Kate Owens

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Beverly Hills, Mich.
High School:
Seaholm
Position:
Mid-Distance

Last Updated: January 23, 2018

At Michigan
• Member of the 2016 Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championship Teams
• U-M Academic Athletic Achievement Award (2016-17)

Junior (2017-18)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 2:20.49 in the 800 meter run to finish 17th at the Simmons-Harvey Quad (Jan. 20)
• Ran 2:20.48 in the 800 meter run to finish 17th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 13)

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Sophomore (2016-17)

Outdoor
• Ran a career-best 2:15.32 in the 800 meter run to finish 71st at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14), and also ran a career-best 4:48.76 at 1500 meters.
• Ran 2:15.89 in the 800 meter run to finish 8th at the Battle of the Blues (Apr. 1)
• Ran 2:19.63 in the 800 meter run to finish 17th at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (Mar. 24-25)

Indoor
• Ran a career-best 2:14.96 in the 800 meter run to finish 15th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
• Ran 2:15.62 in the 800 meter run to finish 9th at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 18)
• Ran 2:17.87 in the 800 meter run to finish 45th at the Spire Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
• Ran 2:21.54 in the 800 meter run to finish 10th at the SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational (Jan. 28)
• Ran 2:22.01 in the 800 meter run to finish 13th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 14) in her Michigan debut

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Freshman (2015-16)

Outdoor
• Redshirted

Indoor
• Redshirted
• Competed unattached in the 800m run finishing eighth with a personal best 2:24.92 and helped the unattached 4x400m relay team to finish fifth (4:08.53) at the Hillsdale Winter Opener (Jan. 9)
• Finished sixth while competing unattached in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.01 at the GVSU Holiday Open (Dec. 4)

Cross Country
• Redshirted
• Ran 19:56.6 while competing unattached in the season-closing EMU Classic (Oct. 23) to finish 42nd.

Prep

Graduated from Seaholm High School (2015) ... Presidential Scholar ... Principal's Board Member ... National Honor Society Secretary ... Cross Country ... Three-year Scholar Athlete (2012-14) ... Won League (2013-14), Regional (2013-14) and State (2012, '14) Team Championships ... Track and Field ... Two-year competitor at AAU Junior Olympic Games (2010-11), winning 2010 title in 4x800m relay ... Owns school record in the 4x400m relay (3:55.7) ... Four-year Scholar Athlete (2012-15) ... Multi-year Team Captain (2014-15) ... All-State in 4x400m relay (2014) ... League and Regional Team Champions (2013) ... Won league titles at 400m (2014), 4x400m relay (2015) and 4x800m relay (2012) ... Also won a regional title in 4x800m relay the same year ... Four-year letter winner.

Personal ... Enrolled in the School of Kineseology ... Undecided Major ... Born July 1, 1997 ... Daughter of Jim and Lisa Owens ... Father (1986) played football and cheered (1987-89) at the University of Miami Ohio ... Other Sports ... Also competed in volleyball (2011) and basketball (2011-14), winning a league championship and being named first team All-League in 2014.