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2016 Women's Cross Country

Kathryn Hoffman

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Mt. St. Joseph Academy
  • Hometown Jamison, Pa.

Biography

Senior Year (2016)

  • Ran in all seven of the team's events, finishing in the Royals' top five each time.
  • Had a season-best 29th-place finish at the Cougar Classic on Sept. 17, finishing the 6,000-meter course in 27:54.89.
  • Ran a career-best 25:17.8 for 6,000 meters at the Inter-Regional Border Battle on Oct. 15.
  • Was the fourth Royal across the line at the Landmark Conference championship on Oct. 29, completing the 6,000 meters in 25:22.29 to finish 39th.

Junior Year (2015)

  • Competed in all eight of the team's events.
  • Had a season-best 40th-place finish at the Landmark Conference Championships on Oct. 31 at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Park, N.Y., finishing the 6,000-meter course in 26:33.16.
  • Had a season-best time of 25:23.45 for 6,000 meters at the Inter-Regional Border Battle on Oct, 17 at Rowan.

Sophomore Year (2014)

  • Competed in six meets after spending last year working on her long-distance base
  • Ran a personal-best time of 27:10.8 for 6000 meters at the Landmark Conference championships at Goucher College in Towson, Md., on Nov. 1, finishing 55th overall
  • Broke the 24-minute mark for 5000 meters with a time of 23:59.9 at the Roadrunner Invitational (Ramapo College) in Woodland Park, NJ, on Sept. 20

Freshman Year (2013)

  • Did not compete in an event.

Landmark Conference Championship Finishes

  • 2016 - 39th, 25:22.29, 6,000 meters, Oct. 29, Bicentennial Park, Northampton, Pa.
  • 2015 - 40th, 26:33.16, 6,000 meters, Oct. 31, Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park, N.Y.
  • 2014 - 55th, 27:10.8, 6,000 meters, Nov. 1, Goucher College, Towson, Md.

NCAA Mideast Regional Finishes

  • 2016 - 213th, 25:54, 6,000 meters, Nov. 12, DeSales University, Center Valley, Pa.
  • 2015 - 220th, 26:29.8, 6,000 meters, Nov. 14, Big Spring H.S., Newville, Pa.

Awards & Honors

  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2014, 2015, 2016)

High School/Personal

  • Lettered in cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field all four years
  • Served as team captain of the cross country team her senior year
  • Member of the cross country team that won the 2012 Athletic Association of Catholic Academies championship
  • Recorded personal bests of 12:16 in the 3000 meters, 12:36 in the 3200 meters, and 21:21 in the 5000 meters
  • Graduated with distinguished honors
  • Diocesan Scholar nominee
  • AP Scholar
  • Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.
  • Daughter of James and Alice Hoffman
  • Her twin sister, Patricia, is also a member of the Royal women's cross-country team
  • Both of her parents are Scranton graduates

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior

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