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Kate Jortberg

Kate Jortberg - Women's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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Major Industrial Engineering
Hometown Glenview, Ill.
Last School University of Wisconsin
Year Senior
Kate Jortberg - Women's Cross Country - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Kate Jortberg Career Stats

2024 Outdoor: Competed in six meets … ACC Championship participant … Record a fifth-place finish at the ACC Championships in the 10,000m (34:16.53) … Recorded a seventh-place finish and PR in the 10,000m (33:57.66) at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Recorded an eighth-place finish and PR in the 1500m (4:27.62) at the Georgia Tech Invitational  

2024 Indoor: Competed in two meets … ACC Championship participant … Recorded a third-place finish in the 5000m (16:39.54) at the Music City Challenge … At the ACC Championship, competed in the 5000m and finished with a time of (16:39.54) 

2023 Cross Country: Competed in four meets … NCAA South Cross Country Championships participant … At the NCAA Cross Country Championships recorded a PR in the 6k (20:14.4) 

2023 Outdoor: Did not compete 

2023 Indoor: Competed in three meets … ACC Championship participant … PR’d in the 3000m (9:51.20) at the Bob Pollock Invitational … at the ACC Championships, competed in the 5000m and finished with a time of (17:25.02) 

2022 Cross Country: Competed in six meets … NCAA South Cross Country Championships participant … Earned a third-place finish at the Berry Watermelon Run in the 6k (22:15.3) … At the North Alabama Showcase, PR’d in the 5k (17:26.9) … At the NCAA Cross Country Championships finished competed in the 6k finishing with a time of (20:29.6) 

Previous Schools: Member of cross country and track & field teams at the University of Wisconsin … 2021-22 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Attended Glenbrook South High School … Member of the cross country and track & field teams for four seasons … 2018 Central Suburban League Conference Champion (3200m) … 2019 Central Suburban League Cross Country Conference Champion … MVP for Glenbrook South Cross Country (2017-2019) … 3A Cross Country All-State Illinois High School Association (2017-2019) … Most decorated cross country runner in Glenbrook South history … Named Glenbrook Scholar for graduating with a GPA of 4.5 or above … 2020 National AP Scholar

Personal: Picked Tech because of genuinely supportive team culture and coaches, the industrial engineering program has been ranked No. 1 for the past 27 years and the students push each other and are extremely inventive … Enjoys cooking, reading, listening to podcasts and walking her dog

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