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2018 Men's Track and Field Roster

Tanner Cate

  • POSITION Mid-Distance, Distance
  • HEIGHT 5-11
  • CLASS Junior
  • HOMETOWN Fremont, Neb.
  • HIGHSCHOOL Fremont HS

Biography

General Business major … Veteran who is returning full-time to cross country after focusing mostly on track and field in 2016-17 … Ran cross country for the Eagles in the two seasons before that … Has relay experience and has shown good speed at a variety of distances … Has personal-best times of 30:35 in 8,000-meter cross country, 4:50.96 in the mile, 4:28.45 in the 1,500 meters,  1:57.95 in the 800 meters, 1:23.72 in the 600 meters and 52.08 seconds in the 400 meters … 2017-18: Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall and spring semesters) …Competed in one cross country meet, the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational, and finished the 8,000 meters in 35:01.3 … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Posted top 600-yard time of 1:19.47 in the Central Oklahoma Invitational in Norman … During outdoor track season, competed in four meets … Best 800 time of season was 2:05.46 in the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational … In the Great American Conference Championships in Magnolia, Ark., placed 25th in the 800 in 2:08.14 … 2016-17: Ran in only one cross country meet, the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, finishing the 8,000 meters in 30:59.9 … In indoor track, competed in the 600 meters, 800 meters and mile … Best 600 time was 1:23.72 in the Nebraska Tune-Up … Ran a season-best 1:59.92 in the 800 in the Dunamis Sports Group Indoor Classic in Frisco, Texas … Top mile time was 4:50.96 in the Missouri Southern Open … During outdoor season, ran at events from 400 to 1,500 meters … Posted career-best 400 time of 52.08 seconds in Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Classic … Another career-best time, 4:28.45 in the 1,500, came at the Friends Invitational … Ran a career-best 800-meter time of 1:57.95 in the Great American Conference Championships in Searcy, Ark. … 2015-16: Did not compete in any cross country events … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference list for track and field … In indoor track, competed in just one meet, the Oklahoma Baptist Indoor-Outdoor Invitational, running a career-best time of 54.22 seconds in the 400 meters … Improved that 400 time in OC’s first outdoor meet of 2016, the Southwestern (Kan.) Invitational, with a 54.17-second clocking … Also ran in 800-meter events during the outdoor season, with a top time of 2:05.07 in Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Classic … 2014-15: Ran in three cross country meets … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … Made collegiate debut in the Central Oklahoma Land Run, finishing the 4-mile race in 23:24.8 to place 38th … In Missouri Southern Stampede, posted time of 30:35 to place 148th … Final meet of freshman season was the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, in which he placed 61st with time of 31:07.8 … Did not compete during indoor track season … During outdoor track season, focused primarily on the 800 meters and on relay teams … Top 800-meter time was 2:00.13 in the season-ending Southwestern Relays … Ran anchor leg on 4x400-meter relay team in the Oklahoma Baptist Open, finishing in 3:32.94 … Ran leadoff leg on 4x800-meter relay team in Kansas Relays that posted time of 8:16.10 … Also ran in the 1,500 meters in the Southwestern Invitational, finishing in 4:41.33 … Previous school: Standout runner at Fremont High School … Ran the anchor leg for Fremont’s 4x800-meter relay team, which won the 2014 Nebraska Class A crown with a time of 7:52.38 … Also finished 12th in the open 800 meters at the state meet as a senior.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Mid-Distance, Distance
    5'11"
  • 2016Sophomore

    Mid-Distance, Distance
    5'11"
  • 2017Junior

    Mid-Distance, Distance
    5'11"
  • 2018Junior

    Mid-Distance, Distance
    5'11"