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NEW MEXICO:Defending Mountain West Conference champion, NCAA Championship qualifier and school record holder in the javelin...established herself as one of the top Americans in the event last year and could contend for a spot on the national team in the coming years...has thrown over 165 feet twice in her career and surpassed the 160-foot mark 6 times...2-time all-MWC honoree and the first Lobo - man or woman - to earn all-region honors twice in a career...one of New Mexico's several small town standouts, she was a track, basketball and soccer standout at Ruidoso HS (town population 7,698) before coming to UNM...has a redshirt season available.2007: (outdoor) Became the 2nd UNM woman and first since 1997 to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the javelin...finished 16th overall with a throw of 156-07 - 3 feet shy of advancing to the finals...had thrown over 160 feet in 5 straight meets leading up to the NCAA Championships...captured the MWC title in San Diego with a mark of 162-02 to become the first UNM women's conference champ in the event...earned an at-large bid to the national meet after placing 6th (163-02) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Des Moines and recording the 11th-best mark in the nation...was listed as high as 8th in the Trackwire.com national meet projections after breaking former All-American Sarah Nicholson's 11-year-old school record with a throw of 169-10 (51.77m) on April 14 at UTEP...the mark was the 9th-best by an American woman during the spring, ranked 3rd on the MWC all-time list and earned her MWC Athlete of the Week honors for the first time...finished 3rd in the section A competition at the Texas Relays (158-00), defeating Georgia All-Americans Sigrun Fjeldsted and Krista Woodward...also defeated Texas A&M All-American Jessica Wingfield in a win at USC on March 24. 2006: (outdoor) Enjoyed a tremendous rookie season and was at her peak when it mattered most at the end of the year...finished 2nd at the MWC Championships, behind two-time national champion Dana Pounds of Air Force, with a season-best throw of 161-11...finished 7th, four spots higher than her seed, two weeks later at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a mark of 159-07...was one of the last athletes left out of the NCAA javelin competition...improved by nearly 24 feet during the course of the season, bettering her top mark in each of her final three meets...notched 6 top-3 finishes in her 8 competitions...a winner in her collegiate debut at Arizona and again at home at the Don Kirby Invite...Academic All-MWC honoree. HIGH SCHOOL:A 2005 graduate of Ruidoso (N.M.) High School...2-time class 3A javelin champion...also won the discus as a junior...holds school records in both events...PR of 149 feet in the javelin...lettered all four years for head coach Ronny Maskew...an all-state selection in soccer and basketball, and also lettered in volleyball...MVP of the North-South basketball all-star game...National Honor Society member and honors graduate.PERSONAL:Born Sept. 13, 1986 in Lompoc, Calif...age is 21...full name is Katie Ann Coronado...daughter of Robert and Sherrie Coronado...has three siblings, Kyndra (22), Robert Jr. (14) and Denver (13)...majoring in Dental Hygene and go on to a career as an orthodontist. |
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