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Katie Fare
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Harlem HS
- Hometown:
- Loves Park, Ill.
Bio
2025 OUTDOOR: MVC Outdoor Championships Women's Most Outstanding Field Athlete ... All-MVC Team ... USTFCCCA Academic All-American ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... Two-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 29, May 5) ... Finished first in the hammer throw with a toss of 53.57 meters and first in the shot put throwing for 16.58 meters at the Central Invitational ... Finished first in the shot put with a throw of 15.95 meters and third in hammer throw with a toss of 55.33 meters at the Wartburg Outdoor Select ... Placed first in the shot put invitational throwing for 16.71 meters, third in the hammer throw with a toss of 55.31 meters and fourteenth in the in the discus throwing for 39.31 meters at the Gibson Invitational ... Placed first in the shot put championship with a throw of 17.23 meters at the Drake Relays ... Placed first in the shot put throwing for 16.92 meters at the Musco Twilight ... Placed first in the shot put throwing for 15.79 meters at the Cyclone Twilight ... Won the shot put (16.94m) and placed fifth in the hammer (56.39m) at the MVC Championships ... Placed 22nd in the shot put (15.69m) at the NCAA West Prelims.
2025 INDOOR: All-MVC Team ... MVC Indoor Championships Women's Most Outstanding Field Athlete ... Three-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week (Dec. 17, Feb. 11, Feb. 18). Finishing in first for shot put with a throw of 17.09 meters and also earning third for weight throw with a toss of 17.65 meters at the ISU Holiday Invite ... Finished first at the Jack Jennett Open in the weight throw with 17.44 meters and also shot put with 16.78 meters ... Placed first in the shot put premier with a throw of 16.12 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational ... Placed first in the shot put with a throw of 16.96 meters and fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 18.14 meters at the Deloss Dodds Invitational ... First in the shot put throwing for 16.60 meters at the Iowa State Classic ... Finished second in the shot put invite throwing for 16.65 meters at the Wisconsin Windy City Invitational ... Finished first in the shot put throwing for 16.44 meters and third in the weight throw with a toss of 17.40 meters at the Iowa Open ... Finished first in the shot put throwing for 17.24 meters and seventh in the weight throw with a toss of 16.87 meters at the Missouri Valley Indoor Championships ...
2024 OUTDOOR: MVC Honor Roll ... Won the shot put with a throw of 16.28 meters, competing unattached at the Good Friday Challenge ... Took 11th in the hammer throw with 45.21 meters, competing unattached at the Wartburg Outdoor Select ... Won the shot put with a throw of 16.78 meters and third place in the hammer throw with a personal best throw of 53.91 meters, competing unattached at the Jim Duncan Invitational ... Finished third in the hammer throw with a personal-best throw of 53.65 meters and won the shot put with 16.39 meters, competing unattached at Musco Twilight ... Shot put champion (17.26m) at the Badger Challenge as an unattached athlete.
2024 INDOOR: Competing unattached, finished second in the shot put with 15.82 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational ... Placed first in the shot put with 15.40 meters, competing unattached at the Jack Jennett Invitational ... Won the shot put invite, competing unattached with a throw of 16.40-meters at Friday Knight Lights ... Placed second in the shot put, competing unattached with 15.78 meters at the Iowa State Classic ... Finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 16.73 meters at the USATF Indoor Championships ...
2023 OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA Academic All-American ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week (April 12) ... Won the Shot put with a career-best throw of 16.58 meters at the Fighting Illini Challenge, improving to the second best mark in school history .. Finished fourth in the shot put (16.32m), and tenth in the discus throw with a career-best toss of 44.79 meters at the Sooner Invite ... Placed fifth in the discus throw (43.19m) at the Meet of Champions ... Took third in the shot put (16.33m) at Drake Relays ... Placed second in the shot put with 15.78 meters at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic ... Finished second in the shot put with a career-best 17.06 meters at the MVC Outdoor Championships ... Placed 22nd in the women's shot put (15.87 meters) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round.
2023 INDOOR: Two-time MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 15 & 22) ... Placed 1st in the shot put throwing 16.51 meters at the Jimmy Grant Invitational ... Placed 2nd in the shot put throwing 15.54 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational ... Placed 3rd in the Hawkeye Pro shot put with a toss of 53 feet, 3.75 inches at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational ... Placed 3rd in the Women's shot put with a throw of 16.24 meters at the Annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational ... Won the Women's shot put with a career-best throw of 16.68 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic ... Finished in 2nd place in the Women's shot put (16.65m) at the Valentines Day Invitational ... Earned MVC Women's track athlete of the week honors on February 22nd ... At the MVC Indoor Championships, finishing in second place in the Women's shot put with a throw of 15.88 meters.
