Katie Slamka
Katie Slamka
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Racine, Wis.

High School:
Horlick

Height:
5-7

Event:
Hurdles/Jumps/Javelin

Track
• Horizon League Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet (2005)
• Two-Time Horizon League 400m Hurdle Champion
• Horizon League Outdoor Heptathlon Champion (2005)
• Three-Time All-Horizon League Second Team
2005 Indoor:
At the league meet, took third in both the 60m hurdles and high jump ... also placed fourth in the long jump ... a week earlier, posted three second-place finishes at the UWM Tune Up in each of the same events with personal-best scores. Outdoor: Had a busy meet at the league championships, competing in five events in addition to the heptathlon ... won the league's inaugural heptathlon event and repeated as 400m hurdle champ ... also took second in the javelin, third in the 100m hurdles, fifth in the long jump and seventh in the high jump ... won the 400m hurdles and took third in the 100m hurdles at the Central Collegiate Championship ... was named league athlete of the week afterwards ... had four more top-10 finishes on the year, including a win in the 100m hurdles at the Wisconsin Twilight. 2004 Indoor: Was selected as the league athlete of the week on Jan. 21 ... took second in both the 55m hurdles and 400m with season-bests of 8.57 and 59.40, respectively, at the Division I Invitational. Outdoor: Won the league championship in the 400m hurdles with a league-record time of 1:01.83 ... also took second in the 100m hurdles ... surpassed that time with a time of 1:01.63 in taking second at the last chance qualifier ... won the 400m hurdles and took second in the 100m hurdles at the Big Blue Invitational ... also had second-place finishes in the 100m hurdles at the Purdue Invitational and in the 400m hurdles at the Lee Calhoun Invitational. 2003 Indoor: Ran her fastest time of 9.27 in the preliminary heat of the 60m hurdles for the Horizon League Championships ... achieved a time of 8.70 in the 55m hurdles at the Carthage Invitational ... competed in the 400m and ran her best time of 1:01.27 at the Iowa State Invitational. Outdoor: Achieved her best time of 15.08 at the Horizon League Championships in the 100m hurdles, placing third ... placed second in the 400m hurdles at the league championships with her season-best time of 1:03.25.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology, minoring in pre-physical therapy ... sister-in-law, Samantha Cohen-Slamka, competes for the U.S. National Track and Field team ... born May 7, 1984.

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