Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA outdoor All-American for heptathlon (2013). ... All-GNAC outdoor for heptathlon (2011, 2013), high jump (2010, 2011), long jump (2011, 2013) and javelin (2013). ... All-GNAC indoor for pentathlon (2011, 2012, 2013) and high jump (2010, 2013). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region for outdoor heptathlon (2011, 2013) and for indoor pentathlon (2013) and high jump (2013). ... GNAC All-Academic (2011, 2012, 2013). ... CoSIDA Academic All-District (West Second Team in 2011, West First Team in 2012 and 2013). CoSIDA Academic All-American (2013). ... NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner (2013). ... USTFCCCA All-Academic (2013). ... SPU Most Improved in 2011. ... Everett Herald College Athlete of the Week (Feb. 24, 2012).

Senior (2013): INDOOR – Placed 11th in NCAA pentathlon at Birmingham, Ala., with 3,485 points. That included 5th in long jump and tie for 5th in high jump, the latter with an indoor PR height of 5-5 1/4 / 1.66 meters. Finished with a personal-best time of 2:38.94 in the 800 meters. ... Won third straight GNAC pentathlon title, scoring 3,505 points to break her own year-old meet record of 3,469. Won the first four of the five events, including a PR of 36-5 1/2 / 11.11 meters in the shot put, and tying the pentathlon meet record of 5-4 1/2 / 1.64 meters in the high jump. ... In adition to the pentathlon, placed 3rd in the individual high jump at 5-3 1/4 / 1.61m, and 4th in the long jump at 17-10 14 / 5.44m at GNAC. Tied for 9th in 60 hurdles at 9.39 seconds, just .02 away from making finals. OUTDOOR – Placed 6th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division II Championships in Pueblo, Colo., with 4,986 points. Gross was in 13th place after the first four events, then came up big in the last three, including a victory in the javelin with a toss of 135-10. She also was second to teammate Ali Worthen in the long jump portion, going a personal-best 18-7. ... Also place 21st in the individual javelin event. ... Took 3rd place in the GNAC heptathlon with 4,992 points, winning the javelin portion at 135-1 1/4, and setting a PR time of 14.65 in the 100 hurdles. ... Also finished 3rd in the long jump and javelin, and 5th in the 100 hurdles at GNAC, throwing a personal-best 139-6 3/4 in the jav. ... Won the heptathlon javelin at the MONDO Mid-Major Challenge in Sacramento on April 12 at 134-4, putting her onto the NCAA provisional qualifying list. 

Junior (2012): INDOOR – Placed 13th at NCAA Division nationals in the pentathlon, scoring 3,071 points. Originally had missed the nationals by one spot, but was added two days before the meet when one of the other competitors scratched. ... Won the GNAC pentathlon for the second year in a row, getting this one with a career-best 3,469 points, winning the high jump (5-3 1/4) and long jump (18-3 1/4) portions of the event. In the five events that day, set career bests in the long jump, 60-meter hurdles (9.17), and shot put (36-1 1/4). ... In addition to the pentathlon, did three individual events at GNAC, placing 7th in the long jump, tying for 9th in the high jump, and taking 12th in the 60 hurdles. OUTDOOR – Placed 4th at GNAC in javelin, 9th in high jump, 15th in long jump, 16th in 100 hurdles, and 17th in heptathlon. ... Placed 2nd in heptathlon javelin, 3rd in 100 hurdles and shot put, and 4th in long jump. ... NCAA provisional qualifier in heptathlon and javelin. Bettered the javelin provisional mark three meets in a row, including a career-best 136-8 at WWU Twilite on May 4.

Sophomore (2011): INDOOR – Won the GNAC pentathlon with 3,297 points, nine more than teammate Jennifer Pike, taking three of the five events: shot put, long jump, and high jump. ... Tied for 10th in GNAC individual high jump. OUTDOOR – 13th in NCAA heptathlon (4,782 points), winning the NCAA heptathlon javelin (129-7 / 39.50m). ... 2nd in GNAC Heptathlon with 4,799 points on May 2-3, making her an NCAA provisional qualifier. ... 2nd in GNAC long jump (18-2 1/2 / 5.55m), tied for 2nd in GNAC high jump (5-3 3/4 / 1.62m), 8th in GNAC javelin (128-0 / 39.01m). ... Won high jump at Pacific Lutheran Invitational (5-2 1/4 / 1.58m) on March 12, at Spike Arlt Invitational (5-2 / 1.58m) on April 16 and at Western Washington Not-So-Twilight (5-2 1/4 / 1.58m) on April 23. ... 2nd in high jump at Oregon Preview on March 19. ... 4th in heptathlon at California Multis on March 23-24.

Freshman (2010): INDOOR – Tied with teammate Ali Worthen for 2nd in high jump at GNAC Championships (5-3 1/4 / 1.61m). ... Set a high jump PR of 5-5 / 1.65m at UW Indoor Open. ... Placed 12th in triple jump at GNACs (35-4 / 10.77m). OUTDOOR – 2nd in high jump, 4th in heptathlon, 10th in 100 hurdles and 10th in long jump at GNAC Championships. ... Came within a quarter-inch of making the 5-foot-6 NCAA provisional qualifying standard in the high jump. ... Tied for first in high jump (5-4 1/4 / 1.63m) at Western Washington Twilight on April 23.

Personal: Kathryn Louise Gross. ... Born March 19, 1991. ... Engineering major.

Fun facts: Started track as a freshman at Cascade High School. ... By the time she graduated, she had gone to state in the hurdles for two years and in the high jump for one year, and won the district title in the 100 meter hurdles in 2009. ... Served as track team captain for three years, girls basketball captain for one year and girls soccer captain for one year. ... Previously played softball in the spring. ... Book she just couldn’t put down was “Angels and Demons.” ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, she would be Indiana Jones “because he has the coolest life and gets to travel to awesome locations.” ... Was on a jump rope team throughout elementary school.