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2023 Cross Country Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Kaitlynn Wolfe

  • Position DIS
  • Class Senior
  • High School Blacksburg
  • Hometown Blacksburg, Va.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Biochemistry

Biography

2023-24 (Senior): Did not compete.


2022-23 (Junior): (XC) Ran a 5k at Mets, placing 6th with a run time of 20:05.8 (Oct. 7) … Competed at the Ivy League XC Championships in the 6k, placing 67th with a time of 23:14.7 (Oct. 28) … (ITF): Ran a personal best mile with a time of 5:10.45, placing 9th at the NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 20)

2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Ran the 6K at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 30) in 22:40.8 ... Clocked the 6K in 22:53.9 at the NCAA Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 12) ... Set a PR in the 6K at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invite (Oct. 15) coming in at 22:31.9 ... Ran best finish of 17th with a time of 18:53.5 in the 5K at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships (Nov. 20) ... (ITF) Did not compete in any events ... (OTF) Did not compete in any events.

2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19)

High School: 11-time letterwinner in Cross Country and Track & Field at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia ... 2017 New Balance Outdoor Nationals Freshman Champion (Two-Mile) ... Four-time Nike Cross Nationals Qualifier ... 2019 New Balance Indoor All-American (5,000m) ... Three-time Indoor VHSL State Champion (3,200m) ... 2019 Outdoor VHSL State Champion (3,200m) ... 2018 Indoor VHSL State Champion (1,600m) ... Two-time VHSL Class 4A Cross Country State Championships Runner-Up ... Three-time All-Timesland Runner of the Year ... Member of the National Honor Society ... National AP Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction.

Personal: Born, Kaitlynn Faye Wolfe, on Apr. 11, 2002 in Stillwater, Oklahoma ... Daughter of Laurie and Michael Wolfe ... Has two siblings, Emily (15) and Caroline (7) ... Has the career goal of becoming either a medical researcher or a professor ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs, Yale, Cornell and Harvard, along with Virginia, Virginia Tech and Vanderbilt ... Went with Columbia because "of the opportunities that New York City provides, along with the successful and supportive team" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in Biochemistry.

Career Bests
6K (XC)
 - 22:31.9
Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invite - Oct. 15, 2021
5K (XC) - 18:53.5
IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships - Nov. 20, 2021
2.49M (XC) - 15:04.7
Stony Brook XC Invite (Sept. 4)

Historical Player Information

  • 2020First Year

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  • 2021Sophomore

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