2023-2024: Cross Country – 2023 was a breakout season for Katelyn on the XC course. She ran in all 6 XC meets on the season for the Wildcats – finishing in the top 4 finishers for ACU in all 6 meets. She finished the season on a roll as she was ACU’s top finisher in the three final meets of the year: finishing 3rd in the Naimadu Classic with a new 6K PR time of 22:26; 36th in the WAC Championship held at ACU’s Zoe Park course (and finishing 61 places higher than the previous year), and 81st at the South Central Region meet in Fayetteville, the only ACU female runner to finish in the top half of the field. Indoors – competed in 4 meets, getting 2nd in the Grand Valley State Holiday Open 5K in an indoor PR time of 18:04.57; finishing 2nd in the Charlie Thomas Invitational 5K in College Station; and finished the indoor season by placing  9th in the 5K and 26th in the 10K at the WAC Championships. Outdoors - Katelyn ran in 5 meets. Started the season by finishing 4th in the 5K the Wes Kittley Invitational at Elmer Gray Stadium in a PR time of 17:43.72. That was followed by a 9th place finish in the Texas Relays 10K in a PR of 38:04.87 and finished the season at the WAC Championships by placing 9th in the 10K and 22nd in the 5K.
 

2022-2023: Cross Country – ran in 3 XC meets this season, including a finish of 97th place in the WAC Championship meet in Nacogdoches. Indoors – Finished 13th in the Pittsburg State Inv 5K – did not compete in the WAC meet indoors. Outdoors – competed in 5 meets for ACU, highlighted by a 10th place finish in the North Texas Classic 1500 and 13th place in the Michael Johnson Inv 5K at Baylor. She did not compete at the WAC outdoor championship meet.

2021-2022: Cross Country – Ran in 5 XC meets for ACU during the season and finished 80th in the WAC championship in Riverside, CA. Indoors – finished 10th in the Texas Tech Open 3K, but did not compete in the WAC championship. Outdoors – competed in 7 meets for ACU, but did not compete in the WAC championship. She placed 8th in the Carl Kight Inv 5k in Nacogdoches with a then-PR time of 18:26.06, 4th in the Oliver Jackson Twilight steeplechase and 5th in the Wes Kittley Inv steeplechase and 1500.

Before ACU: Katelyn ran at the Texas State XC meet all four years of HS, culminating as she placed 15th in the TX 3A XC meet in 2020 during her HS senior year, helping pace the team to the 3A state championship. She was team captain and a district competitor on the Lago Vista tennis team. She also competed at the UIL Academic Championships in multiple events.

Personal: Katelyn graduated as salutatorian from Lago Vista HS in 2021. She was also a member of the National Honor Society, an AP Scholar, and received the AP Capstone Diploma. She also was named the Lago Vista Student of the year in 2021 in both Spanish and Math.  She received the Lago Vista Women’s Club Scholarship and the Lago Vista Lion’s Club Scholarship. Her parents are Peter and Nancy Coldicott. Katelyn has 2 sisters, Leah and Grace – Leah is a current ACU student. Katelyn is Marketing major at ACU, as well as a Presidential Scholar and a Tolleson Scholar in COBA. She has been on the Dean’s List every semester at ACU. Katelyn is also active in the not-for-profit organization, Simple Charity, at ACU; the Lake Travis Music Theatre; and Pine Cove Camps in the summer. 

Why did you choose ACU? I chose ACU because of the small school environment and the wonderful people. I love how caring and kind the people are at ACU. I also love that the business programs are high quality and have small class sizes.