2016 Cross Country Roster
Kat Bouton
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Flower Mound, Texas
- Prev School:
- Flower Mound High School
Cross Country Personal Bests
5K: 18:52.3
Oct. 1, 2016 – Louisville Sports Commission Cross Country Classic
Louisville, Ky.
6K: 22:37.9
Oct. 17, 2015 - Pre-Nationals
Louisville, Ky.
Big South Cross Country Championship (5K)
2013 (Buena Vista, Va.): 29th place, 19:45.98
2014 (Boiling Springs, N.C.): 23rd place, 19:20.55
2015 (Spartanburg, S.C.): 25th place, 19:01.30
2016 (Swannanoa, N.C.): 16th place, 19:29.28
NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (6K)
2013 (Earlysville, Va.): 212th place, 24:02.5
2014 (Louisville, Ky.): 149th place, 22:55.7
2015 (Earlysville, Va.): 197th place, 24:46.6
2016 (Earlysville, Va.): 157th place, 23:19.9
Top Track Times at Liberty
800: 2:18.00
1,000: 3:12.82
1,500: 4:50.52
Mile: 5:11.99
3K: 10:37.64
3K SC: 11:12.06
5K: 18:01.04
2016 Cross Country (Sr.)
• Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Made the Big South All-Academic Team
• Finished a career-best 16th (No. 7 Lady Flame) at the Big South meet, helping the Lady Flames win the conference title
• Lowered her cross country 5K personal best to 18:52.3 at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic
• Closed out her collegiate cross country career with a 157th-place finish (No. 5 Lady Flame) at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship
2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Finished fourth in both the steeplechase (personal-best 11:12.06) and 5K at the Big South meet
• Her steeplechase time from the Big South Championship ranks No. 5 all-time at Liberty
• Dropped her 5K personal best to 18:01.04 at the Winthrop Invitational
2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Came in eighth in the Big South 3K (personal-best 10:37.64) and 10th in the mile (personal-best 5:11.99)
• Clocked a time of 5:03.12 for the 1,600-meter anchor leg of the Lady Flames' 13th-place distance medley relay team at the ECAC meet. Liberty's time of 11:54.02 ranks No. 2 in Liberty and Big South history.
2015 Cross Country (Jr.)
• Big South All-Academic Team member
• Clocked season-best 5K time of 19:01.30 for 25th place (No. 8 Lady Flame) at the Big South Championship
• Finished 197th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship
• Improved 6K personal best to 22:37.9 at the Pre-Nationals black race
• 20th-place finisher at the Upstate Invitational/Big South Preview
2015 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Ran a personal-best steeplechase time of 11:39.58 for seventh place at the Big South meet and seventh on Liberty's all-time list
• Season also included personal-best clockings in the 800 (2:20.08 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier) and 1,500 (4:53.09 at the Campbell Invitational)
2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Placed eighth in the Big South mile in a personal-best 5:14.20
• Ran the 1,600-meter anchor leg for the Lady Flames' third-place distance medley relay squad at the Big South meet
2014 Cross Country (So.)
• Closed her sophomore season with personal-best times in the 5K (19:20.55 at Big South) and 6K (22:55.7 at NCAA Division I Southeast Regional)
• Liberty's No. 5 runner at the Big South Championship for the second straight season, finishing 23rd overall for the runner-up Lady Flames
• Ran fourth for the Lady Flames at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships, finishing 63 places better than the previous season in 149th
• One of Liberty's top six finishers in all seven of her races
2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Ran 12:01.21 for her steeplechase debut at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, marking the Lady Flames' fastest time of the season
• Came in 12th in the Big South steeplechase final
2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Ran the mile at the Big South meet, placing 22nd
• Season-best mile time of 5:23.02 came at the Liberty Quad
2013 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Liberty's fifth scorer at the Big South Championship, placing 29th overall
• Served as the Lady Flames' No. 6 runner at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship, recording a 212th-place finish
• Season-best 5K time of 19:38.8 came at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• One of four Liberty freshmen to race at the ISU Pre-National Invitational
Prep
• Graduated from Flower Mound High School
• As a senior, was part of Flower Mound's third-place distance medley relay team at the Texas Relays
• In 2011, helped the Lady Jaguars place a program-best third at the 2011 Texas UIL Class 5A State Cross Country Championship
• Owns an 800-meter personal-best time of 2:20.20, which qualified her for the UIL Region I-5A meet in 2011
• Other personal-best marks include 5:23 for the 1,600, 11:45 for the 3,200 and 19:37 for the 5K
Personal
• Daughter of Kenneth and Christine Bouton
• Cousin of Liberty assistant track & field/cross country coach Rebekah Ricksecker
• Birthday is July 7
• Major is Teaching English as a Second Language
