Katie Dodson

Class:
Senior
Position:
Hurdles
Height:
5-2
Hometown:
Oxford, Pa.
Prev School:
Oxford Area High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
60 - 8.39 (Indoor)
60H - 8.68 (Indoor)
100H - 14.07

All-Big South Honors (1)
2018 Indoor 60 Hurdles - 3rd

2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Her last two 60 hurdles races were the two fastest of her career, including an 8.73 in the ASUN prelims and an 8.68 for fourth place in the ASUN final
• Left Liberty ranked No. 6 all-time for the 60 hurdles with that 8.68 clocking

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Clocked her fastest 100 hurdles time of the year (14.58) during both rounds at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier, where she placed seventh

2019 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Finished fifth in the ASUN 60 hurdles final with a personal-best time of 8.80 which punched her ticket to the ECAC meet for the third consecutive season
• Ran the second leg for the Lady Flames' school-record setting shuttle hurdles relay team (34.69) during the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2018 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Came in eighth in the Big South 100 hurdles final
• Fastest 100 hurdles time of the year (14.48) came in the Gamecock Invitational prelims
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2017-18 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Saved her season-best 60 hurdles time (8.85) for the right moment, earning her first All-Big South medal with a third-place conference finish
• Raced in the 60 hurdles at the ECAC meet for the second year in a row
• Anchored the Lady Flames to a program-record shuttle hurdles time of 35.08 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Placed fourth in the Big South 100 hurdles final with a personal-best 14.07 clocking
• Opened her season with a runner-up finish at the CSU Spring Break Invitational, thanks to a 100 hurdles time of 14.22
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Big South fourth-place finisher in the 60 hurdles
• Raced in the 60 hurdles at the ECAC meet
• Improved her 60 hurdles time from 9.24 at the season-opening Liberty Kickoff to 8.81 at the Big South meet five weeks later

Prep
• Graduated from Oxford Area High School
• Placed eighth in the 100 hurdles at the Pennsylvania AAA state meet as a sophomore, before improving to sixth as a junior and fifth as a senior
• Recorded top times of 9.23 (60 hurdles), a school-record 14.26 (100 hurdles) and a school-record 46.15 (300 hurdles)
• Won the Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award as a sophomore
• Also played field hockey

Personal
• Daughter of Bradford and Marybeth Dodson
• Birthday is Oct. 21
• Nursing major