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As the 2009 and 2011 CSAC Runner of the Year, Katherine (Klinges) Bates earned National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) DIII Mideast All-Region Team selections in 2009 and 2011. Her 2011 CSAC Championship finish earned her an individual title (2011, 1^st, 20:41), while a second-place finish in 2009 (2^nd, 19:48) helped Gwynedd Mercy University to the CSAC team title. Klinges’ 2008 (5^th, 20:42) and 2010 (2^nd, 18:49) finishes earned her two additional All-CSAC First Team honors. As a member of the Gwynedd Mercy University indoor and outdoor women’s track and field teams, she is responsible for program records in the indoor 5,000-Meter (1^st, 18:43.54, Mason Dixon Championships, Feb 19, 2012) and Distance Medley Relay (18^th, 12:44.15, ECAC Championships, Mar. 4, 2011), as well as the outdoor 10,000-Meter (3^rd, 38:40.75, Danny Curran Invitational, Mar. 30, 2012). Klinges also earned an All-ECAC honor. Academically, the nursing major was a 2009 and 2011 United States Track and Field Cross and Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Academic All-American with CSAC All-Academic Team honors in 2009, 2010 and 2011. She was named to the PhillySIDA/Philadelphia Inquirer Women’s Cross Country Academic All-Area team as a senior (2011) and was named the 2012 Gwynedd Mercy University Female Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year. In 2018, Klinges was named to the CSAC 25^th Anniversary Women’s Cross Country Team.