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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Kate Isaac

Kate Isaac

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Fairport
  • Hometown:
    Fairport, NY

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: Battled injuries throughout much of the indoor season, competing in just five meets...Ran the second leg on UR's 4x400 Relay in the prelims of the NCAA Division III Championships, earning First-Team All-America honors and helping the 'Jackets advance to the final...Also scored USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the 4x400m Relay...Scored five top-five results...Won the 4x400 Relay (1st, 3:59.51) at the Conference Challenge Cup on Jan. 27 and added a second-place result in the 400 meters (58.68)...Ran to a third-place result in the 60 meters (7.97) at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on Feb. 3...Helped UR's 4x400 Relay to a fourth-place result and 3:45.78 time at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 9, outpacing numerous Division I relays...Finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the 4x400 Relay on the Indoor Qualifying List.

Outdoor: Senior capped off a stellar career with another All-America accolade...Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400 Relay and ran the second leg of UR's relay to a third-place finish in the final (3:45.40), scoring USTFCCCA First-Team All-America honors...Overall, competed in five meets during the outdoor season...Helped UR to an AARTFC title in the 4x400 Relay (1st, 3:47.72) at the All-Atlantic Region Championships while placing seventh with a new PR of 56.54 in the 400 meters...Earned a pair of fourth-place finishes at Liberty Leagues in the 400 meters (57.99) and 4x400 Relay (4:03.19) helping UR defend its outdoor title...Never finishes outside the top 10 and finished outside the top four just twice...Kicked off the outdoor season with a second-place run in the 400 meters (58.31) at the UR Spring Twilight...Earned a pair of top-10 results at the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza, placing fourth in the 4x400 Relay and ninth in the 400 meters...Wrapped up the year ranked 13th on the NCAA Division III Outdoor Qualifying List in the 4x400 Relay and 37th in the 400 meters...Named a Lysle 'Spike' Garnish Scholar-Athlete in the fall...UR's 2024 recipient of the Terrence L. Gurnett Female Scholar-Athlete Award...CSC Second-Team Academic All-American...CSC Academic All-District selection...Liberty League All-Academic honoree...USTFCCCA All-Academic.

At UR 2022-23: Indoor: Remarkable junior season with Rochester, helping the Yellowjackets 4x400 meter relay team secure the ninth national title in school history...Relay team took home 1st place at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships with a Division III record time of 3:44.84, earning her first All-America honor...Captured two titles at the All-Atlantic Region Championships, winning the 400 meters (personal-best :57.71) and 4x400 meter relay, also chipping in 3rd place result on 4x200 meter relay...Earned All-Liberty League 2nd Team honors in the 200 meters and 400 meters after runner-up finishes at the conference meet...USTFCCCA All-Niagara Region honors in the 4x400 meter relay...Secured eight wins and 16 top-3 finishes during 10 meets on the season...Named Liberty League Track Performer of the Week on Feb. 6...Ended regular season ranked #6 in Division III in the 4x400 meter relay and was 31st individually in the 400 meters...Double-winner at the Nazareth Alumni Invite on Dec. 9 and the Nazareth Conference Challenge Cup on Jan. 28.

Outdoor: Competed eight times, including in two events at the NCAA Division III Championships...Ran on 11th place 4x100 meter relay team (:47.36) and was part of prelim squad during the 4x400 meter relay team that went on to finish as national runner-up...USTFCCCA All-America honors in 4x400 meter relay...All-Region praise as part of 4x100 meter relay that won title and set a UR and Liberty League record of :46.69 at AARTFC meet...Added win on 4x400 meter relay at regionals and was 14th individually in the 200 meters...Earned three All-Liberty League honors, posting 1st Team honors on 4x100 meter relay (meet record 47.27 seconds), 2nd Team honors in 100 meters (PR 12.42 seconds) and Honorable Mention in 200 meters (PR 25.21 seconds)...Liberty League Track Performer of the Week on May 15 after two top-2 results at the CNY Fast Chance Meet...Overall, ranked inside top-10 on Division III Performance List in 4x400 meter relay (#4) and 4x100 meter relay (#10)...10 total top-3 finishes and six wins...Named 3rd Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Communicators...Academic All-District and Liberty League All-Academic honors...Second-straight USTFCCCA All-Academic nod.

