Katie Martin

Katie Martin breaks the women's 400m hurdles school record

Women's 4x400m relay team huddles after taking third at the ACC Indoor Championships

Photo by: Karthik Kalvakuri | Louisville Athletics

Katie Martin runs the 400m at the Joe Walker Invitational

Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Hillcrest Christian
Hometown:
Jackson, Miss.
Prev School:
Mississippi State

Katie Martin TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-American, 400m Hurdles (2022)
• ACC Outdoor Silver Medalist, 400m Hurdles (2022, 2023)
• ACC Indoor Bronze Medalist, 4x400m Relay (2023)
• All-ACC Outdoor First Team, 400m Hurdles (2022, 2023)
• All-ACC Indoor Second Team, 4x400m Relay (2023)

2022-23
Indoor:
• Competed in six meets in the 200m, 300m, 400m, and 4x400m relay
• Helped earn bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the ACC Indoor Championships in a school-record time of 3:37.71
• Earned personal bests of 55.05 in the 400m at the ACC Indoor Championships and 24.97 in the 200m at the Meyo Invitational

Outdoor:
• Competed in seven meets in the 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay
• Qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminaries in the 400m hurdles, where she lowered her own school record to 57.22
• Also tied the school record of 53.93 in the 400m at the Clark Wood Invitational, while anchoring the 4x400m relay to a record time of 3:40.99 at the same event
• Finished as the runner-up in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships for the second consecutive season
• Clocked six of the top seven times in Louisville history in the 400m hurdles this season

2021-22
Indoor:
• Competed in six meets in the 500m, 400m, 200m and the 4x400 relay
• Opened the season with a third place showing at the Louisville Cardinal Classic with a 500m time of 1:15.12
• Ran a personal-best 500m of 1:1.47 for a runner-up finish at the UAB Blazer Invitational
• Clocked a personal-best 200m time of 25.09 to finish eighth in the Lenny Lyles Invitational
• Ran a personal-best time of 55.71 in the ACC Indoor Championships
• Helped the Cardinals to a pair of runner-up finishes in the 4x400m relay at the Hokie Invitational and the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational

Outdoor:
• Earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-America honors after finishing 15^th in the 400m hurdles
• Placed 12^th in the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round
• Finished second in the ACC Outdoor Championships with a personal-best 400m hurdle tie of 57.57
• Competed in eight total meets in the 400m hurdles, 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay
• Posted seven top-three finishes
• Clocked a personal best 200m time of 24.41to finish fifth at the Louisville Invitational
• Ran a career-best 400m time of 54.93 in a third-place finish at the Louisville Invitational
• Helped Louisville win the 4x400m relay at the Clark Wood Invitational

Mississippi State Honors:
• Competed in the 400m hurdle at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, where she set a personal-best time of 59.41
• Placed seventh in 400m hurdles at the 2021 Florida Relays.
• Finished 13th in 400m hurdles at the 2021 SEC Championship.

Prep/High School Honors:
• Awarded the Wendy’s High School Heisman her senior year
• Finished runner up in the 100m hurdles 300m hurdles and at the state championship her junior and senior year.
• Competed at the USATF Junior Olympics three-times in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles
• Played basketball and was named a MAIS All-Star, winning state in basketball