Catherine Xie
Catherine Xie
  • Height:
    5'2"
  • Year:
    2019
  • Hometown:
    Newton, Mass.
  • High School:
    Newton North
  • Major:
    Biochemistry & French

Bio

Link to TFFRS.org Career Statistics

Collegiate Personal Records:

  • 5K (XC) - 20:59.4: 2015 NEWMAC Championships
  • 6K (XC) - 24:57.4: 2016 Seven Sisters Championship

2018: Participated in four events as a senior for the Blue...finished with a season-best 5K time of 51:52.5 in the Wellesley College Invitational...ran a season-best 6K time at the Seven Sisters Championship with a time of 25:49.2.

2017: Opened her junior season with a 26th place finish at the Wellesley Invitational (21:55.6)... followed-up with a season-best 5K time of 21:52.2 at the Super XC Shootout at Pineland Farms... posted a season-best 6K mark at the Purple Valley XC Invite (27:03.2).

2016: Ran to a time of 22:38.6 at the Roger Williams Invitational... finished in 26:07.8 in her first 6K of the season at the Bowdoin Invitational... posted a season-best 5K time at the NEICAA Championship (21:20.7)... followed that with a career-best 6K performance at the Seven Sisters Championship, placing 41st in 24:57.4... capped the season at the NEWMAC Championships (21:48.0).

2015: Opened the season with a time of 22:36.1 (5K) at the Roger Williams Invitational... improved her time the next week with a mark of 22:20.8 at the Bates Super XC Shootout... finished her first 6K of the season in 27:57.6 at the Roy Griak Invitational... recorded back-to-back 5K PRs at the NEICAAA Championships (21:21.7) and then the NEWMAC Championships (20:59.4). 

Before Wellesley: Attended Newton North High School... graduated in 2015... was on varsity cross country and indoor/outdoor track all four years... was captain of cross country senior year... competed in MA All-State Cross Country Finals sophomore and senior year... awarded in national French and Latin exams... participated in the National Piano-Playing Auditions.

Personal: Daughter of Yan Pan and Minjie Xie... born in Montreal, Canada... older sister Christie Xie attended Babson College... chose to attend Wellesley because of the academic rigor and supportive community... bilingual (English and Mandarin Chinese)... received the Carlo François Prize for Excellence in French... studied abroad in Grenoble, France...served on SAAC... was co-president of Girl Up.