Northwestern University Athletics
Haynes Welcomes Nine Wildcats to Cross Country Program
4/25/2019 11:45:00 AM | Women's Cross Country & Track
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern head cross country coach 'A Havahla Haynes announced Thursday the addition of seven incoming first year student-athletes and two transfers to the program.
Kalea Bartolotto (Livermore, Calif./Granada), Elizabeth Bulat (Rochester, Mich./Rochester), Kayle Byrne (Oak Brook, Ill./Hindsale Central), Sophie DeBenedetti (Sacramento, Calif./St. Francis), Hallie DeVore (Portland, Ore./Jesuit), Haley Hooper (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School), Abby Osterlund (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), Katelyn Schultz (Ramstein, Germany/Raminstein/Portland) and Miranda Thompson (Toronto, Ontario/The Bishop Strachab School/Boston College) will join the program for the start of the 2019-20 academic year.
"I look forward to this group of women joining Northwestern in the Fall. Each woman brings their own strength that will undoubtedly help us build upon the recent successes of the program. I'm confident this group of women will have a lasting impact on the program."
KALEA BARTOLOTTO • LIVERMORE, CALIF. • GRANADA
Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four letters in track … Named team captain of cross country program for three years … Three-time All-EastBay Athletic League First-Team Cross Country selection … Three-time All-North Coast Section honoree … Led Granada to three EBAL Championships (2016, '17, '18) … Finished first in the NCS Division II race all four seasons, setting a course record as a senior … Placed at state championshps all four seasons, finishing fifth in 2015, 10th in 2016, third in 2017 and runner up in 2018 … Has volunteered as a part of the National Charity League for five years … Plans to major in biomedical engineering.
ELIZABETH BULAT • ROCHESTER, MICH. • ROCHESTER
Earned four letters in cross country and three letters in track and field … Named team captain of cross country and track and field teams as a junior and senior … Two-time All-Region and All-League selection in cross country … Two-time MHSAA D1 cross country state qualifier … Named cross country Most Valuable Runner as a junior and senior … Earned five All-Region honors in track … Qualified for the MHSAA D1 state championships in the 1,600-meter, 4x800-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay as a junior … Claimed the 1,600 League title as a junior … Earned All-League honors as a junior in the 1,600 and 4x400-meter relay … National Honor Society Member … Science National Honors Society … Officer of French National Honors Society … President of English National Honors Society … Honor of Highest Distinction in RCS … Nine-time RCS Scholar Athlete.
KAYLA BYRNE • OAK BROOK, ILL. • HINSDALE CENTRAL
Earned three letters in cross country and three letters in track and field … Named team captain prior to senior season … Member of the 4x800m relay state championship team in 2016 and 2018 … Earned All-League honors as the conference champion in the mile in 2016 … Also earned All-Conference cross country honors in 2018 … Placed third at the 2018 conference championships in the 1-mile … Led team to back-to-back conference, regional and section championships in 2017 and 2018 … National Honor Society member … Honor Roll … Dean's List … National Merit Commended Scholar … Vice President of Future Health Professonals Club … Illinois State Scholar.
SOPHIE DEBENEDETTI • SACRAMENTO, CALIF. • ST. FRANCIS
Earned four letters in cross country and four letters in track and field … Named team captain prior to senior year … Four-time Delta League First-Team selection … Two-time River Cats All-City Team honoree … Claimed back-to-back individual conference titles as a junior and senior … Also finished first at Sac Jouquin Sectional as a sophomore, junior and senior … Finished in the top eight at state championships three times, including a fourth-place finish as a sophomore … Owns three schools records … National Honor Society … Received Service Award and Highest Honor Roll recognition.
HALLIE DEVORE • PORTLAND, ORE. • JESUIT
Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four letters in track … Led cross country program to a state championship in 2016 and 2017 and the track program to state championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018 … Earned Second-Team All-State honors in cross country with a ninth-place finish in 2015 … Two-time All-Conference selection in cross country and four-time All-Conference honoree in track … Finished eighth in 2016 and fifth in 2018 at the state track championships … Was a part of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team at the 2017 state championships … Mother JoAnne played volleyball and ran track at Brown University … Brother Jared is a member of the Belmont track and field program … National Honors Society … Honor Roll 2015-19 … Metro League Academic All-Star 2016-18 … Plans to major in journalism.
HALEY HOOPER • ATLANTA, GA. • THE LOVETT SCHOOL
Earned four letters in cross country and three letters in track and field … Finished runner up at the Georgia 3A Cross Country State Championship as a senior to help lead team to a runner up finish … Helped lead The Lovett School to three-straight runner up finishes and a 2015 State Championship … Finished fourth at the 2017 Track and Field state championships in the 1,600 and 800 … Competed at the prestigious Wingfoot Mile and Georgia Meet of Champions … Father Tim played football and lacrosse at Colgate University … Started a Fun Run to raise money for the Atlanta Humane Society.
