Cate DeSousa
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TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)
2024 Cross Country
• Competed at the ACC Cross Country Championships in Cary, N.C.
• Finished 8th at the Panorama Farms Invitational with a personal best of 20:50.5 over 6k, rounding out the scoring 5 for Virginia
• Placed 92nd at the Nuttycombe Invitational, helping the team to an 11th overall finish
• Finished ninth at the Virginia Invitational, running a 7-second PR from last year’s race
• Placed fourth at the Spider Alumni Open, clocking in at 13:45.7 over 4k
2024 Outdoor
• Recorded a personal best in the 800m (2:11.69) taking fifth place at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Finished third in the 4x400m relay at the Virginia Grand Prix
• Took eighth place in the 800m at the Virginia High Performance
• Competed in the 1500m at Raleigh Relays
• Ran a personal best of 4:32.36 in the 1500m at the Virginia Opener
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Indoor
• Competed in both the 3000m and mile at the ACC Indoor Championships, running a personal best in the 3000m
• Ran the mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge, taking home third
• Competed in the 1000m and mile at the Penn State National Open
• Opened the 2024 season by helping Virginia to a first-place finish in the DMR at the Virginia Tech Invitational
2023 Cross Country
• Made her Virginia debut at the Spider Alumni Open
• Placed 70th at the Virginia Invitational with a 5k time of 17:23.0
• Finished 77th at the XC23 Pre-National meet
• Placed 77th at the ACC Cross Country Championships where the Cavaliers finished third as a team
• Finished 53rd at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships
• Named to the 2023 All-ACC Academic Cross Country team
Background
• First at NJSIAA Group of Championships in the 800m
• Fourth in 800m at NJSIAA Meet of Champions with a time of 2:11.60
• 3200m champion at NJSIAA Meet of Champions running 10:16.20
• Competed in the 3000m and two-mile, at the 2023 New Balance Indoor Nationals
Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences at UVA