2023 Cross Country Roster
Katherine Dowie
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia
- High School:
- Ballarat Clarendon College
2022 (r-Jr.)
- All-Big 12 First Team
- All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Competed in five meets
- Season best 6k time came at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, where she crossed the finish line at 20:51.3
- Secured 12th at the Penn State National Open with a time of 20:52.9
2021 (r-So.)
- All-Mid-Atlantic Region
- Academic All-Big First Team
- Competed in five meets
- Opened the season at the Louisville Classic, where she placed 17th in a personal-best 5K time of 17:01.9
- Ran in the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and placed 91st overall (21:13.0)
- Placed 18th (21:46.5) in the 2021 Big 12 Championship
- Tallied a 16th place finish in a time of 20:53.2 at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional
- Recorded a personal-best time of 20:49.6 at the 2021 NCAA Championships to place 157th
2020 (COVID)
- Academic All-Big First Team
- Dr. Gerald Large Academic Achievement Award
- Made her season debut at the Panther Classic, notching a first-place finish after crossing the line with a season best time of 17:58.1
- Competed at the Big 12 Championship, placing 10th in a time of 21:25.4
- Finished 45th overall at the FSU Winter XC Classic in a time of 21:24.2
- Represented WVU at the NCAA Championships finishing 150th in a time of 21:51.7
2019 (r-Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Competed in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, posting a season-best 6k time of 21:14.5 to finish in 47th place
- Represented WVU in the Big 12 Championship and finished 25th with a 6k time of 21:36.3
- Finished in 35th place at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational, posting a 6k time of 22:00.6
- Placed 36th at Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (5k) after crossing the finish line in 17:32.1
- Made her Mountaineer debut at the Lock Haven Invitational, notching a top-10 finish after crossing the line in 21:21.3, good for seventh place
2018 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
High School
- Ran at Ballarat Clarendon College
- Won state championship in 5k and 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2017
- Placed third at Australian National Championship in 2017 (3,000-meter steeplechase)
- Enrolled at WVU in January 2018
Personal
- Daughter of Alastair and Carlene Dowie
- Has one sister
- Birthday is April 3
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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