2012 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Achieved apersonal best time in the 200 m dash at the Winthrop Invitational,racing home to finish in sixth place in 26.88 … Alsofinished sixth in the 100 m dash at the Winthrop Invitational,crossing the finish line in a season best 13.00 … Finishedwith the 18th fastest time (13.02) in the 100 m dash at 2012 BigSouth Conference Outdoor Championships … Finished 11th(13.26) in the 100 m dash at the Carolina’s Cup ... Member ofthe 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2011-12 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Ran a season-best inthe 60 m dash at the Dick Taylor Invitational, sprinting to a timeof 8.43 in the event ... Turned in a time of 8.44 in the 60 m dashat the Niswonger Invitational ... Finished the 200 m Dash at theTiger Paw Invitational with a season-best time of 27.67 ... Ran the200 m Dash at the Dick Taylor (28.28) and Niswonger (27.74)Invitationals.
2011 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: One leg ofthe 4x100 meter relay team that placed sixth at the 2011 Big SouthOutdoor Track & Field with a time of 49.15 ... Placed 15thoverall in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.32 at theconference championship meet ... A member of the 4x100 meter relayteam that turned in a time of 50.00 to finish in a tie forsecond-place overall at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational ... Alsocompeted in the 200 meter dash at the Asics/Winthrop Invitational,finishing with a time of 27.18 ... One leg of the 4x100 meter relayteam which placed third with a time of 49.01 at the Terrier Relays... Part of the 4x100 meter relay unit that crossed the finish linein third with a time of 49.13 at the Carolina's Cup ... Alsocrossed the finish line in eighth-place overall with a personalbest time of 12.91 in the 100 meter dash at the Carolina's Cup ...Ran the third leg of the 4x100 meter relay team that turned in atime of 49.73 to place 12th at the 49er Classic ... Turned in atime of 13.21 in the 100 meter dash and a time of 27.13 in the 200meter dash at the 49er Classic.
2010-11 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Settwo personal records in the 60 meter dash (8.27) and the 200 meterdash (27.44) at the 2010-11 Big South Conference IndoorChampionships, good enough for 17th-place and 15th-place,respectively ... Recorded a season best time of 7.89 seconds in the55 meter dash at the Appalachian Opener ... Competed at theNiswonger Invitational as well as the Appalachian CollegiateIndoor.
High School: Lettered at Edmund BurkeAcademy ... Was a four-time All-Region performer and a four-timeAll-State performer ... A state qualifier as a sophomore ... Twicenamed the track & field team MVP ... Recorded a personalbest time of 12.93 in the 100 meter dash her senior year ... Was athree-time Scholar-Athlete ... Also lettered in basketball,volleyball, softball and golf ... Was the team MVP in basketballtwice ... Won the Best Defense Award in volleyball as a sophomore... Won the Best Offense Award in softball as a senior.
Personal: Nancy Carolyn Cates was born onOctober 8, 1991 in Macon, Ga. ... Daughter of Pete and Texas Cates... Has two younger siblings ... Intends to major inPsychology.
