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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kate Hedlund

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Manchester, Conn.
  • High School Manchester
  • Major Business

Biography

Career Times

2024-25 INDOOR: National Qualifier in Mile and Distance Medley Relay … Second Team All-America in Mile and Distance Medley Relay … USTFCCCA All-Region in Mile … First Team All-RMAC in Mile … Second Team All-RMAC in 800m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Competed in six meets … Posted a season and personal best time of 4:40.53 in the mile at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational … Notched a season-best time of 2:12.00 in the 800m at the Colorado Classic … Scored 12 points at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing second in the mile and fifth in the 800m … Helped the UCCS distance medley relay squad clock a season-best time of 11:37.99 at the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships for a 10th place finish.

2024 XC: USTFCCCA All-American … USTFCCCA All-Region … All-RMAC Second Team … Competed in four meets ... Finished 19th overall in the 6k at 2024 RMAC Cross Country Championships on October 26th ... Placed 25th in the 6k at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships on November 9th with a time of 22:53.5 ... Finished 36th overall in the 6k at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships on November 23rd with a time of 21:23.7.  

2024 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 1500m … USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in 1500m … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic … Competed in five meets … Posted season-best times of 2:11.20 in the 800m and 4:25.79 in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Finished 13th in the 800m (2:14.32) and 1500m (4:36.13) at the RMAC Outdoor Championships … Earned a ninth place finish in the 1500m at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:28.22.

2023-24 INDOOR: National Qualifier in Mile and DMR (1200m leg) … USTFCCCA First Team All-America (Mile, DMR) … USTFCCCA All-Region Honors (800m and Mile) … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … All-RMAC First Team (Mile) … All-RMAC Second Team (800m) … RMAC Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 31) … Placed first in the mile run at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championship and Mines Winter Classic & Multi … Set a new school record in the mile (4:46.16) at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships … Competed in the mile, DMR and 800m.

2023 XC: USTFCCCA All-Region … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Competed in five meets… Placed 11th at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships in the 6k with a PR time of 20:53.2… Took home 2nd place in the 5k on September 2nd at the UCCS XC Rust-Buster.

2023 OUTDOOR: National Qualifier in 1500m … First Team All-America in 1500m … USTFCCCA All-Region in 1500m … Second Team All-RMAC in 1500m … RMAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week (Mar. 29) … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... Recorded season and personal best times in the 800m (2:09.69) and 1500m (4:22.83) races at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Finished fourth in the 1500m (4:29.33) and seventh in the 800m (2:11.30) at the RMAC Outdoor Championships … Placed seventh overall in the 1500m at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 4:39.46.

2022-23 INDOOR: First Team All-America in distance medley relay … Second Team All-America in the mile … All-RMAC First Team in the Mile … All-RMAC Second Team in the 800m run and distance medley relay … USTFCCCA All-South Central Region in the distance medley relay, 800m, and the mile … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … PR of 2:09.45 in the 800m, finishing second at the 8th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic on February 11 … Took second place in the mile (5:02.88) at the RMAC Indoor Track & Field Championships … Competed in the 800m, Mile, 3000m, and DMR.

2022 XC: USTFCCCA All-America First Team, USTFCCCA All Region, RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… Competed in five meets… Ran a 6k PR time of 21:08.2 at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, earning All-America honors… Finished 24th at the Louisville Open with a 5k PR time of 17:11.6.

2022 OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA Second Team All-America in 1500m … USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … PR in 1500m (4:28.73) at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Apr. 8-9 … Season best in 800m (2:14.16) at the Beach Invitational 2022 on April 15-16 … Competed in 800m, 1500m and 5000m.

2021-22 INDOOR: USTFCCCA First Team All-America in the mile and distance medley relay… RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll… National qualifier in mile and distance medley relay… Ran a PR of 4:49.06 in the mile at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships (6th place)… PR in 800m with a time of 2:12.82 on Feb. 12 at the 2022 Ichabod Invite… Competed in 800m, 3000m, 4x400m, mile and distance medley relay.

2021 XC: USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-South Central Region … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll … Ran in five meets for the Mountain Lions … Notched a 5k PR time of 17:34.0 after finishing 40th at the Louisville Classic on Oct. 2 … Finished 33rd overall at the RMAC Championships (23:28.3) followed by a 6k PR time of 21:28.0 at the NCAA South Central Regional meet (24th place finish) … Ended the season on Nov. 20 at the NCAA DII National Championship meet with a 91st place finish in 22:06.3.

2021 OUTDOOR: PR in 800m on April 18 at Mines Kit Mayer Classic with fourth place finish (2:17.96) … PR in 1,500m on April 9-10 at Maverick Multi and Open with 4:40.97 time (7th place).

2020-21 INDOOR: All-RMAC Second Team in mile … PR in mile on Feb. 26-28 at RMAC Indoor Track and Field Championship (4th place).

2020 XC: Posted a career best 6K time of 23:13.8 at the RMAC championship meet on Oct. 24 to finish in 37th place … Ran in all four meets for UCCS … Started the season on Sept. 4 at the UCCS Rust Buster, recording a 5K PR time of 18:36.5 to place second overall … Added an eighth-place finish two weeks later in 19:55.6 at the UCCS XC Open.        

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Manchester High School in 2020 ... Finished 9th at the New England Championships, and 17th at the Foot Locker NE races ... Named all-state four times and All-New England five times ... Earned 9 all-conference awards ... PR Times: 4:58.7 (1600m), 2:15.88 (800m), 11:10.32 (3200m), 18:46 (5K) ... Helped the girls outdoor track & field team go undefeated in 2019 ... Academic All-State ... High Honors.

PERSONAL: Parents are Sue Donnelly and Jay Hedlund ... Her father played soccer at the University of Maine.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    Distance
    5'4"