MaryKate Cavanaugh
MaryKate Cavanaugh
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Hopkinton, Mass.
High School: Hopkinton
Major: Biology

Career Results

Career Honors:
- Two-time NCAA Championship Qualifier (2015, 2016)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2015) 

Personal Bests:
3 mile: 18:33.0 (Main Line Invitational, 9/16/16)
6K: 22:39.1 (Centennial Conference Championship, 10/29/16)

2017: Competed in five events … Placed 11th at the Alumnae Open (9/9) … Ran her best three mile time of the season (19:58.7) during a 42nd place finish at the Main Line Invitational (9/15) … Recorded her best 6,000 meter time of the year at the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle (24:52.8), placing 16th in the open race (10/14) … Placed 48th at the Centennial Conference Championship (10/29).

2016: Competed in seven races and was consistently among the team’s scoring runners … Placed eighth at the Haverford Alumnae Open (9/3) … Ran her best three mile time (18:33.0) at the Main Line Invitational (9/16) … Crossed the line in 23rd place with a season-best 6,000 meter time of 22:39.1 at the Centennial Conference Championship (10/29) … Placed 62nd at the Mideast Regional (11/12) … Finished 256th at the NCAA Division III Championship (11/19).

2015: Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Competed in all eight of the team’s varsity races, consistently finishing among top seven runners on the team … Started season with an eighth place finish at the Haverford Alumnae Open (19:42.0) in her only three mile race (9/5) … Was team’s fifth finisher during the Centennial Conference Championship with her best time at the 6,000 meter distance (23:16.1) (10/31) … Placed 152nd at the Mideast Regional (11/14) … Finished in 260th place in NCAA Championship debut (11/21).

2014: Competed in four meets … Placed fifth overall in her collegiate debut at the three mile Haverford College opener in a time of 19:41.0 (8/29) … Ran her best 6,000 meter time (23:37.7) at the Paul Short Invitational … Placed 50th overall at the Centennial Conference Championship (11/1).

High School: Lettered in cross country and track & field … TVL All-Star … Most Improved Award honoree … Mandarin II honoree … Personal best 2:32 in 800 meters, 5:22 in mile, and 11:37 in two mile.

Personal: Daughter of Christine Thayer and Paul Cavanaugh.