2022 OUTDOOR: Finished the season with the second best shot put throw in program history (16.14 meters / 52-11.5) ... qualified for the West Preliminary Rounds, where she took 36th place in shot put ... earned the MVC Commissioner's Excellence Award for a GPA of 3.5 or higher and named to the MVC Honor Roll.
2022 INDOOR: Finished sixth in the shot put (15.02 meters) at the MVC Championships ... won shot put at Friday Knight Lights Invitational (14.84 meters) ... placed seventh in shot put at ISU Classic.
2021 OUTDOOR: Notched personal-bests in the discus, hammer throw, and shot put … Recorded a personal-best mark of 42.49m in the discus, placed seventh in the shot put with a toss of 14.53m, and finished with a mark of 45.43m in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships (May 14-16) … Took third with a personal-best mark of 14.60m in the shot put at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 9-10) … Finished ninth with a personal-best of 47.87m in the hammer throw and seventh in the shot put with a time of 13.18m at the Illinois State Invitational (April 30 - May 1) … Named to the 2021 MVC Track & Field Scholar-Athlete Team.
2021 INDOOR: Recorded a personal-best mark of 13.59m in the weight throw at the Jack Jennett Invitational (Jan. 22) … Landed second in the shot put with a time of 13.28m at the Panther Invite (Jan. 9) … Placed fourth in the shot put with a mark of 13.47m at the Ted Nelson Dual (Feb. 6).
2020 INDOOR: Competed at the Jimmy Grant Invite (12/14)… Placed second in the shot put with a mark of 13.50m at the Hawkeye Invitational (1/10)… Competed at the Bison Team Cup (1/18) and Jack Jennett Open (1/23)… Threw a PR in the weight throw with a mark of 13.25m at the Cyclone Open (1/24)… Competed at the Iowa State Classic (2/14)… Threw a PR in the shot put with a mark of 13.96m at the Minnesota Cold Classic (2/21)… Competed at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29) in shot put.
HIGH SCHOOL: Katie secured the indoor shot put record as a senior… Earned All-Conference honors in Track as a junior… She was a part of 2019 NIC-10 Indoor Conference Champion Team… Katie holds a personal record of 45’1’’ in the shot put and 123’3’’ in the disc throw…
PERSONAL: Native of Loves Park, Illinois ... Daughter of Bill and Kristal Fare... Has three siblings… Katie enjoys lifting weights and band… She volunteered for 2 years at a pet grooming shop.
2025 INDOOR: All-MVC Team ... MVC Indoor Championships Women's Most Outstanding Field Athlete ... Three-time MVC Field Athlete of the Week (Dec. 17, Feb. 11, Feb. 18). Finishing in first for shot put with a throw of 17.09 meters and also earning third for weight throw with a toss of 17.65 meters at the ISU Holiday Invite ... Finished first at the Jack Jennett Open in the weight throw with 17.44 meters and also shot put with 16.78 meters ... Placed first in the shot put premier with a throw of 16.12 meters at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational ... Placed first in the shot put with a throw of 16.96 meters and fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 18.14 meters at the Deloss Dodds Invitational ... First in the shot put throwing for 16.60 meters at the Iowa State Classic ... Finished second in the shot put invite throwing for 16.65 meters at the Wisconsin Windy City Invitational ... Finished first in the shot put throwing for 16.44 meters and third in the weight throw with a toss of 17.40 meters at the Iowa Open ... Finished first in the shot put throwing for 17.24 meters and seventh in the weight throw with a toss of 16.87 meters at the Missouri Valley Indoor Championships ...
2024 OUTDOOR: MVC Honor Roll ... Won the shot put with a throw of 16.28 meters, competing unattached at the Good Friday Challenge ... Took 11th in the hammer throw with 45.21 meters, competing unattached at the Wartburg Outdoor Select ... Won the shot put with a throw of 16.78 meters and third place in the hammer throw with a personal best throw of 53.91 meters, competing unattached at the Jim Duncan Invitational ... Finished third in the hammer throw with a personal-best throw of 53.65 meters and won the shot put with 16.39 meters, competing unattached at Musco Twilight ... Shot put champion (17.26m) at the Badger Challenge as an unattached athlete.
