2008-09 Cross Country & Track and Field Roster

Katarina Lovrantova

  • Position Distance
  • Height 0-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Banska, Slovakia
  • High School Gymnasium J.G. Tajouskehe

Biography

 

2008 Indoor and Outdoor Track Seasons:  Redshirted...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.

 

2007 Cross Country Season:  Helped lead the Trojans to second place at the Sun Belt Championships earning All-Sun Belt honors with a  fourth place finish in the 5K with a time of 18:06.55...Recorded season high in the 5K at the Brooks Memphis Twilight Invitational placing fifth out of 341 runners with a time of 18:05.06...Recorded career and season high in the 6K at the NCAA South Central Regional placing 31st out of 120 runners with a time of 22:06.1 ranking her fifth in UALR career records...Recorded highest finish at the Arkansas Tech Twilight Run 4K winning the event with a time of 11:07.70 and earning Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week honors...Placed second at the UALR Open 5K with a time of 18:11.14. 

 

2007 Outdoor Track Season:  Recorded season best in the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Championships placing sixth in 39:41.11 ranking here fifth in UALR career records...Recorded season best in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the SBC Championships placing fouth in 11:08.52...Recorded season best in the 1,500 meters at the Rhodes College Open placing fifth in 4:43.48...Recorded highest finish in the 1,500 meters at the Warhawk Classic placing third in 4:49.21...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.

 

2007 Indoor Track Season:  Competed in the 4x800 relay team as third leg with the team winning the event at the ASU Kickoff Klassic in 9:45.37 ranking them first in UALR career records.

 

2006 Cross Country Season:  Competed in three meets over the season...Recorded highest finish at Arkansas State Invitational placing first with a time of 14:42.96 over the 4K course and leading her team to a first place finish...Placed third at the UALR Open running the 5K course in a time of 19:19.42 and leading her team to a first place finish...Recorded season best in the 5K at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 19:17.62.  

 

2006 Outdoor Track Season:  Set two personal records at the Sun Belt Conference Meet winning the 1500 meters in 4:37.98 ranking her eighth in UALR Top Ten Performances and second in the Sun Belt and winning the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:02.62 ranking her third in UALR Top Ten Performances and first in the Sun Belt...Set personal record in the 800 meters at the Ted Lloyd Invitational winning the event in 2:15.22 ranking her eighth in UALR Top  Ten Performances and seventh in the SBC...Placed first at the TCU Invitational in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:20.18 and at the Arkansas State High Performance and Opportunity Meet in the 1500 meters in 4:54.34 setting the new stadium record.

 

2006 Indoor Track Season:  Won three events and placed in the top five in all but one race this season...At the ASU Kickoff Klassic, won the mile in 5:00.38 and won the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:16.21 ranking her fifth in UALR Indoor Track Records and third in the SBC...The two time SBC Women’s Track Performer of the Week won the mile at the Saluki Booster in 4:57.85 ranking her fourth in UALR Indoor Track Records and first in the SBC...At the Sun Belt Conference Meet, placed second in both the mile (5:02.63) and the 3,000 meters (10:18.77)...At the same meet, placed fourth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:05.40 ranking her fourth in UALR Indoor Track Records...Competed in the Iowa State Classic and finished the mile in 4:59.83.

 

2005 Cross Country Season:  Top Trojan finisher in three meets with highest place being first at the SAU Cross Country Meet with a time of 17:10 over 4,780 meters and leading team to a first place finish...Earned Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week honors after SAU performance...Placed second at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in a time of 17:46.32 over the 5K course helping her team to a first place finish...This time ranks her first in UALR 5,000 meter records...Recorded a time of 19:06.18 at the UALR Open placing seventh and helping lead her team to a first place finish...Competed at the Memphis Twilight Cross Country Meet finishing ninth with a time of 17:38.53 and the Chile Pepper Invitational finishing in 22:18.3 which now ranks her sixth in UALR 6,000 meter records.

 

2005 Outdoor Season:  Redshirted.

 

2004-05 Indoor Season: Opened the season with a win in the 5,000 meters at the ASU Kick-off Klassic in 18:26.75.

 

2004 Cross Country Season: Earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors by finishing second at the conference championship meet, taking the 5,000-meter course in 18:47.2 and leading UALR to a second-place team finish...Ran a 22:48 at the NCAA South Central Regional at Baylor and placed 62nd overall...Won the 5,000-meter UALR Open with a time of 18:19, outdistancing the second-place finisher by a full 10 seconds...Performance earned her Sun Belt Performer of the Week award for the second time of the season...At the Saluki Invitational, placed 11th in the 5K race in 18:21.58...Began her collegiate career with a third-place finish at the Memphis Twilight Classic, recording a 17:09.01 over three miles...Led UALR to a sixth-place finish in a field of 16 teams.

 

High School: Won multiple junior and senior Slovakian national championships...Won both the senior 1,500 and 3,000 meters in 2001 and '02...Also the 2002 and 2004 senior 3,000-meter steeplechase national champ...Placed third in the national championship 5K cross country race in 2004...As a junior, won national titles in cross country (2001, '02) and duathlon (2004), and junior world championships in triathlon and duathlon in 2004...Member of European Cup teams in 2001 and '03...Best times include 18:04 in the 5K...11:00 in the 3,000 steeplechase...2:16 in the 800 and 4:36 in the 1,500 meters...Earned a 4.0 grade point average in high school and won national academic competitions in Slovak language and rhetoric.

 

Personal: Born April 7, 1985, in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia...Daughter of Marcela Lovrantova...Majoring in Business.

 

 

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