The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014-15 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Katie Burford
- Position:
- Distance/XC
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- St. Stephen's
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
• 2015 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 2015, 2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Cross Country)
• 2013 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Cross Country)
CAREER BESTS
Outdoor:
800m: 2:16.06
1,500m: 4:21.09
5,000m: 17:22.06
Indoor:
800m: 2:15.30
1,000m: 3:01.82
Mile: 4:49.40
Cross Country:
4k: 14:36.2
6k: 21:34.5
2015-16
Outdoor:
• Placed 2nd in the 1500m Section 6 of the Payton Jordan Invitational with a personal best mark of 4:21.09
• Finished 2nd as a member of the Texas A distance medley relay team at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, finishing with a total time of 11:33.10
Indoor:
• Set a personal best in the mile with a time of 4:49.40 at the Husky Classic
• Finished 3rd in the mile with a time of 4:53.65 at the Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational
Cross Country:
• Competed in two events for the Longhorns
• Helped the team win the Longhorn Invitational with a 5th place overall finish with a time of 18:42.30
• Finished 28th overall in the Texas A&M Invitational to help lead the team to 1st place finish
2014-15
Outdoor:
• Finished 9th at Big 12 Championships in 1500m with personal best time 4:25.17, also finished 14th in 5000m
• Claimed 34th place in 1500m at NCAA West Preliminary Rounds
• Won the 1500m and set a personal record at the Texas Invitational with a time of 4:27.37
• Placed 4th in the 1500m with a personal best time of 4:25.89 at the Longhorn Invitational
Indoor:
• Member of the Distance Medley Relay team that earned 3rd place at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 11:28.52 (over-sized)
• Also ran mile at 3 meets with a personal best time at Husky Classic
Cross Country:
• Competed in three meets for Texas
• Finished 39 at Big 12 Championships and 38th at NCAA South Central Regional
2013-14
Outdoor:
• Finished 17th in 5,000m at Big 12 Championships and 18th in 1,500m
• Ran season best 4:34.79 to finish third in 1,500m at Stanford Invitational
• Claimed 8th at Longhorn Invitational
• Ran leg of distance medley relay that finished 6th at Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Indoor:
• Ran on distance medley relay that finished 5th at Big 12 Championships in 11:41.07
• Finished 5th in 1,000m at Arkansas Dual
• Took 11th in 800m at Razorback Invitational
Cross Country:
• Participated in 3 meets
• Finished 49th overall (22:06.3) at the NCAA South Central Regional
• Ran a 6K time of 23:01 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational
• Also recorded a time of 14:46.3 at the Bear Twilight Invitational
2012-13
Outdoor:
• Ran a time of 4:44.37 in the 1500m in the Big 12 Championships prelims
• Set a season best 1500m time of 4:39.16 in the Mt. SAC Relays open race
• Followed it up by posting an 800m season best (2:18.00) at the Texas Invitational
• Clocked a 1500m time of 4:50.55 at the Texas Relays
• Opened the season running 4:43.76 in the 1500m at the Aztec Invitational
Indoor/Cross Country:
• Did not compete (Redshirt seasons)
PRIOR TO TEXAS
• 3-year letterwinner in track and field and 2-year letterwinner in cross country at St. Stephen’s
• Named Most Valuable Player in track and cross country her freshman and sophomore years
• Posted personal bests of 4:51 in the Mile and 2:20 in the 800m during high school career
PERSONAL
• Parents are Lynn Bradshaw and Robert Burford
• Has three siblings, Zach, Jordan and Brendan
• Graduated with honors from St. Stephen’s
• Majoring in public health and pre-medicine
