Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA All-West Region in 2018. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2017, 2018, and 2019. ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Senior (2019): Ran and scored in all six meets. ... Came through with her biggest performances of the year in the three championship meets. ... Ran No. 5 for the Falcons and 22nd overall at GNAC in Billings ... Was No. 3 for the team and 38th overall at the NCAA West Regionals in Monmouth, helping the Falcons place 5th to secure a trip to the nationals. ... At that national race in Sacramento, again was No. 3 for Seattle Pacific, and placed 104th overall as the Falcons finished 12th among the 34 teams. Her time of 21:42.8 in the final cross country race of her career was a 6-kilometer personal best by 1.1 seconds. Her previous best was 21:43.93 at the 2018 NCAA West Regionals in Billings.

Junior (2018): Ran and scored in all seven meets, always among SPU's top four. ... Ran No. 3 for the Falcons and 19th overall at the NCAA West Regionals, going 6 kilometers at Amend Park in Billings, Mont., in 21:453.93, thus earning USTFCCCA All-West Region recognition. ... Was the No. 2 SPU finisher at NCAA nationals, placing 85th overall in 24:18.4 in the muddy Schenley Park course in Pittsburgh. ... Placed No. 3 for the team and 13th overall at GNAC with a time of 22:07.50 for 6K at Western Oregon's Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth. ... Was No. 2 for the Falcons (19th overall) at the WWU Classic. ... Started the season with a 5th-place overall finish (No. 4 for SPU) at the CWU Invite in Ellensburg.

Sophomore (2017): Ran and scored in all six meets, twice finishing No. 2 for the team: at Sundodger (27th overall) and at the NCAA West Regionals (57th overall among 209 of the best runners in the West). ... Placed No. 5 for the team (26th overall) at GNAC Championships. ... Her best 6K time of the sesaon came on arguably the most challenging course, as she clocked 22:28.3 at Western Oregon's Ash Creek Preserve in the West Regionals. ... Best invitational finish was 19th at the Charles Bowles on Sept. 30.

Freshman (2016): Ran in four of the five meets. ... Scored at the Western Washington Classic, placing No. 4 for Seattle Pacific (43rd overall). ... Ran No. 8 for team (41st overall) in GNAC Championships at Lake Padden. ... Ran No. 10 for the team at Humboldt State Invitational and Saint Martin's Invitational.

Mountlake Terrace High School: Ran at the Class 3A (medium-large school) Washington state meet as a sophomore, junior, and senior, steadily moving up her place and dropping her time each year. Was 31st as a sophomore in 2013 (19:31.59), 22nd as a junior in 2014 (19:18.82) and 15th as a senior in 2015 (18:56.9). ... Was a top-10 district meet finisher all three years. ... On the track, placed 6th in the 3200 at state as a senior with a personal-best time of 11:02.31. ... During her senior year, set personal bests at every distance from 800 to 3200 meters.

Personal: Katherine Anne Walter. ... Accounting / business administration major. ... She is the sixth member of her family to attend SPU, preceded by her mom Gillian, two aunts, an uncle, and a cousin.

Fun facts: Has been a runner since 5th grade after joining her dad for runs around the neighborhood, then took it up seriously during her freshman year of high school. ... Previously played soccer for 10 years and also played volleyball for a few years. ... Favorite kind of training is on trail runs, especially early in the morning. ... If not for running, would still be playing soccer. ... Favorite sport to watch is soccer. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Some Kind of Beautiful." ... Favorite junk food is popcorn. ... Favorite healthy food is carrots with ranch. ... Favorite TV program is "Friends." ... Easiest subject in school is math. ... Toughest subject is science, "especially biology.". ... Her pre-race rituals are to eat a bagel with cream cheese 2 1/2 hours prior, and a banana 1 1/2 hours prior. ... In 10 years, wants to be working at a public accounting firm in Seattle and, she hopes, living on the water.


PRs ON 2019 SCHEDULE COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
WWU Classic @ Sudden Valley 22:27.0 (2018)
NCAA West Regionals @ Amend Park 21:43.93 (2018) (same course as 2019 GNAC)
GNAC @ Ash Creek Preserve 22:07.50 (2018) (same course at 2019 West Regionals)
NCAA West Regionals @ Ash Creek Preserve 22:28.3 (2017)


PRs ON OTHER COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
Humboldt State Invite @ Patrick's Point State Park: 22:41.62 (2016).
CWU Invite (5K) @ Rotary Park 19:00.0 (2018)
Charles Bowles Invite (5K) @ Bush's Pasture: 18:19.5 (2017)
Inland Empire Championships (5K) @ Lewis-Clark State 18:11.0 (2018)
Sundodger @ Lincoln Park: 22:33.78 (2017).
Saint Martin's Invite (5K) @ Saint Martin's University: 19:33.20 (2016).
WWU Classic @ Lake Padden: 22;31.4 (2016).
GNAC @ Lake Padden (same course as WWU Classic): 23:04.07 (2017).
NCAA Championships @ Schenley Park 24:18.4 (2018)


CAREER RESULTS