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Katie Salke
Position: Hurdles / Jumps
Year: Senior
City/State: Brookeville, Md.
High School: Sherwood H.S.
Major: Education

AT TOWSON: (Senior Year) Top performer in numerous indoor events for the Tigers ... starred in the indoor pentathlon and the triple jump ... moved into fourth on the school's all-time indoor pentathlon list, collecting 3,248 points at George Mason. (Junior Year) Became only the second triple winner in a single meet in the previous six years at Towson when she won the triple jump (37'6.5"), long jump (17'.25") and 100 hurdles (14.62) at the Penn Invitational ... her triple jump moved her into 5th place on Towson's all-time list ... her hurdle time was a season best for a Towson hurdler ... broke into the top 10 with her score of 4,010 points in the heptathlon at the CAA meet. (Sophomore Year) Enjoyed a successful indoor season in the 60 hurdles, lowering her time to under nine seconds ... finished first in the hurdles twice ... posted an 8.88 in the prelims of the George Mason Last Chance Meet for a personal record that put her 3rd on the school's all-time 60 hurdles list ... finished 2nd at the Princeton New Year Invitational with an 8.95 that tied for fourth best in program history ... best meet was the Bucknell Heptagonal where she won the hurles and was second with a season long 35'.25" triple jump ... ran the 100 meter hurdles and triple jumped outdoors ... best jump was a personal record 35'6" in the spring opener at Coastal Carolina ... ran a season best 14.60 in the hurdles at the CAA Meet ... teamed with Ashley Adams, Motara Okusaga and Maya Hinton to set a school record in the 4x100 shuttle hurdles in 58.18 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational. (Freshman Year) Ran the hurdles and tripled jumped ... best 60 hurdles time was 9.26 at the Bucknell Winter Classic that ties her for 9th on Towson's all-time list ... top jump was 35'5.25" at the Eric Kloiber Invitational outdoors ... finished 2nd at that same meet in the high hurdles with a time of 14.49 that ranks 5th on the all-time list ...

Background/Personal: Voted the MVP of the Warriors' indoor and outdoor teams ... the school record holder in the 55 hurdles at 8.48 and the 100 hurdles outdoors at 14.65 that earned her a regional title ... ran the 300 hurdles in 51.66 ... turned a 13.35 in the 100 meters and a 27.94 in the 200 meters ... a member of Sherwood's 4x100 relay team too ... ambition is to become an elementary school art teacher ... favorite athlete is Lolo Jones, and the person she most admires ... favorite movie is Moulin Rouge ... most memorable experience to date was a trip to China ... hobbies include dancing and drawing ... favorite restaurant is Raku where Asian food is served ... her mother, a physical education teacher, was a hurdler at Bridgewater State ... her dad, a personal trainer, attended Connecticut and Maryland ... daughter of Richard Salke and Theresa Briscuso ... born August 6, 1991 in Washington, D.C.

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