Katie White Season 2011

Personal Bests
Indoor
1,000m, 3:03.61
Mile, 4:57.92
3,000m, 9:48.23
5,000m, 16:59.89
Outdoor
800m, 2:17.68
1,500m, 4:35.52
3,00m, 9:59.51
5,000m, 17:01.19
10,000m, 34:54.78

 

Big Ten Championships
2013 (I): 5,000m, 17:09.58 (27th); DMR, 12:09.19 (11th)
2012 (I): 5,000m, 17:10.12 (21st)
2012 (O): 10,000m, 35:02.75 (5th)

Academics
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2012, 2013)
Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011, 2012; Spring 2012, 2013)
First-Team Academic All-Big 12, (2011)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, Spring: (2009, 2010, 2011), Fall: (2008, 2009, 2010)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2012)

 

2013 (Senior)
Katie White competed in six meets during the 2013 indoor season... finished with a time of 17:09.58 in the 5,000 meters at the 2013 Big Ten Indoor Championships and helped the distance medley relay team to a time of 12:09.19... recorded a personal-best time of 4:57.92 in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up... notched a season-best time of 9:56.83 in the 3,000 meters at the adidas Classic... posted a time of 17:40.69 in the 5,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational...claimed spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2012-13.

2012 (Junior)
White competed in six meets during the indoor season... notched a season-best time of 5:07.98 in the mile at the Holiday Inn Invitational... recorded a personal-best time of 9:48.23 in the 3,000 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up and a personal-best time of 16:59.89 in the 5,000 meters at the adidas Classic... finished 21st in the 5,000 meters at the 2012 Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 17:10.12... competed in five meets during the outdoor season... notched a personal-best time of 4:35.52 in the 1,500 meters at the Nebraska Invitational... recorded a personal-best time of 9:59.51 in the 3,000 meters at the Arkansas Spring Invite... posted a personal-best time of 17:01.19 in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Angel Classic... notched a personal-best time of 34:54.78 in the 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays... finished fifth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, posting a time of 35:02.75... was honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar... also earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades... was named to the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Scholar-Athlete Nebraska Honor Roll.

 

2011 (Sophomore)
White competed in five meets during the indoor track and field season... posted a personal-best time of 3:03.61 in the 1,000 meters at the adidas Classic... notched a personal-best 5:03.46 in the mile also at the adidas Classic... recorded a season-best indoor time of 17:39.63 in the 5,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational... competed in four meets during the outdoor track and field season... notched a season-best 17:15.43 in the 5,000 meters at the Kansas Relays on April 23.

 

2010 (Redshirt Freshman)
White struggled with injury for the second straight season and was only able to compete in one meet... ran an indoor 3,000-meter season best of 10:19.48 at the Holiday Inn Invitational.

 

2009 (Redshirt)
White competed in the opening meet of the indoor season for the Huskers, but then missed the rest of the season with injury, forcing her to also redshirt during the outdoor season... ran in the 5,000 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational (18:26.05)... returned to compete as an unattached athlete during the outdoor season at the Concordia Twilight... took first place with a season-best time of 18:23.30... received a medical hardship for the indoor season.

 

Before Nebraska (Broken Bow)
White won seven Class B medals on the track and three titles in cross country in Class C under Coach Kirk Petit... won the 1,600-, and 3,200-meter runs at the state meet as a freshman.... followed with wins in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 as a sophomore... competed with a sprained tendon as a junior, placing second in the 1,600 meters and third in the 3,200 meters... finished her prep career in 2008 with gold medals in the 1,600 (5:09.70) and 3,200 meters (10:51.81)... won the state cross country championship in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons... selected as National Honor Society vice-president... carried a 4.0 GPA.

 

Personal
Parents are Jason and Teresa White... born on June 11, 1990... majored in nutritional science and dietetics... earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2013.