Furman University

Junior Year (2012-13):  Placed third witha career-best 5K time of 18:17.0 at the Gene Mullin Cross CountryInvitational…finished 34^th at the SoCon CrossCountry Championships, posting a time of 18:33.8…won the3,000m with a time of 10:21.2 at the Wake Forest IndoorInvite…finished fourth in the 5,000m (18:03.1) at the EmoryCrossplex Indoor meet…placed 11^th (10:21.9) inthe 3,000m and 15^th (18:13.4) in the 5,000m at theleague indoor championships…competed in the Blue Shoes EliteMile at the Blue Shoes Track Invitational, placing seventh with atime of 5:08.79…posted a career-best time of 17:32.14 in the5,000m at the Duke Invitational, capturing seventhplace…also finished fourth (17:38.46) in the event at theHigh Point VertKlasse Outdoor meet…took 12^thplace in the 5,000m (18:07.64) and 13^th in the 10,000m(38.19.45) at the Southern Conference OutdoorChampionships…a member of the Southern Conference AcademicHonor Roll and the SoCon Academic All-Conference Team.

Sophomore Year (2011-12):  Recorded apersonal-best 5K time of 18:27.10 for 37^th place at theSoCon XC Championship…posted a time of 19:36.8 at the BlueRidge XC Open…notched a career-best 23:17.6 6K at the NCAASoutheast Regional Championship…placed 14^th witha season-best time of 5:15.16 in the mile at the league indoormeet…placed fourth in the mile at both the Dick TaylorInvite (5:15.82) and the ETSU meet (5:20.06) during the indoorseason…a member of the Paladin DMR team that placed thirdwith a time of 12:27.24 at the Dick Taylor IndoorInvitational…finished third with a time of 4:51.27 in the1,500m at the Furman Outdoor Invitational…posted aseason-best time of 4:51.09 in the 1,500m at the SoCon OutdoorChampionships, taking 11^th place…named to theSouthern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2010-11):  Named to theSouthern Conference All-Freshman Teams for cross country, indoor,and outdoor track…placed 40^th with a season-besttime of 19:19.36 at the SoCon XC Championships…finished25^th after posting a time of 19:24 at the Eye Opener XCInvitational…finished 17^th (19:35) at the GeneMullin Furman XC Invitational…placed 194^th with atime of 23:50.6 at the NCAA Southeast XC Regional…named tothe SoCon All-Freshman team after placing ninth with a time of5:12.60 in the mile at the conference indoor meet…finishedfourth in the event with a time of 5:11.60 at the Tiger IndoorTune-Up…honored with SoCon All-Freshman team accolades afterplacing tenth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:46.73 at the SoConOutdoor Championships…a member of the 4x800m relay team thatset a new Paladin record with a time of 9:16.83 at the TerrierOutdoor Relays…finished fourth in the mile at the FurmanOutdoor Invitational (4:51.48) and fifth in the event at the EmoryOutdoor Invitational (4:50.41)…also competed on the winning4x800m relay team at the Emory Outdoor Invitational (9:22.18) andthe winning distance medley relay team at the Terrier OutdoorRelays (12:18.81)…named to the Southern Conference AcademicHonor Roll.

High School: Placed sixth in the3,200m at the state indoor meet and seventh in the 1,500m at thestate outdoor meet...took 26th place at the state cross countrychampionship...posted top times of 5:10 in the 1,600m, 11:32 in the3,200m, and 18:52 in a 5K...member of the National HonorSociety...graduated in the top 2 percent of her class.

Personal: Catherine Grace Burtonwas born on December 5, 1991 in Marion, N.C....daughter of Mark andVicki Burton...intends to major in chemistry.