11/09/2012 Powers Leads The Way In Season FinaleThe NCAA Northeast Regional Championships marks the end of the women's 2012 cross country season. 11/08/2012 Season's End Looming, Women's Cross Country To Compete In NCAA Regionals FridayThe NCAA Northeast Regional Championships women's 6k is set for Friday at 12:00 p.m. in Madison, Conn. 10/27/2012 Zinner Thrives In Spotlight Of A-10 ChampionshipsThe Minutewomen placed 12th overall but the future looks bright with four of their top five finishers being underclassmen. 10/25/2012 Minutewomen To Compete In A-10 Conference ChampionshipsFrom seniors to freshman and their strong nucleus of sophomores the UMass women's cross country team will need a complete team effort this week at the A-10 Championships. 10/20/2012 Minutewomen Set To Race In Their Final Meet Of The Season Before A-10 ChampionshipsHead Coach Julie LaFreniere hopes to see her squad perform well as they enter their final meet and final week of preparation before the A-10 Tournament.
As a sophomore in 2012: Claimed first place for the Minutewomen for the first time in her collegiate career at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships with a time of 22:03.7 and finished 99th overall (11/9) ... Crossed the finish line at 19:43.1 in a fifth place finish for UMass in the A-10 Conference Championships (10/27) ... Placed fourth for the Minutewomen in the Rothenberg Race, finishing with her best time of the season of 19:24.80 (10/19) ... Finished fourth for UMass in the Paul Short Invitational, crossing the finish line at 22:59 (9/28) ... Placed fifth for the team and 37th overall in the Minuteman Invitational with a time of 19:51.46 (9/15) ... Started off the season with a time of 20:51.98 and finished ninth for the Minutewomen and 12th overall (9/8). As a freshman in 2011: Competed in six meets ... Registered a mark of 23:50.1 at the NCAA Regional Meet (11/12), while placing fifth on the team and 55th overall ... In 19:13.8, took home fifth on the team and 74th overall at the Atlantic 10 Championships (10/29) ... At the Paul Short Invite (9/30), clocked in at 23:25 while placing fourth on the team and 223rd overall. Before UMass: A 2011 graduate of Cardinal Spellman High School ... Was a senior letter winner for the Spellmen ... Tabbed All-Scholastic MVP all four years ... Holds five course records at Cardinal Spellman ... Winner of Boston Globe All-Scholastic Award. Personal: Katie Ann Powers ... Born July 5, 1993 in Brockton, Mass. ... Daughter to Brian Powers and Darling Dufour ... Majoring in Psychology. |
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