2014 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Katie Knight
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
2016 All-Region in Cross Country
2016 Pac-12 10,000m Champion
2016 All-America Second Team (10,000m)
2015 All-Region in Cross Country
Knight Features
ยป Neale, Knight Enjoy Journey Together At UW (DyeStat.com; May 14, 2017)
ยปย Knight, Neale, and Meyers: Feeling Right At Homeย (GoHuskies.com; Oct. 9, 2013)
2016-17 (Track): Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in her final season but was unable to reproduce her 2016 success โฆ turned in a big season-best 5,000-meters at the OSU High Performance Meet, running 16:13.44 to take fourth โฆ was 17th in the 5k at her final Pac-12 Championships in a time of 16:40.01 โฆ finished 42nd overall in the 5k at West Prelims in Austin โฆ was third in the 1,500m at the UW-WSU Dual in 4:31.70 and was fifth in the 3k in 9:45.95 โฆ ran one 10,000-meters, finishing in 35:12.32 at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ ran 16:53.37 for 5k at the Stanford Invitational โฆ did not compete indoors โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention and a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team pick ...ย (Cross Country):ย Ran in the Husky top-seven at all six meets, helping UW to runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships and 12th-place at the NCAA Championships โฆ at the national championships, was the fourth Husky finisher, placing 113th overall, in 20:53 โฆ earned All-West Region honors with a 24th-place finish at the Regional meet, third on the team, as UW placed second โฆ finished 19th at the Pac-12 Championships as the third Husky scorer, finishing in 21:09 โฆ was the seventh finisher in 50th-place in UWโs best run of the year, as the Huskies won the team title at the Wisconsin Invitational โฆ also helped UW win the team title at the Washington Invite with a fifth-place finish, third on the squad โฆ crossed the finish line right alongside teammate Charlotte Prouse in first and second at the season-opening Sundodger Invitational in 20:18 โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2015-16 (Track):ย A breakthrough win in the 10,000-meters at the Pac-12 Championships at Husky Track, she broke the Pac-12 meet record in the process with a time of 33:20.02, moving to No. 4 in school history and becoming the first UW champ in the event since 2009 ... advanced through to her first NCAA Outdoor meet by taking third in the 10k at West Prelims in 34:22.87 ... earned All-America Second Team honors in the 10k at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing 15th overall in 33:36.90 โฆ set a six-second PR at 5,000-meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational, running 15:52.70 to finish 12th in the second section and move to No. 9 in school history ... took second in both the 1,500m and 3,000m at the UW-WSU Dual ... got a victory in the 5k at the Pepsi Team Invitational, taking the win in 16:04.28 ... opened her outdoor season with a PR at 1,500-meters, going 4:21.35 at the Stanford Invitational ... indoors, ran a 3,000-meter PR of 9:16.31 at the Husky Classic, going to No. 8 in school history ... opened her year with a PR in the mile at the UW Indoor Preview, crossing in 4:44.95 ... finished 14th at the MPSF Championships in the 3k ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors and Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country):ย A great return year after redshirting the previous fall, she helped propel the Huskies to the NCAA Championships where they earned a 10th-place finish, running in the UW top-five at every meet โฆ at the national championships, she broke into the top-100 for the first time, placing 95thย overall in 20:49 as the No. 3 Husky finisher โฆ earned All-Region honors with one of her best races, a 10th-place finish at West Regionals in Seattle, second among Huskies in 20:59 โฆ a second career top-25 finish at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 22ndย in 20:34 โฆ the second Dawg across the line at the Wisconsin Invitational, finishing 52ndย overall in the large field in 20:32 โฆ took 18thย at the Washington Invite in 20:16 as UW placed second, edging No. 2 Stanford โฆ opened the year with an 11th-place finish at the Sundodger Invite in 21:06 โฆ earned a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2014-15 (Track):ย Nearly reached her first NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meters, as she finished 14thย at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in Austin with the top-12 moving on โฆ ran the 5k in 16:12.04 at NCAA West Prelims โฆ stepped up to the 10,000-meters for the first time at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 10thย in 34:21.84 โฆ season-best 5,000-meters came at the Stanford Invitational where she was eighth in her section in 16:06.59 โฆ ran a 1,500-meters PR of 4:22.69 at the Pepsi Team Invitational, finishing fourth โฆ won the 3,000-meters at the UW-WSU Dual in a time of 9:37.23 and was fifth in the 1,500-meters in 4:33.89 โฆ traveled to the Drake Relays, helping the 4x1600m relay finish second overall and running the 1,200m leg on the distance medley relay that took third in 11:17.54 โฆ did not compete during the indoor season โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team โฆ earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country):ย Redshirted the fall season.
