2008-09 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Jones, Katelyn

Katelyn Jones
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Rockport, Ind.
- High School:
- South Spencer
Bio
TRACK & FIELD
2009-10: Ran three distance events during the indoor season and four during outdoor…ran the mile is a season-best time of 5:23.45 during the indoor campaign…also ran the 3,000 in 10:33.80 and the 5,000 in 18:29.66…during the outdoor season she had a season-best time of 10:20.20 in the 3,000, 11:19.992 in the steeplechase, 18:39.27 in the 5,000 and 38:06.56 in the 10,000.
2008-09: OVC outdoor champion in 5,000...set the school record in the 5,000 with a time of 16:57.06...set school record in the 3,000 (9:44.84) and 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:51.72)...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: Proved to be a valuable asset to the Racers her freshman season by breaking the Murray State and OVC record in the Distance Medley Relay (12:08.11) and broke the school record for the 3,000 (9:56.01), one mile (5:00.9), and 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:57.92)…during the 2008 OVC Indoor championships she finished third in the 3,000 and Mile…finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and third in the 5,000 at the 2008 OVC Outdoor championships…was awarded OVC runner of the week three times during the 2007-08 season and was named OVC Freshman of the Year for Indoor Track.
CROSS COUNTRY
2010: Named All-OVC Second Team...placed 2nd at Saluki Early Bird with 15:09.6 finish in 4k…top MSU finisher, with time of 19:40.5, to place 36th at Commodore Invite…placed 20th at Memphis Twilight as top Racers finisher witha time of 18:27.41…finished 1st at Tennessee Tech Invite, scoring the only win of the season with a time of 19:21…placed 9th at the Evansville Invite with a time of 18:56.20…recorded a 10th-place finish with a time of 19:07.53 at the OVC Championships…ran the 6k in 22:36.83 in 6k at the NCAA Regional to place 107th…OVC women’s cross country co-runner of the week Oct.
2009: Opened the season with a 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 the Tennessee Tech Invite….led the Racers to their first team victory of the season with a 2nd-place finish of 18:47 at the Evansville Invitational….ran in 20:11.46 at the OVC Championships to place 5th….third-best finish by an MSU entry at the NCAA Southeast Regional, completing the 6k course in 23:30.
2008: 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.
2007: 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.
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...was Valedictorian of her senior class, ranking first out of 92 students with a 4.0 GPA.
Personal: Born Katelyn Ann Jones, Nov. 11, 1988 in Rockport, Ind....daughter of Eddie and Dee Ann Jones...has two brothers, Adam (26) and Andrew (24), and one sister, Jessica (27)…majoring in biology/pre-physical therapy.
2009-10: Ran three distance events during the indoor season and four during outdoor…ran the mile is a season-best time of 5:23.45 during the indoor campaign…also ran the 3,000 in 10:33.80 and the 5,000 in 18:29.66…during the outdoor season she had a season-best time of 10:20.20 in the 3,000, 11:19.992 in the steeplechase, 18:39.27 in the 5,000 and 38:06.56 in the 10,000.
2008-09: OVC outdoor champion in 5,000...set the school record in the 5,000 with a time of 16:57.06...set school record in the 3,000 (9:44.84) and 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:51.72)...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: Proved to be a valuable asset to the Racers her freshman season by breaking the Murray State and OVC record in the Distance Medley Relay (12:08.11) and broke the school record for the 3,000 (9:56.01), one mile (5:00.9), and 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:57.92)…during the 2008 OVC Indoor championships she finished third in the 3,000 and Mile…finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and third in the 5,000 at the 2008 OVC Outdoor championships…was awarded OVC runner of the week three times during the 2007-08 season and was named OVC Freshman of the Year for Indoor Track.
CROSS COUNTRY
2010: Named All-OVC Second Team...placed 2nd at Saluki Early Bird with 15:09.6 finish in 4k…top MSU finisher, with time of 19:40.5, to place 36th at Commodore Invite…placed 20th at Memphis Twilight as top Racers finisher witha time of 18:27.41…finished 1st at Tennessee Tech Invite, scoring the only win of the season with a time of 19:21…placed 9th at the Evansville Invite with a time of 18:56.20…recorded a 10th-place finish with a time of 19:07.53 at the OVC Championships…ran the 6k in 22:36.83 in 6k at the NCAA Regional to place 107th…OVC women’s cross country co-runner of the week Oct.
2009: Opened the season with a 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 the Tennessee Tech Invite….led the Racers to their first team victory of the season with a 2nd-place finish of 18:47 at the Evansville Invitational….ran in 20:11.46 at the OVC Championships to place 5th….third-best finish by an MSU entry at the NCAA Southeast Regional, completing the 6k course in 23:30.
2008: 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.
2007: 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.
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...was Valedictorian of her senior class, ranking first out of 92 students with a 4.0 GPA.
Personal: Born Katelyn Ann Jones, Nov. 11, 1988 in Rockport, Ind....daughter of Eddie and Dee Ann Jones...has two brothers, Adam (26) and Andrew (24), and one sister, Jessica (27)…majoring in biology/pre-physical therapy.
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