SPU: Four-year letterwinner. All-GNAC in 2007. … GNAC All-Academic and Academic All-American in 2009, 2008 and 2007. … CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2009. ... Falcons co-captain in 2009 and 2008.
Senior (2009): Ran in eight meets, scoring for SPU in seven of them. ... Led the Falcons to a second-place team finish by running second overll at the Central Washington/Apple Ridge Invite. ... Placed 3rd for SPU and 39th overall at Sundodger Invitational. ... Ran 5th for SPU and 15th overall at GNAC Championships. ... Continued her strong postseason by placing 4th for Falcons and 22nd overall at NCAA West Regionals, followed by a 62nd-place finish (No. 5 for Seattle Pacific) at the NCAA Division II Championships in Evansville, Ind., to help Falcons secure the fourth-place trophy, marking the third year in a row SPU brough home team hardware from nationals.
Junior (2008): Regular was among SPU's five scoring runners. ... Finished No. 3 for Falcons (4th overall) to help team win the season-opening Saint Martin's Invitational. ... Ran 4th for SPU (16th overall) in team championship performance at GNACs. ... Followed that with a 38th-place run (No. 5 for SPU) at NCAA West Regionals, and 89th-place finish (No. 4 for SPU) at NCAA D-2 nationals in Slippery Rock, Pa.
Sophomore (2007): Scored in ever meet for the Falcons, with three top-10 overall finishes: sixth at the Emerald City Invitational, seventh at the Western Washington Invitational, and 10th at the GNAC Championships. ... Ran No. 5 for the Falcons at both the NCAA West Regionals (21st overall) and at the NCAA Championships in Joplin, Mo. (87th overall).
Freshman (2006): Scored for the Falcons with a ninth-place overall finish to help them win the Saint Martin's Invitational. ... Also factored into team scoring the following week, taking 20th overall at the Western Washington Invitational. ... Ran 29th at West Regionals at Seattle Pacific took second as a team, then was 132nd at nationals in Pensacola, Fla., where the Falcons placed sixth.
Personal: Kate Kelly Harline. … Born July 18, 1988. ... Religious studies major, creative writing minor.
Fun facts: Didn't start running until her sophomore year of high school. ... Also has played soccer and basketball, and recently has started triathlons. ... Favorite workouts are long, hilly trail runs. ... Favorite book is the book of Leviticus in the Bible. ... Favorite junk food is homemade cinnamon rolls, "but I also consider them healthy." ... If she could be anyone else, it would be Pocahontas "because I want to be friends with trees and animals and run barefoot thruogh the forest and jump off waterfalls." ... At some point in her life, would like to spend some time living in an Amish community.
