2015 Cross Country
Roster
Claire Cates
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, N.C.
2014 Cross Country at Gardner-Webb: Set a new personal best 5K time at the Big South Championships (Boiling Springs, N.C.), finishing 35th with a time of 19:45 ... Posted her best 6K time to date at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, crossing the line in 23:15 ... Ran a two-mile time of 14:51 at the Western Carolina Invitational (Cullowhee, N.C.).
2013 Cross Country at Gardner-Webb: Recorded a personal best 5K time at the Queens Royal XC Challenge (Charlotte, N.C.), crossing the finish line with a time of 19:46 ... Posted a time of 12:45 on a two-mile course at the Gamecock Cross Country Invitational (Columbia, S.C.) to place 11th ... Recorded a 6K time of 25:14 at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships ... Member of the 2013-14 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2012 Cross Country at Gardner-Webb: Raced to a personal best 5K time at the Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.), crossing the finish line with a time of 21:42.48 … Finished in the Runnin' Bulldogs' top five runners at the Blue Ridge Open (Boone, N.C.) with a time of 22:15.64 in the 5K … Opened the season with a time of 13:49.8 in the 2 Mile Run at the Western Carolina Invitational (Cullowhee, N.C.) … Recorded a 6K time of 27:18.24 at the Charlotte Invitational (Charlotte, N.C.) … Member of the 2012-13 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
High School: Ran cross country and track at Orange H.S. (Hillsborough, N.C.) under coaches Sarah Roberts and Russell Westbrook ... Named Orange cross country team's Most Improved performer ... Earned All-Conference honors as a part of Orange track and field's 4 x 800 m relay ... Scholar-Athlete.
Personal: Born September 14, 1994 in Hillsborough, N.C. ... Daughter of David and Nancy Cates ... Brother (Madison, 21) also attends GWU ... Intends to major in Exercise Science.