2024 INDOOR: Competing unattached, finished second in the shot put with 15.82 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational ... Placed first in the shot put with 15.40 meters, competing unattached at the Jack Jennett Invitational ... Won the shot put invite, competing unattached with a throw of 16.40-meters at Friday Knight Lights ... Placed second in the shot put, competing unattached with 15.78 meters at the Iowa State Classic ... Finished fifth in the shot put with a throw of 16.73 meters at the USATF Indoor Championships ...
2023 OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA Academic All-American ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week (April 12) ... Won the Shot put with a career-best throw of 16.58 meters at the Fighting Illini Challenge, improving to the second best mark in school history .. Finished fourth in the shot put (16.32m), and tenth in the discus throw with a career-best toss of 44.79 meters at the Sooner Invite ... Placed fifth in the discus throw (43.19m) at the Meet of Champions ... Took third in the shot put (16.33m) at Drake Relays ... Placed second in the shot put with 15.78 meters at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic ... Finished second in the shot put with a career-best 17.06 meters at the MVC Outdoor Championships ... Placed 22nd in the women's shot put (15.87 meters) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round.
2023 INDOOR: Two-time MVC Female Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 15 & 22) ... Placed 1st in the shot put throwing 16.51 meters at the Jimmy Grant Invitational ... Placed 2nd in the shot put throwing 15.54 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational ... Placed 3rd in the Hawkeye Pro shot put with a toss of 53 feet, 3.75 inches at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational ... Placed 3rd in the Women's shot put with a throw of 16.24 meters at the Annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational ... Won the Women's shot put with a career-best throw of 16.68 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic ... Finished in 2nd place in the Women's shot put (16.65m) at the Valentines Day Invitational ... Earned MVC Women's track athlete of the week honors on February 22nd ... At the MVC Indoor Championships, finishing in second place in the Women's shot put with a throw of 15.88 meters.
2022 OUTDOOR: Finished the season with the second best shot put throw in program history (16.14 meters / 52-11.5) ... qualified for the West Preliminary Rounds, where she took 36th place in shot put ... earned the MVC Commissioner's Excellence Award for a GPA of 3.5 or higher and named to the MVC Honor Roll.
2022 INDOOR: Finished sixth in the shot put (15.02 meters) at the MVC Championships ... won shot put at Friday Knight Lights Invitational (14.84 meters) ... placed seventh in shot put at ISU Classic.
2021 OUTDOOR: Notched personal-bests in the discus, hammer throw, and shot put … Recorded a personal-best mark of 42.49m in the discus, placed seventh in the shot put with a toss of 14.53m, and finished with a mark of 45.43m in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships (May 14-16) … Took third with a personal-best mark of 14.60m in the shot put at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 9-10) … Finished ninth with a personal-best of 47.87m in the hammer throw and seventh in the shot put with a time of 13.18m at the Illinois State Invitational (April 30 - May 1) … Named to the 2021 MVC Track & Field Scholar-Athlete Team.
2021 INDOOR: Recorded a personal-best mark of 13.59m in the weight throw at the Jack Jennett Invitational (Jan. 22) … Landed second in the shot put with a time of 13.28m at the Panther Invite (Jan. 9) … Placed fourth in the shot put with a mark of 13.47m at the Ted Nelson Dual (Feb. 6).
2020 INDOOR: Competed at the Jimmy Grant Invite (12/14)… Placed second in the shot put with a mark of 13.50m at the Hawkeye Invitational (1/10)… Competed at the Bison Team Cup (1/18) and Jack Jennett Open (1/23)… Threw a PR in the weight throw with a mark of 13.25m at the Cyclone Open (1/24)… Competed at the Iowa State Classic (2/14)… Threw a PR in the shot put with a mark of 13.96m at the Minnesota Cold Classic (2/21)… Competed at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29) in shot put.
HIGH SCHOOL: Katie secured the indoor shot put record as a senior… Earned All-Conference honors in Track as a junior… She was a part of 2019 NIC-10 Indoor Conference Champion Team… Katie holds a personal record of 45’1’’ in the shot put and 123’3’’ in the disc throw…
PERSONAL: Native of Loves Park, Illinois ... Daughter of Bill and Kristal Fare... Has three siblings… Katie enjoys lifting weights and band… She volunteered for 2 years at a pet grooming shop.
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