2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Ed Beach, DU Media Relations
Ed Beach, DU Media Relations

Katie McCune

  • Class Senior
  • High School New Covenant Academy
  • Hometown Springfield, MO

Biography

AT DRURY
Career Highlights

 
2020-21
Cross Country: Finished 7th at the GLVC Championships with a 6-k time of 21:55.7…named All-GLVC…had third place finishes at the GLVC West meet and the GLVC Pod 4 triangular.

2019-20
CC-- Ran a career-best in the 6K at the NCAA Division II Region with a time of 22:47.6 to finish 69th…her time at the regional meet was the sixth best 6-k mark in team history...ran her top 5-K time at the Arkansas Chili Pepper Festival with a time of 18:21.1 to place eighth… Was 11th at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships with a time of 22.49.0 in the 6-K
Track-- competed in five indoor meets...won the mile at the UCM Inv. (5:15.81)...at the GLVC indoor championships, she finished 6th in the 5000 (17:50.40) in the mile, and 7th in the 3000 (10:17.67)...named Academic All-GLVC for the second time in her career.    

2018-19
CC- Came in 2nd place, behind only her sister Claire, in her collegiate cross country debut at Southwest Baptist with a time of 18:51.7...was 12th at the GLVC championship (22:57.5)
Track- did not compete in the indoor track season...came in 3rd in the 1500 in the Wendy's Invitational at Pittsburg St. (4:50.10)....finished 6th in the 10,000 (38:27.5) at the GLVC championship. 

2017-18
CC- Missed the 2017 season with an injury.
Track- Won her first collegiate event with a first place finish in the 3000 meter run at the Missouri Southern Indoor Invitational with a time of 10:56.99...also had a first place finish with the distance medley relay team at Missouri Southern on Feb. 3....participated in four different individual events...shattered Drury's record in the outdoor 3,000 meter run with a time of 10:24.64, breaking the mark by 23 seconds, at Southwest Baptist on April 7...at the GLVC Indoor championship, finished sixth in the 3,000 meter run with a personal best 10:22.11 and was seventh on the distance medley relay relay team...at the GLVC Outdoor championship, came in sixth in the 5000 meter run with a time of 18:31.83...named to GLVC All-Academic team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Qualified for the state cross country meet three times during her high school career finishing 7th, 2nd, and 3rd overall with a high school personal best of 18:44...helped her team to 3rd place and 2nd place finishes in the last two years and a team state title her senior cross country season. ...had just as much success in track & field qualifying for the Missouri state meet all four years and running in a combined 12 events....finished in the top eight 12 times and the state championship meet...in 2017, she placed 6th in the 800 meters (2:24), 2nd in the 1600 meters (5:08), and 3rd in the 3200 meters (11:30). 

PERSONAL
Grant and Laura McCune...Major is Management

KATIE'S FAVORITES
Favorite Class: Anatomy and Physiology
Hobbies: Being outside, swimming
Favorite website or app: Strava
Athlete you admire most: Collin Quigley
Person that most inspires you: My parents
Best moment you've had as an athlete: Helping Drury become ranked nationally for the first time ever as a team in the 2018 cross country season

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior