Katelyn Smith
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Hometown:
- Edgerton, Ohio
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Fairview
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- Events:
- Mid-Distance
Bio
Personal Bests: 800: 2:40.26 Mile: 6:07.88 3000: 12:51.21 HJ: 1.36m
TFRRS Profile (Top performances and meet-by-meet results)
Senior (2021-22): Competed in six indoor meets ... Member of a 4x200 relay team that placed fourth at the HCAC Indoor Championship ... Placed fifth in the high jump at the HCAC Indoor Championship with a mark of 1.36m ... Ran a personal best in the 800-meters with a time of 2:40.26 to place 12th at the HCAC Indoor Championship ... Recorded a personal best in the high jump with a mark of 1.36m Doug Hansen Open ... Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 6:07.88 at the Joe Banks Invitational ... Recorded a personal best in the 3000-meters with a time of 12:51.21 at the Dick Small Invite ... Named to the HCAC Winter All-Academic and All-Sportsmanship Teams...Named to the 2022 Tom Bohlsen Spring HCAC All-Academic Team.
Junior (2020-21): Competed in four indoor meets ... Ran a personal best time of 2:43.50 in the 800-meters at the John Hartpence Classic on Feb 12 ... Part of a 4x200 relay team that placed fifth at the HCAC Indoor Championship.
Prep: Earned four varsity letters in track and field and cross country and two in basketball while at Fairview High School.
Personal: Daughter of Janet and Jeff Smith ... Majoring in environmental sciences ... Transferred to Defiance from Northwest State Community College.
News mentions
Defiance freshman Traci Cross was named the Women’s Most Outstanding Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Year at the 2022 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships after winning the 60-meters and 200-meters.
The Defiance women's track team placed 15th out of 16 teams at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday while the men finished 18th out of 18 teams.
The Defiance men's and women's track and field teams traveled north to Michigan on Friday evening to compete in the Concordia Red, White, and Blue Track Classic. Freshman Traci Cross had an outstanding performance at the event, setting the second-fastest time in school history in two events.
The Defiance women’s track team placed fifth out of six teams at the Joe Banks Invite on Saturday while the men’s squad finished sixth out of six teams.
The Defiance men's and women's track team hosted their first home meet of the year on Friday evening, facing off with HCAC foes Bluffton and Anderson, along with Lawrence Tech and Concordia Ann Arbor.
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the women's Indoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Defiance placing ninth in a vote amongst league coaches.