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2012-13 Women's Cross Country Roster

Katie Buenaga

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Greenville, Del.
  • High School Tatnall School

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
800m 2:14.90 2/18/12
1000m 2:51.83 3/3/12
Outdoor Mark Date
800m 2:11.39 5/12/12
1500m 4:33.39 5/5/12

2011-12
Cross Country: Best finish of 11th came at the Tribe Open ... Ran as part of the Tribe's varsity squad at the Paul Short Invitational ... Also competed at the Spider Open and the W&M Invitational.
Indoor: Named All-East for the second time, as part of W&M's seventh-place 4x800m relay ... Also earned individual All-East honors at 1,000m, placing eighth in the finals of that event ... Ran 2:51.83 in the prelims to rank as the second-fastest athlete in school history ... Set then-personal bests at both 800m and 1,000m at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Ran 2:14.90 for 800m, and 2:52.15 in the 1,000m.
Outdoor: Named All-CAA for the first time, after taking third in the 1,500m at the conference championships ... Ran a career-best 4:33.39 to take the bronze ... Ran to another career mark at 800m in the final meet of the season ... Timed 2:11.39 at the UVA Challenge.

2010-11

Cross Country: Ran on the Tribe's teams at both the CAA and ECAC Championships ... Fifth at the Tribe Open.
Indoor: Competed very sparingly, running just three individual races ... Ran 2:21.66 for 800m at the Vince Brown Invitational.
Outdoor: Qualified for the finals of the 1,500m at the CAA Championships ... Ran the 800m at the Swarthmore Last Chance meet, clocking a collegiate-best 2:16.77.

2009-10

Cross Country: Redshirted ... Ran once for the Tribe, at the Cowboy Jamboree.
Indoor: All-East after leading off the College's seventh-place DMR at the ECAC Championships ... Competed at just three meets ... Ran 2:22.74 for 800m at Virginia Tech ... Also competed in the 1,000m that same weekend, finishing in 3:00.91.
Outdoor: Ran in the 1,500m at the CAA Championships, finishing 14th in the prelims ... Timed a season-fast 4:41.96 at the Colonial Relays ... After splitting 2:20 in the 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays, ran 2:20.60 in the open 800m at CNU in May.

Prep: Led her team to third place at the NXN championships, finishing 20th overall ... Three-time all-state in cross country, including a seventh-place finish in 2007 ... Tatnall won state cross country championships all three years she ran for them ... Spent 2006-07 at Bishop Kenny High in Florida ... Helped set five Delaware state relay records in the past two years ... All-American outdoors in 2009 after timing 9:03 in the 4x800m relay ... Won the Penn Relays Championship of America in the DMR with a record time of 11:49 ... Ran the opening leg (1,200m) in 3:33 ... Set the state record in the 4xMile both indoors (20:46) and outdoors (20:42) ... Also set the state 4x800m record outdoors in 2008, timing 9:12.83 ... State titlist indoors in 2008 in the 4x800m relay ... Took third in the open 800m ... Won the Florida state 4x800m outdoors in 2007 ... At the 2006 Delaware outdoor state meet, took silver in the 800m and 1,600m while teaming to win the 4x800m ... Won the Kohler Cup as a senior at Tatnall, emblematic of leadership in athletics, academics, and community service ... Completed over 300 hours of community service in high school, including volunteering at a soup kitchen and serving as a CCD teacher for her church.

Personal: Daughter of Debra and Edward Buenaga ... Full name is Kaitlin Elizabeth Buenaga ... Enjoys reading and going to the beach.

Championship Performances
ECAC Championships
Date Event Performance Place Award
3/4/12 4x800m Relay 9:11.16 7th All-East
3/4/12 1,000m Run 2:56.22 8th All-East
3/7/10 Distance Medley Relay 11:49.70 7th All-East
CAA Championships
Date Event Performance Place Award
5/5/12 1,500m Run 4:33.39 3rd All-CAA

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Player
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2011-12Redshirt Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2012-13Redshirt Junior

    Middle Distance