Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2015 [Sophomore]: Named to Southern States Athletic Conference All-Conference Team ... ran in all seven events for AUM ... began the season with a personal best in the 4k at the Mississippi College Season Opener with a time of 17:38:00 and a 19th-place finish on Sept. 4 ... set a personal best in the 5k at the Sand Shark Invitational on Oct. 24 with a time of 20:14:54.

2014 [Freshman]: Ran in all nine events … opened her collegiate career with a 4K time of 18:11.59 at the Struts Season Opener on Aug. 29, which was good enough for a third-place finish on the team … posted a top-20 finish at the Panther Invite on Oct. 11, finishing 19th with a time of 22:04.02 …  closed the season by setting her two best times, posting a time of 21:21.44 at the SSAC Championship on Nov. 8, while posting her best time of 21:14.37 at the Sand Shark Invitational on Oct. 25 … was a member of the Athletics Director Honor Roll during both semesters.

Prep: Attended Smiths Station High School in Smiths Station, Ala. … competed four years in cross country and track and field for coaches Ron Peters, Cassidy Stecenko and Tim Loreman … was selected the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer’s All-Bi-City Cross Country Runner of the Year as a senior … posted a personal-best 5K time of 20:32 at the Alabama High School Athletic Association State Class 6A Cross Country Championship … finished third at the sectional meet and had four top-10 finishes her final season ... helped the Lady Panthers to a 10th-place finish at the state meet.

Personal: Full name is Katelynn Rene’ Joy Burns … was born May 14, 1996 … is the daughter of Tim and Tricia Burns … has three brothers and two sisters … is majoring in speech pathology.