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2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Katie Shepard

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mount Whitney
  • Hometown Visalia, Calif.

Biography

Personal Records 
Race Time
5K     20:55 (2014)
6K 25:38 (2017)

2017: Skyline All-Conference Second Team ... Skyline All-Sportsmanship Team ... Skyline Academic Honor Roll ... team captain ... ran in all nine races ... squad's No. 4 runner in seven races ... three top-30 finishes ... ran season-best 5K time of 22:52 at St. Joseph's Invitational (Oct. 14) ... placed 14th at Skyline Championships (Nov. 1) with a collegiate-best 6K time of 25:38 ... finished season ranked No. 3 on SLC all-time 5K list and No. 6 on 6K list.

2016: Skyline All-Sportsmanship Team … Skyline Academic Honor Roll … competed in eight races … finished among team’s top five runners in four races … had three top-30 finishes … best overall finish was 24th at NYIT Invitational (Sept. 17) … ran season-best 6K of 28:25 at NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship (Nov. 12) … ran season-best 5K of 23:01 at Warde Invitational (Sept. 10).

2015: Skyline Academic Honor Roll … competed in five races … made season debut with 6K time of 32:22 at Baruch Invitational (Sept. 7) … posted career-best 5K time of 22:36 at Warde Invitational (Sept. 12) … placed as No. 4 Gryphon with run of 22:46 at Bard Invitational (Sept. 19) … crossed the line as No. 4 Gryphon with 6K season-best time of 28:56 at CCNY Classic (Oct. 11) … returned from injury to finish the season as No. 4 Gryphon at NCAA Division III Atlantic Regional Championship, posting time of 31:15 (Nov. 14).

2014: Skyline Academic Honor Roll … two-time Skyline Rookie of the Week … ran in all nine races, twice leading the Gryphons across the line … ran the team’s fourth-fastest 6K, a time of 27:06 in SLC’s second-place finish at CCNY Classic (Oct. 12) … finished as runner-up (23:42) to lead the Gryphons to a win over Maritime (Oct. 9) in the team’s first-ever dual race … also entered the record book with program’s seventh-fastest 5K, 22:36 at Staten Island Invitational (Sept. 28).

Off the Trail: Studying physics, computer science, photography and writing  … participates in orchestra.

High School: Varsity cross country and track & field … all-American … fourth place in 3200m at 2014 West Yosemite League championships.

Personal: Parents are Julia Langley and Wendell Shepard … hobbies include reading, writing and photography.

Don: Cameron C. Afzal (religion).

Historical Player Information

  • 2014First-year

    5'8"
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2016Junior

    5'8"
  • 2017Senior

    5'8"