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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kate Linstedt

  • Height 5-9
  • Events Distance
  • Hometown Fort Collins, Colo.
  • High School Rocky Mountain
  • Indoor Yr. Redshirt Junior
  • Outdoor Yr. R-Jr..

Biography



CMU Cross Country Bio Page
TFRRS Career Results Page


Overall Career Honors
  • NCAA Championship Qualifier (2024 XC)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2024 XC)
  • First Team RMAC All-Academic (2023 XC)
  • 6x RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
2025 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Selected to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll… Ran in four meets, contesting three different distances… Qualified for and placed 17th in the 10,000 meters at the RMAC Championships with a season-best time of 38:43.48… Ranks seventh in program history with that time… Posted a 5K time of 19:14.44 to finish fourth at the Dr. Dan Caprioglio Early Bird… Finished the 1,500 meters in 4:56.13 at the Maverick Invitational.

2024-25 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore): Named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll… Ran the mile at two meets.. Posted a season-best time of 5:27.17 at the Colorado Invitational.

2024 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman): Ran the 5,000 meters at three meets… Won the event with a season-best time of 18:53.10 at the Maverick Invite & Multi… Was a RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023-24 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman): Won her lone race of the season, posting a 3,000-meter time of 11:28.48 at the Big Red Machine Open… Named to the RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23 (Freshman): Redshirted during both the indoor and outdoor seasons… Did compete unattached during the outdoor season, running the 5K in 20:06.84 at the Maverick Invite.

Prep: 2022 graduate of Rocky Mountain High School… Ran for the Lobos and Coach John Prashun… Set track PRs of 2:36.10 (800) and 5:43.51 (1600) at the 2022 Front Range League Championships as a senior… Helped the Lobos qualify for the state championship in the 4x800-meter relay… Set a XC PR of 20:14.90 as a senior in the fall of 2021… Was a member of state championship qualifying teams in both 2020 and 2021…Finished 96th (2020) and 108th (2021), individually… Placed 54th at the NXR Southwest Regional at the end of her senior season.

Personal: Is majoring in civil engineering…Intends to pursue a career in civil or environmental engineering with an emphasis on water management… Daughter of Joe and Shawna Linstedt… Has two brothers— Luke and Ben…  Loves to paint, make pottery, climb, hike and be outside whenever possible..

Why I Chose CMU: “I love the location and all of the incredible nature surrounding Grand Junction! The campus size is perfect and the team has already made me feel so welcome.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Redshirt Freshman

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2025-26Redshirt Junior

    Distance
    5'9"