ABBY OSTERLUND • EVANSTON, ILL. • EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time track and field state championship qualifier … Qualified for the 2018 and 2019 Illinois cross country state championships … Placed in the Illinois State Championships in 2018 and 2019 … Ran a personal record at the 2018 state championships … Named Most Valuable Runner for ETHS girls cross Country in 2018 … Two-time letter winner in cross country and two-time letter winner in track and field … Named team captain prior to senior season … Also played two years of varsity soccer … National Honors Society member … High Honor Roll member … Named an international finalist in COMAP math modeling competition … Recipient of math, world language and engineering awards … Intends to major in biology with a pre-med track.
KATELYN SCHULTZ • RAMSTEIN, GERMANY • RAMSTEIN • UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
Spent first two collegiate seasons at Portland University, redshirting her first season and competing as a redshirt freshman in 2018 … Made collegiate debut with a 10th-place finish in the 4K race at the Portland State "Rust Buster" … Ran a season-best 5k time of 17:42 to place 13th at the Oregon Preview … Posted a season-best 6K time of 21:37.7 at the Dellinger Invite … Finished fourth at the Warner Pacific Invite and eighth at the Beaver Classic to cap her debut season … Earned four letters in track and three letters in cross country in high school … Two-time team captain … Earned First-Team All-Europe honors in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 … Five-time European Champion … Earned titles in 3,200-meter, 800-meter and 4x800-meter relay … Twice named Team MVP … Named Female Athlete of the Year and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2016-17 … Honor Roll all four years … Earned 2014 French Achievement Award … Student-to-Student President … National Honor Society Secretary … National French Honor Society member … Student Council member … Earned Ramstein AB Youth Achievement Award … University of Portlant Honors Program … Le Grand Concourse National French Award … Plans to double major in psychology and international relations.
MIRANDA THOMPSON • TORONTO, ONTARIO • THE BISHOP STRACHAB SCHOOL • BOSTON COLLEGE
Competed as a freshman at Boston College during the 2017-18 season … Began her collegiate career at the New England Championships where she finished the 5K race in 18:56.3 to win the JV race … Competed in the 6K at the ACC Cross Country Championships … Concluded her rookie campaign at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships … Athlete of the Year in HS (2014-15) … Holds records in 2000 indoor, 1500 indoor, 800 and 2000 meter steeplechase … Ran in Calgary independent school association ... Team gold medalist in Canadian Cross Country Championships and team champion at Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) … Silver medalist in metro Toronto Regionals in the 3K … Qualified for OFSAA Championships al four years of high school … MVP of Toronto Athletic Club (2014) … Intends to major in sociology or psychology.
Kalea Bartolotto (Livermore, Calif./Granada), Elizabeth Bulat (Rochester, Mich./Rochester), Kayle Byrne (Oak Brook, Ill./Hindsale Central), Sophie DeBenedetti (Sacramento, Calif./St. Francis), Hallie DeVore (Portland, Ore./Jesuit), Haley Hooper (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School), Abby Osterlund (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), Katelyn Schultz (Ramstein, Germany/Raminstein/Portland) and Miranda Thompson (Toronto, Ontario/The Bishop Strachab School/Boston College) will join the program for the start of the 2019-20 academic year.
"I look forward to this group of women joining Northwestern in the Fall. Each woman brings their own strength that will undoubtedly help us build upon the recent successes of the program. I'm confident this group of women will have a lasting impact on the program."
KALEA BARTOLOTTO • LIVERMORE, CALIF. • GRANADA
Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four letters in track … Named team captain of cross country program for three years … Three-time All-EastBay Athletic League First-Team Cross Country selection … Three-time All-North Coast Section honoree … Led Granada to three EBAL Championships (2016, '17, '18) … Finished first in the NCS Division II race all four seasons, setting a course record as a senior … Placed at state championshps all four seasons, finishing fifth in 2015, 10th in 2016, third in 2017 and runner up in 2018 … Has volunteered as a part of the National Charity League for five years … Plans to major in biomedical engineering.
ELIZABETH BULAT • ROCHESTER, MICH. • ROCHESTER
Earned four letters in cross country and three letters in track and field … Named team captain of cross country and track and field teams as a junior and senior … Two-time All-Region and All-League selection in cross country … Two-time MHSAA D1 cross country state qualifier … Named cross country Most Valuable Runner as a junior and senior … Earned five All-Region honors in track … Qualified for the MHSAA D1 state championships in the 1,600-meter, 4x800-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay as a junior … Claimed the 1,600 League title as a junior … Earned All-League honors as a junior in the 1,600 and 4x400-meter relay … National Honor Society Member … Science National Honors Society … Officer of French National Honors Society … President of English National Honors Society … Honor of Highest Distinction in RCS … Nine-time RCS Scholar Athlete.