2013-14 (Track):ย Excellent freshman year on the track, scoring at the Pac-12 Championships and advancing to the NCAA West Preliminary Championships โฆ broke the 16-minute mark in her first 5,000-meters, running 15:58.42 at the Stanford Invitational and moved to No. 10 on the Husky top-10 list โฆ at her first Pac-12 meet, took seventh in the 5,000-meters in a time of 16:38.51 โฆ qualified for West Prelims in Fayetteville, placing 29thย overall in 16:48.75 โฆ won a pair of Drake Relays titles, running on the victorious 4x1600-meter relay and the distance medley relay โฆ opened the season with a 1,500m best of 4:23.28 โฆ fourth in both the 1,500m and 3,000m at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ during the indoor season, ran the anchor leg on the distance medley relay that took the MPSF title in 11:13.99, the No. 5 time in school history โฆ also ran the 3,000-meters at MPSFs, taking 10thย in 9:27.92 โฆ set a 3k best of 9:21.94 at the Husky Classic, moving to seventh on the top-10 list ...ย (Cross Country):ย An excellent freshman season where she ran in the top-seven at every meet and scored for UW in five of six outings โฆ capped first season at the NCAA Championships, finishing 128thย overall and fifth on the team as the Huskies placed 17thย โฆ finished 20thย at her first Pac-12 Championships, third on the squad โฆ also the third Husky finisher at NCAA West Regionals in 42nd-place โฆ was ninth at the Bill Dellinger Invite, third on the team, as UW won the team title โฆ was the No. 6 Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invitational, 109thย overall โฆ finished third in college debut at the Sundodger Invite, second on the team, in 20:47.
High School and Personal:ย Born in Spokane, Wash. โฆ parents are Janet and Jon Knight โฆ has three older brothers, Jack, Matt, and Pat, and one younger brother, Hank โฆ both parents ran track at Washington State University โฆ one of the top distance runners in the nation, the Spokane standout competed for ย Team USA at the 2013 IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships in Poland, finishing 28thย overall as the No. 3 American finisher โฆ earned her spot at Worlds with a fourth-place finish at the 2013 U.S. Junior Cross Country Championships in St. Louis ... took third at the prestigious Nike Cross Nationals in both 2011 and 2012, first out of the Northwest region both years, after placing eighth as a sophomore and 16th as a freshman in 2009 ... in her senior track season in 2013, won the Washington 3A state title at 3,200-meters for the second straight year and was third at 1,600-meters โฆ ran a 3,200m PR of 10:11.93 at the Arcadia Invite that ranked sixth nationally in 2013 โฆ also ranked fourth nationally in the 5k in 2013 with a time of 16:25.75 at the Portland Track Festival โฆ fourth at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 2-mile in 10:19.59, and fourth as well in the mile in 4:51.13 โฆ the Greater Spokane League athlete of the year in 2013 โฆ won the Washington 3A state cross country title in 2011 as a junior, and was second in 2009, 2010, and 2012, all three times taking second to fellow UW recruit Amy-Eloise Neale ... the Greater Spokane League cross country champ from 2010-12 ... Running Times ranked her the No. 6 individual nationally for 2012 ... named the Washington Gatorade Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year for 2011 ... won state titles on the track in 2012 in both the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meters, after taking second in those two events in both her freshman and sophomore seasons ... won the Nike Border Clash cross country title in 2011, leading Washington to the win over Oregon along with fellow future Huskies Neale and Maddie Meyers ... placed fourth at the 2011 U.S. Junior Track Championships in the 3,000-meters ... competed for Team USA at the 2012 Great Edinburgh Cross Country International Challenge in Scotland, placing fourth overall and helping the junior women's team take the title ... as a sophomore, took seventh at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the mile run in 4:48.48 and 10th in the two-mile finals in 10:31 ... chose UW over Stanford and Colorado โฆ graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
Major Meets
2013 USA Junior XC - 4th
2013 World Junior XC - 28th (3rd, USA)
2013 Pac-12 XC - 20th (3rd UW)
2013 Regional XC - 42nd (3rd UW)
2013 NCAA XC - 128th (5th UW)
2014 MPSF TF - 10th, 3000m | 1st, DMRย (MPSF Champions)
2014 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 5000m
2014 NCAA Prelims TF - 29th, 5000m
2015 Pac-12 TF - 10th, 10000m
2015 NCAA Prelims TF - 14th, 5000m
2015 Pac-12 XC - 22nd (4th UW)
2015 Regional XC - 10th (2nd UW)
2015 NCAA XC - 95th (3rd UW)
2016 MPSF TF - 14th, 3000m
2016 Pac-12 TF - 1st, 10000m (Pac-12 Champion; Meet Record)
2016 NCAA Prelims TF - 3rd, 10000m | 35th, 5000m
2016 NCAA Outdoors - 15th, 10000m (All-America Second Team)
2016 Pac-12 XC - 19th (3rd UW)
2016 Regional XC - 24th (3rd UW)
2016 NCAA XC - 113th (4th UW)
2017 Pac-12 TF - 17th, 5000m
2017 NCAA Prelims TF - 42nd, 5000m
Outdoor Bests
800m.......2:13.91
1500m.......4:21.35
5000m.......15:52.70
10000m.......33:20.02
Indoor Bests
Mile.......4:44.95
3000m.......9:16.31
Academic Honors
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic XC
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2016 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic TF
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic TF Honorable Mention
