2011 Women's Cross Country Roster

Kacee Houle

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lone Peak HS
  • Hometown Cedar Hills, Utah

Biography

Outdoor Track and Field 2012: Finished in third place in the 1,500m at the Southern Invitational...Placed sixth in the Georgia Intercollegiate 5,000m race...Won the 10K in 38:13.62 at the UGA Relay...Third place finisher in the 5,000m at the Yellow Jacket Invite...Fourth place finisher in the steeplechase and competitor in the 1,500m at the Mississippi Open...Ran in the invitational heat of the 5,000m to place 11th at the War Eagle Invite...Finished eighth in the steeplechase at the CAA Championships, one of four women to score for GSU in the event.

Indoor Track and Field 2012: Ran in the 3,000m at the UAB Blazer Invite...Finished ninth in the 3,000m at the Birmingham Invitational with a time of 10:34.26...Competed in the 3,000m at the Vulcan Invite, registering a time of 10:24.93...Finished eighth in the mile at the Sewanee Invite.


Cross Country 2011: Finished the UGA Invite 26th overall (20th in team scoring) with a time of 19:11.00...Contributed a 25th overall finish to a team victory at the Auburn Invite, running the 4K course in a time of 15:56.4...Placed 13th at the GSU Invite with a 6K time of 23:27...Ran a 23:16 at the 6K Paul Short Run, finishing 203rd overall and fourth on the team...Finished fourth overall with a time of 24:06.3 in the team victory...Placed 6th overall after running 19:49.66 at the Coach "O" Invite...Placed 24th at the CAA Championship with a time of 23:31...Finished 113th overall at the NCAA South Regional meet, with a time of 23:12.9.


Outdoor Track and Field 2011: Steady competitor for the Panthers who competed in six meets...Performed well in the 5,000m at the Gem of the Hills Invitational, placing second out of 24 runners...Ran the same event in the War Eagle Invitational and garnered a fifth place finish out of 34 participants with a season-best time of 18:19.24...Also ran the 5,000 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational...Placed sixth out of 16 competitors in the 3,000m steeplechase at the CAA Championships, earning the team three points...Additionally ran the steeplechase at the Mississippi Open and the Georgia Intercollegiate...Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2011 semester.


Indoor Track and Field 2011: Four-meet participant...Ran the 5,000m at the Mountaineer Open and finished fifth with a time of 19:18.99...Also ran at the New Balance Collegiate and Penn State National Invites...Placed sixth in the 3,000m at the Clemson Invitational with a 10:59.73 mark...Participated in the mile at the Mountaineer Open.


Cross Country 2010: Competed in seven meets during first season with the program...Started off career with an eighth-place showing out of 53 runners at the Struts JSU Opener 4K (14:43)...Followed up that performance with a fourth-place finish out of 63 runners at the GSU Invitational 5K (20:52.74)...Season-best 5K time came at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational, running an 18:59.1...Also recorded 5K times of 19:01.83 at the Clemson Cross Country Invitational and 19:18.2 at the Blue Ridge Open...Concluded season with a time of 23.48 at the 6K CAA Championship...Named to the Dean’s List during the fall semester.


Outdoor Track and Field 2010 (Utah): Redshirted the outdoor season.


Indoor Track and Field 2010 (Utah): Ran the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:40.90 at the Bengal Shoot Out...Improved 3,000m time at the Bronco Invitational (10:58.65)...Ran a time of 11:01.71 in the 3,000m at the Mountain State Games.


Cross Country 2009 (Utah): Competed in three meets for the University of Utah...Finished 22nd at the Utah State Open with a time of 18:31.00...Finished 40th at the Bob Firman Invitational with a time of 20:03.87...Finished 24th at the WAC Preview Invitational with a time of 22:31.


Cross Country 2008 (Paradise Valley C.C): Placed 28th in the NJCAA Cross Country Nationals 5K with a time of 18:50...Placed 10th at the NJCAA Track and Field Indoor 3,000-meter run (11:03)...Earned a third-place finish at the NJCAA Track and Field Outdoor meet in the 3,000 steeplechase, earning All-American honors.


Prep: Graduated from Lone Peak High School in the spring of 2008...Earned four letters in track and field, three in cross country and two in basketball...Two-time All-State in cross country and track and field...Three-time region champ in cross country and the 3,200m run in track and field...Earned first place at the West Region Junior Olympics and eighth place at the National Junior Olympics (18:23)...Placed sixth in the Utah State Class 5A 3,200m run with a time of 11:16.13 and 10th in the 1,600m run with a time of 5:14.93...Cross country team captain for four years...Six-time MVP on high school track and field team...Earned academic all-region honors...Was a member of the National Honors Society and Youth City Council...Also played point guard on Lone Peak’s basketball team.


Personal: Kacee Hildebrandt Houle was born on March 29, 1990…Parents are Konrad and DeAnna Hildebrandt...Married Nate Houle in June 2011...Has an older brother, Rhett, and a younger brother, Shea...Has two younger sisters, Jasmyn and Aisha...Dad played baseball at Rick’s College...Enjoys reading, hiking, canyoneering and making cards...Majoring in psychology.


Personal Bests


Race Time Place Distance Year
Charlotte Invite 18:59.1 64th 5K 2010
Clemson Invite 19:01.83 25th 5K 2010
UGA Invite 19:11.0 26th 5K 2011
NCAA South Regional 22:51.39 116th 6K 2010
NCAA South Regional 23:12.9 113th 6K 2011
Paul Short Run 23:16 203rd 6K 2011

Historical Player Information

  • 2010Junior

    5'4"
  • 2011Senior

    5'4"