53 in the 4k...finished 2nd at the Saluki Invitational with a time of 18:22.51 in the 5k...finished 18th in a field of 285 in the 5k at the Louisville Cross Country Classic with a time of 18:03.56...ran a season best 18:02.57 in the 5k at the Evansville Invitational...finished third at the OVC Championships in the 5k with a time of 18:47.7....completed her season by finishing 60th with a time of 22:25.1 in the 6k at the NCAA Southeast Regional...named OVC runner of the week (9/30)...OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
TRACK & FIELD: OVC outdoor champion in 5,000-meter...set the school record in the 5,000-meter with a time of 16:57.06...set school record in the 3,000 meter run and 3,00 meter steeplechase...Qualified for the NCAA regional in 5,000-meter...All-OVC Outdoor and Indoor track...OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year...named Pepsi Athlete of the week and OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week...OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2007-08 (CROSS COUNTRY): Opened the season with a time of 15:09.21 in the 4k to finish 17th at the Belmont-Vanderbilt Invitational...finished third in the 5k at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a time of 19:02.05... finished 11th at the Evansville Invitational with a season best time of 18:43.96 in the 5k...finished 24th at the OVC Championship... finished 130th at the NCAA Southeast Regional in the 6k...OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
TRACK & FIELD: Took part in eight meets for the Racers as a true freshman... Season best of 2:14.44 minutes in the 800m run at the 2007 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships, where she placed fourth... Also finished in fifth place at the OVC Indoor Championships in the 800m run with a time of 2:20.42... OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
BEFORE MSU: Attended South Spencer High School in Rockport, Indiana...was a cross country state finalist in 2003 and 2006...Was a track state finalist in 2007 in the 1600 meter...was Valedictorian of her senior class, ranking first out of 92 students with a 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL: Born November 11, 1988...daughter of Eddie and Dee Ann Jones...majoring in Biology.