KAYLA BYRNE • OAK BROOK, ILL. • HINSDALE CENTRAL
Earned three letters in cross country and three letters in track and field … Named team captain prior to senior season … Member of the 4x800m relay state championship team in 2016 and 2018 … Earned All-League honors as the conference champion in the mile in 2016 … Also earned All-Conference cross country honors in 2018 … Placed third at the 2018 conference championships in the 1-mile … Led team to back-to-back conference, regional and section championships in 2017 and 2018 … National Honor Society member … Honor Roll … Dean's List … National Merit Commended Scholar … Vice President of Future Health Professonals Club … Illinois State Scholar.
SOPHIE DEBENEDETTI • SACRAMENTO, CALIF. • ST. FRANCIS
Earned four letters in cross country and four letters in track and field … Named team captain prior to senior year … Four-time Delta League First-Team selection … Two-time River Cats All-City Team honoree … Claimed back-to-back individual conference titles as a junior and senior … Also finished first at Sac Jouquin Sectional as a sophomore, junior and senior … Finished in the top eight at state championships three times, including a fourth-place finish as a sophomore … Owns three schools records … National Honor Society … Received Service Award and Highest Honor Roll recognition.
HALLIE DEVORE • PORTLAND, ORE. • JESUIT
Earned four varsity letters in cross country and four letters in track … Led cross country program to a state championship in 2016 and 2017 and the track program to state championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018 … Earned Second-Team All-State honors in cross country with a ninth-place finish in 2015 … Two-time All-Conference selection in cross country and four-time All-Conference honoree in track … Finished eighth in 2016 and fifth in 2018 at the state track championships … Was a part of the third-place 4x400-meter relay team at the 2017 state championships … Mother JoAnne played volleyball and ran track at Brown University … Brother Jared is a member of the Belmont track and field program … National Honors Society … Honor Roll 2015-19 … Metro League Academic All-Star 2016-18 … Plans to major in journalism.
HALEY HOOPER • ATLANTA, GA. • THE LOVETT SCHOOL
Earned four letters in cross country and three letters in track and field … Finished runner up at the Georgia 3A Cross Country State Championship as a senior to help lead team to a runner up finish … Helped lead The Lovett School to three-straight runner up finishes and a 2015 State Championship … Finished fourth at the 2017 Track and Field state championships in the 1,600 and 800 … Competed at the prestigious Wingfoot Mile and Georgia Meet of Champions … Father Tim played football and lacrosse at Colgate University … Started a Fun Run to raise money for the Atlanta Humane Society.
ABBY OSTERLUND • EVANSTON, ILL. • EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time track and field state championship qualifier … Qualified for the 2018 and 2019 Illinois cross country state championships … Placed in the Illinois State Championships in 2018 and 2019 … Ran a personal record at the 2018 state championships … Named Most Valuable Runner for ETHS girls cross Country in 2018 … Two-time letter winner in cross country and two-time letter winner in track and field … Named team captain prior to senior season … Also played two years of varsity soccer … National Honors Society member … High Honor Roll member … Named an international finalist in COMAP math modeling competition … Recipient of math, world language and engineering awards … Intends to major in biology with a pre-med track.
KATELYN SCHULTZ • RAMSTEIN, GERMANY • RAMSTEIN • UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
Spent first two collegiate seasons at Portland University, redshirting her first season and competing as a redshirt freshman in 2018 … Made collegiate debut with a 10th-place finish in the 4K race at the Portland State "Rust Buster" … Ran a season-best 5k time of 17:42 to place 13th at the Oregon Preview … Posted a season-best 6K time of 21:37.7 at the Dellinger Invite … Finished fourth at the Warner Pacific Invite and eighth at the Beaver Classic to cap her debut season … Earned four letters in track and three letters in cross country in high school … Two-time team captain … Earned First-Team All-Europe honors in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 … Five-time European Champion … Earned titles in 3,200-meter, 800-meter and 4x800-meter relay … Twice named Team MVP … Named Female Athlete of the Year and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2016-17 … Honor Roll all four years … Earned 2014 French Achievement Award … Student-to-Student President … National Honor Society Secretary … National French Honor Society member … Student Council member … Earned Ramstein AB Youth Achievement Award … University of Portlant Honors Program … Le Grand Concourse National French Award … Plans to double major in psychology and international relations.
MIRANDA THOMPSON • TORONTO, ONTARIO • THE BISHOP STRACHAB SCHOOL • BOSTON COLLEGE
Competed as a freshman at Boston College during the 2017-18 season … Began her collegiate career at the New England Championships where she finished the 5K race in 18:56.3 to win the JV race … Competed in the 6K at the ACC Cross Country Championships … Concluded her rookie campaign at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships … Athlete of the Year in HS (2014-15) … Holds records in 2000 indoor, 1500 indoor, 800 and 2000 meter steeplechase … Ran in Calgary independent school association ... Team gold medalist in Canadian Cross Country Championships and team champion at Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) … Silver medalist in metro Toronto Regionals in the 3K … Qualified for OFSAA Championships al four years of high school … MVP of Toronto Athletic Club (2014) … Intends to major in sociology or psychology.
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