2016 Women's Cross Country Roster

Kathryn Lazarchick

Kathryn Lazarchick

  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    UMS-Wright Prep School
  • Hometown:
    Mobile, Ala.
Career Results

Career Honors
2017 Second Team All-ACC (Indoor Mile)

Outdoor Personal Bests
400m -- 59.62 -- 2015 Wake Forest Open
800m -- 2:09.30 -- 2016 Virginia Challenge
1,500m -- 4:20.83 -- 2017 Stanford Invitational

Indoor Personal Bests
800m -- 2:13.26 -- 2014 Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite
1,000m -- 2:57.53 -- 2013 JDL College Kick-off Classic
Mile -- 4:41.86 -- 2017 ACC Championships
3000m -- 9:41.44 -- 2017 Virginia Tech Invitational

2017 Outdoor
Ran in five outdoor meets...Capped her season with a 20th-place finish in the 1500m at the NCAA East Preliminaries...Took seventh at the ACC Championships in the 1500...Set a career-best time of 4:20.83 at the Stanford Invitational, where she finished ninth...Recorded a sixth-place finish at the Raleigh Relays and eighth place at the Virginia Challenge in the 1500m.

2016-17 Indoor
Competed at seven indoor meets...Earned a fourth-place finish at the ACC Championships in the mile with a career-best time of 4:41.86...Won her first-ever 3000m event at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 9:41.44...Earned five top-five finishes on the season.

2016 Outdoor
Appeared at eight meets on the season ... Scored for the Demon Deacons with a seventh-place showing in the 1,500m at the ACC Championships before coming in 36th at the NCAA East Prelims ... Set a personal record at the conference meet with a time of 4:21.14, the sixth-best time ever by a Deacon ... Won the 1,500m at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 4:21.53 ... Had three top-five finishes in the 800m, including a title at the Wake Forest Open, and set a personal record with a time of 2:09.30 to place 14th at the Virginia Challenge.

2015-16 Indoor
Competed at five meets, finishing the season by scoring for Wake Forest at the ACC Championships with a seventh-place finish in the mile ... Recorded a personal-record mile time of 4:43.73 at the conference meet ... Finished second in the mile at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet and the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... Helped the Deacs to distance medley and 4x800m relay titles in the regular season.

2015 Outdoor
Took part in eight meets, setting new career marks in the 400m, 800m and 1,500m ... Won the Wake Forest Open's 800m with a career mark of 2:10.08 ... Also won the 800m at the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational with a 2:11.02 time ... Career-best time of 4:23.26 in the 1,500m was recorded at the Virginia Challenge ... Debuted in the 400m with a 59.62 at the Wake Forest Open.

2014-15 Indoor
Competed in four meets with a focus on the mile ... Also appeared in the distance medley relay and the 800m ... Logged a career-best mile time of 4:56.48 at the Virginia Tech Challenge.

2014 Outdoor
Competed at four meets ... Took second in the 1,500m with a 4:33.83 time at the Wake Forest Open and won the High Point VertKlasse Meeting with a time of 4:36.22 ... Best time of the season was 4:29.35, good for a 20th-place finish at the ACC Championships ... Also had a season-best in the 800m at the conference meet with a 2:11.30.

2013-14 Indoor
Competed in seven meets in five different events ... Won the mile with a time of 5:03.93 at the Hilton Garden Innvitational ... Took second at the same meet in the 800m with a 2:14.95 time ... Notched a 2:57.53 time in her lone showing in the 1,000m at the JDL College Kick-Off Classic to take first place.

High School

A 2013 graduate of UMS-Wright Preparatory School in Mobile, Ala. ... Earned varsity letters in cross country and track from seventh grade through her senior year ... Won a total of 21 individual state titles and 11 team state titles during her prep career ... Team titles include five in outdoor track from 2008-13, four in cross country from 2010-12 and two in indoor track in 2012 and 2013 ... Individual state titles in track include four times in the outdoor 800m and twice in the indoor 800m, three times in the outdoor 1,600m and twice in the indoor 1,600m, twice in the outdoor 3,200m and twice in the indoor 3,200m ... Two-time individual state champion in cross country ... Won two state titles as a member of the 4x800m relay team and two titles on the 4x400m relay team ... Five-time all-state and all-county runner in cross country and track from eighth grade to her senior year ... Named the All-State Sugar Bowl Classic Most Outstanding Performer in 2013 and the Azalea City Runner-Up Athlete of the Year ... Named to the Press Register Super Seven for cross country three straight seasons from 2010-12 ... Named runner of the year for cross country as a junior and a senior and runner of the year for track and field as a senior ... Three-time team MVP for track and two-time team MVP in cross country ... Received the Becca Montgomery Award for scoring the most points on the team throughout the season for her junior and senior seasons ... Regularly scored on average 35-40 points for her team in indoor and outdoor track out of a possible 40 points. 

Personal
Full name is Kathryn Elizabeth Lazarchick ... Daughter of Dr. John and Blythe Lazarchick ... Father is a 1982 Wake Forest grad ... Older sister, Lindsay, also a Wake Forest student ... Twin sister, Kristen, attends UC-San Diego ... Born Oct. 27, 1994 in Pensacola, Fla. ... Plans to major in biology with a pre-med track ... Member of the National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National History Honor Society, Quill and Scroll and Mu Alpha Theta honorary ... Graduated Cum Laude ... Served as editor of high school paper, the Crimson and Grey ... Member of high school's show choir, Center Stage.
Matt Barrie SportsCenter at Wake Forest with Demond Claiborne
Wednesday, September 10
Matt Barrie SportsCenter on Wake Forest Campus (Arnold Palmer Complex)
Wednesday, September 10
Football Media Availability (9/9/25)
Wednesday, September 10
Wake Forest Football vs Western Carolina | Cinematic Recap
Tuesday, September 09