Katherine Newberry
Event: Marathon
Height: 5-6
Weight: 115
PR: 2:35:23
Born: 08/31/1978
Current Residence: Ann Arbor, Mich.
High School: Lake Braddock Secondary School (Burke, Va.)
College: William & Mary ‘00
Coach: Alex Gibby
Agent: Bob Gordan
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Club: New York Athletic Club (NYAC)
Career Highlights: 3rd at the 2007 Boston Half Marathon
Kathy Newberry has qualified for three straight Olympic qualifiers, 2004, 2008 and most recently 2012 in a variety of distances ranging from 5,000m to the marathon. She has been running professionally since graduating college in 2000 and has competed on both the national and international stage. As a runner at William & Mary from 1996-2000, Newberry claimed two CAA Conference titles in the 3,000m and 5,000m and earned multiple All-East designations. She still holds the outdoor 4x1,500m relay record with a time of 18:08.88.
2011: 13th at the USA Championships (33:05:31)
2010: 3rd at the Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K (33:31)
2009: 1st at the Hampton Invitational indoor mile (5:06.70)… 1st at the George Mason Last Chance indoor 5,000m (16:08.49)
2008: 6th overall in the Houston Half Marathon (1:12.59)… 7th at the Boston Half Marathon (1:13.44)
2007: 3rd at the Boston Half Marathon (1:16.44)
2006: 8th in the Beach to Beacon 10K (34:36.00)
2005: 1st at the Maryland Invitational indoor mile (4:51.98)… 1st at the Maryland Invitational indoor 3,000m (9:45.01)
2004: 2nd in the Stanford Cardinal Qualifier 5,000m (15:42.32)… 13th at the USA Championships 5,000m (16:14.89)
2003: 4th at a Boston High Performance meet 3,000m (9:25.06)
2002: 1st at the 5,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays (16:30.52)
2001: 2nd at the Texas A&M Invitational 1,500m (4:29.91)
2000: 5th at the Virginia Tech Invitational indoor mile (4:58.66)… 2nd at the Chapel Hill meet in the 3,000m (9:42.73)
1999: 1st at the Colonial Relays 5,000m (16:49.2)