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2025-26 Women's Cross Country / Track & Field Roster

Kate Tugman

  • Hometown Gorham, ME
  • High School Gorham
  • Last School Florida State / UCLA
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Psychology MA
  • Position Distance Runner
  • Height 5-3

Biography

GET TO KNOW KATE:

  • Favorite athlete? Emma Coburn
  • Favorite food? Pasta
  • Favorite sports memory? Placing second my senior year in the 2 mile at New England’s only 45 minutes after placing fourth in the mile and qualifying for Nationals in both events!
  • Nickname? Kate
  • Hobbies outside of sports? Reading, writing, drawing, and playing with my cats
  • Career goals? Qualifying for Regionals in the Steeplechase
  • Person I would most like to meet and why? Tom Holland because I love him and Spider-Man
  • Interesting things/facts about you? I can touch my nose with my tongue
  • After Iona I plan on? Getting my PhD, moving to Manhattan, and applying for the FBI
  • Person/people I admire most and why? My moms because they are the strongest people I know!
  • Biggest accomplishment in life so far? Graduating college from UCLA
  • Pregame rituals? Oatmeal with spray butter and brown sugar for breakfast, listening to music (specifically Taylor Swift and The Greatest Showman sound track), and doing 3 frog jumps on the start line
  • Anything about that could be a good feature story for a newspaper, magazine, television program, etc.? I’m a great cat mom, just ask my cats

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Distance Runner
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Distance Runner
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Graduate Student

    Distance Runner
    5'3"