Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame
Katie Reid '15 was an All-America honoree in women's track & field. As a freshman, she finished second in the 800-meter run and helped the 800- and 1600-meter relay teams to second-place finishes as OWU won the NCAC indoor championship. She qualified for the NCAA Division III championship meet in the 800-meter run and won All-America honors with a seventh-place finish after being seeded No. 12. At the NCAC outdoor championship, she won the 400-meter dash in :57.08 and recorded the best time in the prelims of the 800-meter run but was injured during the final and finished ninth. She rebounded to set a school record (2:10.46, still stands) in the 800 at North Central and qualified for the NCAA Division III championship meet. As a sophomore, she won the All-Ohio title in the 800 and helped the 800-meter relay team to a second-place finish. She won the NCAC title in the 800-meter run and helped the 800- and 1600-meter relay teams to second-place finishes, with the 800-meter relay team setting a school record of 1:45.80. At the NCAC outdoor championship, she was named Middle Distance/Distance Performer of the Meet after winning the 800 in an NCAC-record 2:14.78 and anchoring the second-place 1600-meter relay team. She qualified for the NCAA Division III championship meet in the 800. As a junior, she helped the distance medley relay team set a school record with a 12:02.77 at Hillsdale (still stands). She won All-NCAC honors with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash. Outdoors, she won the NCAC title in the 800-meter run and helped the 1600-meter relay team finish second in a school-record 3:54.29. As a senior, she won the 800-meter run at the NCAC championship and helped the 1600-meter relay team set school and NCAC records in 4:00.52 (OWU record still stands). Outdoors at the NCAC championship, she won the 800 in an NCAC-record 2:12.54 and helped the 1600-meter relay team win in an OWU- and NCAC-record 3:53.76 (OWU record still stands). In track & field, she was a 3-time All-Ohio champion (2 individual, 1 relay) and 9-time All-Ohio honoree (4 individual, 5 relay), as well as an 8-time NCAC champion (6 individual, 2 relay) and 16-time All-NCAC honoree (8 individual, 8 relay). The team won 8 NCAC championships (4 indoor, 4 outdoor). She also lettered 4 times in cross country. As a freshman, she placed fourth on the team and 23rd overall as OWU was second at the NCAC championship, then finished third on the team and 68th overall as the Bishops finished ninth of 36 teams at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional. As a sophomore, she was fourth on the team and 28th overall as OWU was fourth at the NCAC championship, then was sixth on team and 125th overall as the Bishops finished 13th at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional. As a junior, she won honorable mention All-NCAC honors with a 17th-place finish at the NCAC championship. She was fifth on the team and 55th overall in 23:18.8 as OWU finished fourth at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional meet and advanced to NCAA Division III championship as a team for second time in school history. She ran fourth on the team and 196th overall at the national championship. Her senior year, she ran third on team and 49th overall at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional, helping OWU to a ninth-place finish. The team finished second in the NCAC in 3 of her 4 seasons and made 1 NCAA national championship appearance.
