Katie Cumming

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hudson, Wis.
High School:
Hudson

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
800-Meters: 2:24.96 (2009)
1,000-Meters: 3:02.03 (2009)
3,000-Meters: 9:34.32 (2011)
5,000-Meters: 16:28.80 (2011)
OUTDOOR

800-Meters: 2:12.99 (2012)

1,500-Meters: 4:20.93 (2011)

5,000-Meters: 16:10.85 (2011)

BIG 12 SCORING
2010 (I) Distance Medley Relay, 5th (11:34.32)
2011 (I) Distance Medley Relay, 4th (11:22.87)
2011 (O) 5,000-Meter Run, 6th (16:25.78)

HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 (2010, 11)
Three-time All-Big 12 honoree

Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2012)

2012: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

Outdoor: Cumming focused on the 1,500 during the outdoor season. She recorded a season best of 4:25.61 in the prelims of the Pac-12 Championships. The next day Cumming was 11^th in the finals (4:31.41). She went on to compete at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships, advancing to the finals by finishing the semis in 4:26.00 (14^th overall) and placed 23^rd in 4:44.85 in the finals.

2011: Indoor: Cumming ran the third best 5k time by a Buff for the 2011 season at the Husky Classic (2/12) when she finished in 16:28.80. At the Big 12 Championships, she raced in the 3k, finishing in 9:34.32, to place 15^th overall. Cumming was an important part of the distance medley relay. She ran the first leg of the race and the relay set the CU record of 11:22.87, breaking a 12-year-old record. The relay finished fourth.

Outdoor: Cumming started the season by running a personal best in the 800. She finished in 2:13.50 at the CU Invite (4/9) and placed fifth overall. The following week at Mt. SAC Relays she became the 12^th fastest CU performer in the 5k, finishing in 16:10.85. Cumming also PR'd in the 1,500 at the Cardinal Invite (5/1), crossing the finish in 4:20.93. At the Big 12 Championships she scored for CU in the 5k, placing sixth overall in 16:25.78. She just missed adding more points for CU in the 1,500, finishing 10^th in 4:26.95. Cumming qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 5k. She ended the season 26^th with a time of 16:41.89.

2010: Indoor: Cumming ran in three 3,000-meter races during the indoor season, recording a personal best 9:37.60 at the Husky Classic (2/13). She competed in the 3k at the Big 12 Championship (9:53.98), placing 24^th overall. Cumming was also a part of the distance medley relay that placed fifth at the conference meet. She ran the first leg of the race and was followed by Elizabeth Tremblay, Brianne Beemer and Emma Coburn; the team finished in 11:34.32 which was the fourth best time in school history.

Outdoor: Did not compete.

2009: Indoor: Cumming competed at four meets for the Buffs during the indoor season. She ran the 800-meter run twice, placing third overall at the Potts Invite with a season best of 2:24.96. At the Big 12 meet, Cumming was 18^th in the 1,000-meter run, finishing in 3:02.03.

Outdoor: The outdoor season saw Cumming running in the 800, but she concentrated mainly on the 1,500 when she went to sea-level races. Cumming played 10^th overall at the Oregon Relays (4/24) with a time of 4:33.58. At the Big 12 Championship she was just outside of scoring for CU when she crossed the finish 11^th overall (4:40.86). Cumming also raced in the 5k at the conference championship and was 23^rd.

CROSS COUNTRY: (2011) Cumming raced in all five varsity meets for the Buffs. She started the season off with a seventh-place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. Two weeks later at pre-nats she placed 24^th overall. Cumming helped the Buffs win the inaugural Pac-12 Championship, placing 18^th overall as CU's No. 5 runner. At the NCAA Mountain Region Championships Cumming placed 27^th. She finished the season at nationals with a 137^th-place finish while helping the Buffs to an 11^th-place team finish. (2010) Cumming missed the Rocky Mountain Shootout, but made it back to the line-up for the NCAA Pre-National Invitational where she placed 69^th. Cumming then raced to a 37^th-place finish at the conference championship. She was 27^th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championship and ended her season by running a 215^th-place finish. (2009) Cumming started the season off well after racing to a ninth-place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. Cumming recorded a top-75 finish at pre-nats when she finished 72^nd overall as CU's No. 7 harrier. Cumming improved on her performances as conference and regionals by placing 33^rd and 27^th, respectively. At her first NCAA Championship, Cumming finished 150^th, scoring for CU as the No. 4 runner. (2008) Cumming earned a spot on the varsity roster immediately as a freshman. Her highest finish of the season was at the Rocky Mountain Shootout when she placed 11^th overall (CU's No. 6). Cumming took 49^th at conference and was 58^th at regionals.

HIGH SCHOOL: Cumming earned eight letters in cross country and track & field at Hudson High School. She was an all-conference selection all four years. Cumming owns Hudson High School records in the 3,200-meter run (10:53, June '08), the 4x400-meter relay (4:05.37, June '05) and the 4x800 (9:27.74). Her 3,200m and 4x800 records are also Big Rivers Conference records. HHS won two conference cross country titles, three track conference titles, four regional and three sectionals titles. She lists her biggest moment when the Raiders won the high school track meet in 2007 and three girls won state titles, including Cumming. She was a member of the honor roll in high school and a Wisconsin Academic All-State selection all four years. She was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association Scholar Athlete as a senior.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-Meters: 2:16; 1,600-Meters: 4:58; 3,200-Meters: 10:53.3.

ACADEMICS: Cumming graduated with a degree in philosophy and owned a cumulative GPA greater than 3.40. She was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. Cumming was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2010 and 11 and in 2012 she earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention honors.

PERSONAL: Catherine Mackenzie Cumming was born on May 20, 1990 in Hudson, Wis. Her parents are Robert Cumming and Ann Blide of Hudson, Wis. She has one younger brother, Jacob. Cumming's hobbies include skiing, boating, reading, gardening, fishing, hiking and scuba diving. She has volunteered with Stuff-A-Truck food drives, Adaptive Floor Hockey and the American Cancer Society.