UND Roster
2020-21 Cross Country
Roster
Katie Rose Blachowicz
Distance
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Sun Prairie, WI
High School
Sun Prairie
AS A SOPHOMORE:
- Placed third in the 3000m at the GVSU Bill Clinger Classic with a personal record time of 9:53.03
AS A FRESHMAN:
- Earned an eighth-place result in the 3,000-meter run (10:12.72) at the Alex Wilson Invitational
- Finished second in the event final of the 3,000-meter run (10.20.69) as part of the indoor Blue and Gold Invitational
- Opened first cross country season with a ninth-place result and time of 18:05.50 at the Crusader Open (3.1M)
PREP AND PERSONAL:
- Attended Sun Prairie (Wis.) High School
- Cross Country Academic All-State all four years of high school
- Finished third as a freshman at the cross country state meet
- Member of the first place cross country team at the Wisconsin state meet in 2016
- Finished sixth as an individual at the Wisconsin track & field state meet and the 4×800 relay as a junior
- Won the state championship with her team as a senior
- All-State in both cross country and track during her senior year
- Tauscher-Vetter Servant Leadership Award winner
- Was the vice president of National Honor Society
- Daughter of Jim and Jeanne Blachowicz
- Has one brother, Danny
- Fifth member of her family to attend Notre Dame
- Grandfather Bruno Blachowicz (’59), aunt Mary Lewis (’80), uncle Paul Blachowicz (’82) and cousin Stephanie Shambo (’08) all graduated from Notre Dame
- Intends to major in neuroscience and behavior with a pre-med concentration