2014 Cross Country Roster

Kaitlyn Gillespie
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- High School:
- Cuyahoga Falls Christian Academy
- Prev School:
- Cedarville
At West Virginia in 2013
- Did not compete
At West Virginia in 2012
- Medical redshirt
- 2012 Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country First Team
At West Virginia in 2011
- Achieved All-America honors with a 27th-place mark at the NCAA Championship in 20:17 (6k)
- Came in seventh place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 21:46 (6k), earning all-region honors
- Earned All-Big East honors with seventh-place finish at the Big East Championship in 20:14 (6k)
- Came in second place at the Penn State National in 20:53 (6k)
- Arrived in second place at the Toledo Bubble Buster Invitational in 13:18 (4k)
- 2011 USTFCCCA Division I Women’s Cross Country All-Academic
- Earned All-America honors following her 34th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 20:46 (6k)
- Achieved All-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 20:31 (6k)
- Earned All-Big East honors with a 10th-place mark at the Big East Championships with a 6k time of 21:17
- Finished 17th at the Penn State National with a 6k time of 21:13
- Came in first place at the Big East Preview in 18:28
- Achieved her second first-place finish of the season at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5K time of 17:24
- NCCAA and NAIA All-American
- Placed sixth at the NAIA Championships
- Named conference female athlete of the week four times
- Named team's Most Valuable Runner
- Took first place at the Shawnee State Invitational, the DePauw/Rose-Hulman Invitational, the Aquinas Invitational, the American Conference Championship and the NCCAA Championship
- Captain of the cross country team at Cuyahoga Falls Christian Academy
- 2008 state champion in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter races
- Member of 2008 state championship team
- Dapper Dan Club of Akron honoree
- Daughter of Jim and Diane Gillespie
- Has one brother and a sister
- Birthday is June 28
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Big East Academic All-Star
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Dean’s List
Jack Bicknell Jr. | Aug. 7
Thursday, August 07
Sean Cleary/Ceili McCabe | Nov. 19
Tuesday, November 19
XC: Ceili McCabe Big 12 Championship Post-Race Interview
Friday, November 01
Petal Palmer - 2024 Wilma Rudolph Award Recipient
Monday, June 10