At UR 2021-22: Indoor: Appeared in seven meets including the Liberty League and AARTFC meets indoors...Took home two 1st place finishes in the 4x200 meter relay (1:51.11) at the Nazareth Alumni Meet on Dec. 10 and the 4x400 meter relay (4:13.26) and the Winter Welcome Back to Brockport Meet on Jan. 22...Totaled eight Top-10 finishes...Competed at the AARTFC Meet in the 200 meters, finishing in 15th place...8th place in the 60 meters and 11th place in the 200 meters at the Liberty League Indoor Championships.

Outdoor: USTFCCCA All-Region in the 4x100 meter relay...Finished 16th in the 4x100 meter relay at the NCAA Division III Championships...Ranked 20th in the NCAA with a 4x100 relay time of 47.31 seconds, set at the Nazareth ROC City Final Qualifier on May 15...Earned 1st Team All-Liberty League honors in the 4x100 meter relay (1st, :48.27), adding podium finishes in the 100 meters (6th, 12.70 seconds) and 200 meters (5th, 25.79 seconds) as well...Helped break the 4x100 school record three times, first at the UR Spring Classic on Apr. 8 (1st, :48.19), again at the Geneseo Quad Meet & Multi on Apr. 23-24 (1st, :47.66) and finally at the Nazareth ROC City Final Qualifier on May 15 (2nd, :47.31)...Finished 3rd on 4x100 meter relay at the AARTFC Championships and also competed in the 200 meters where she finished 16th...17 Top-10 finishes, 12 Top-5 finishes and five 1st place finishes, coming in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays...Helped UR's 4x400 relay team to a 1st place finish (4:05.50) at the Rochester Spring Classic on Apr. 8...USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree and member of the Liberty League All-Academic team.

At UR 2020-21: Indoor: Ran in two events at UR's lone indoor competition, the Nazareth Triangular...Finished 2nd in the 200 meters, clocking in with a time of 27.05 seconds, good enough to earn USTFCCCA All-Region honors...Also, was on UR's 'B' relay in the 4x400 meters which ranked 4th in the race.

Outdoor: Appeared nine times during rookie season outdoors, being one of UR's most reliable sprinters...Competed in three events at the AARTFC Championships, finishing 3rd on the 4x100 meter relay which set a new UR record of 48.20 seconds...Also, was 7th in the 100 meters (13.09) and 17th in the 400 meters (1:02.59)...Earned 1st Team All-Liberty League honors following win in 4x100 meter relay at the Liberty League West Outdoor Championships...Podium finishes in the 100 meters (3rd, HM All-League) and 200 meters (6th) at the conference meet as well...All-Region honors in the 4x100 meter relay which also ranked inside the top-40 in NCAA Division III this season...Eight total wins on the year, including two at the RIT-UR-Union Tri-Meet on Mar. 27 and at the UR-Ithaca-RIT Triangular on Apr. 3.

HS: Attended Fairport HS...Lettered in track and field and field hockey for the Raiders...Named co-captain of each team as a senior...Most Improved for track and field as a sophomore...Two All-County honors in field hockey and was Honorable Mention All-Greater Rochester in 2019...Personal best of 59.18 seconds in the 400 meters...Won Monroe County meet indoors with 600 meters time of 1:39.41 in 2020...Helped Fairport win 2018 Section V field hockey title...Part of 4x400m relay which captured Section V title in 2018...Qualified for states in 2020 indoor meet on 4x800 meter relay...Earned 2020 Scholar Athlete of the Year Award and NYS Academic Excellence Award...George Eastman Young Leaders Award recipient in 2019.

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