Kate Flower

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-3
Hometown:
Lynchburg, Va.
Prev School:
E.C. Glass High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
60 - 7.68 (Indoor)
100 - 11.76
200 - 24.46
400 - 1:04.02 (Indoor)

All-Big South Honors (4)
2015 Outdoor 4 x 100 - 1st
2016 Indoor 60 - 3rd
2016 Outdoor 100 - 3rd
2016 Outdoor 4 x 100 - 1st

Career
• At the time of her graduation, owned two school records, including the outdoor 4 x 100 relay (45.60) and 4 x 200 relay (1:37.33). She also ranked among Liberty's all-time top 10 in the outdoor 100 (fourth, 11.76), indoor 200 (fourth, 24.69), indoor 60 (fifth, 7.68), outdoor 200 (ninth, 24.46) and outdoor 4 x 400 relay (tie for 10^th, 3:48.01).

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Ran the second leg for the Lady Flames' Big South champion and school record-setting 4 x 100 relay team (45.60), while also placing third in the 100 to finish as a four-time All-Big South performer for her career
• Clocked a personal-best time of 24.46 to reach the Big South 200 final, where she came in seventh
• Anchored the Lady Flames to a school-record time of 1:37.33 in the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational 4 x 200 relay
• Lowered her 100 dash personal best to 11.76 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Crossed the finish line third (personal-best 7.68) in the Big South 60 final and eighth in the 200
• Finished 13^th in the ECAC 60 dash prelims

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Big South champion in the 4 x 100 relay, while placing fourth in the 100 and fifth in the 200
• Helped the Lady Flames lower the 4 x 100 school record twice during the year, including their 45.68 clocking at the Big South meet
• Also joined the program's all-time top 10 for the 100 (11.97) and 200 (24.58) at the Big South Championship
• Part of the Lady Flames' 10^th-place 4 x 200 relay squad at the Texas Relays

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Came in fifth in the Big South 200 dash
• Competed in the 200 and 4 x 400 relay at the ECAC meet
• Her 200 clocking of 24.69 at the ECAC championship moved her up to No. 3 in program history
• Sped to a season-best 60 time of 7.82 at the Liberty Open

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Teamed up with twin sister Abigail on numerous relay squads during the year, including 4 x 100 quartets which placed fourth at the Big South meet and ninth in the ECAC prelims
• Also joined Abigail on the third fastest 4 x 200 grouping in program history, a time of 1:38.60 at the Penn Relays
• Finished 10th in the 100 and 11th in the 200 at the Big South meet
• Her best 100 (wind-aided 12.16) and 200 (wind-aided 25.02) times of the year both came at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier.

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Finished 16th in the Big South 200 prelims with a season-best time of 26.07
• Clocked 8.13 in her only 60 dash of the year, at the Liberty Quad

2011-12 and 2012-13
• Did not compete on Liberty's track & field team

Prep
• Graduated from E.C. Glass High School
• As a senior, she qualified for the Virginia Group AA state outdoor meet in the 400 and 4 x 400 relay

Personal
• Daughter of Mark and Laurie Flower
• Twin sister of former Liberty track & field teammate Abigail Flower
• Health promotion major
• Birthday is July 30