2020 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kate Kohler

  • Class Junior
  • High School Cretin-Derham Hall
  • Hometown Lake Elmo, MN
  • Major Behavioral Neuroscience

Biography

SENIOR (2021)
  • Participated in three meets for San Diego
  • Broke the school record in the 400m at Day 1 of the Bryan Clay Invitational (59.00)
  • Member of the 4x400 relay that finished sixth at the Bryan Clay Invitational
  • Recorded the third-fastest time on record in the 400m at the APU Distance Carnival
  • Recorded a personal best in the 800m at the UCR Invite
JUNIOR (2020)
  • Did not complete the 2020 season due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
SOPHOMORE (2018-19)
  • Finished 9th in the 800m at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Collegiate (3/16/19)
  • Earned a personal best 59.47 in the 400m at the Occidental Invitational (5/11/19)
FRESHMAN (2017-18)
  • Set a personal record in the 800m (2:18.19) at Occidental Track Invitational
  • Part of team that set the 4x400m (4:02.7) freshmen and school record at the Steve Scott Invitational
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Attended Cretin-Derham Hall where she earned four varsity letters under Coach Gerald Macken
  • A two-time All-State selection, she helped her team set a school record (3:56) in the 4x400 relay to finish third in state
  • Best time in the 400m was 57:36
  • In her senior year, she was team captain and won the Athena Award
  • Took seventh place in the state meet in the open 400
  • Helped her team take eighth place in state in the 4x400 relay her junior year
  • Was a two-time All-Conference selection
  • Also played volleyball for three years where she led the state in blocks her senior year
  • Was volleyball team captain, an Academic All-state selection and made the All-Conference Team
PERSONAL
  • Born March 11, 1999 in Maplewood, Minnesota to Rebecca and Rob Kohler
  • Chose USD for the welcoming environment and the weather
  • Was a competitive cheerleader growing up until she began running and playing volleyball at age 14
  • Her family raises chickens and has 14 of them
  • Is the middle child and has two brothers

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior