Catherine Garrison

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Distance
Hometown:
Mechanicsville, Va.
High School:
Maggie Walker
Prev School:
William & Mary

Accolades
Individual Conference Champion (OTF 2025)
2022-25 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

Career Results

Gerrison at NCAA Regionals
2025 - 3,000m Steeplechase - 17th - 10:07.98
2023 - 3,000m Steeplechase - 40th (P) - 10:44.00

Year by Year
2024-25 (William & Mary): (Indoor) Won the 5,000m at the Brant Tolsma Invitational in 17:23.50 … A member of the distance medley relay team that placed third at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in 12:16.79 … Placed ninth in the 5,000m at the CAA Championships with a season-best time of 17:07.56 ... (Outdoor) Ran three of the top five 3,000m steeplechase times in program history, the fastest being a school-record 10:07.00 at the Wake Forest Invitational, the seventh-best mark in the Southeast Region … Won the 3,000m steeplechase at the CAA Championships by over 13 seconds … Competed at the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries, placing 17th in the 3,000m steeplechase in 10:07.98 … A member of the 4x1,500m relay team that won the Colonial Relays in 18:40.97 … Set a personal best in the 1,500m at the Duke Invitational , crossing the line in 4:32.28 … Set a personal best in the 5,000m at the Hill City Twilight, posting a time of 16:51.33.
2023-24 (William & Mary): (Indoor) Earned All-CAA honors … Ran a leg on the silver medal winning Distance Medley Relay at the CAA Championships … The group’s time of 11:44.54 ranked 15th in the Southeast Region and eighth in school history … Finished 10th in the 3000m at the CAA Championships (9:45.03) … Placed eighth in the 5000m at the Brant Tolsma Invitational in a time of 17:32.43 … Ran a career-best 2:58.64 in the 1000m at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational to placed ninth ... (Outdoor) Finished fifth in the 3000m Steeplechase at the CAA Championships in a time of 10:38.08 … The time ranked 78th in the East Region … Placed 11th in 5000m at the CAA Championships … Won the 2000m Steeplechase at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational in a time of 6:45.24 … Placed seventh in the 1500m at the Fred Hardy Invitational with a career-best time of 4:36.82.
2022-23 (William & Mary): (Indoor) Posted a PR of 17:16.32 in the 5,000m at the Penn State National Invitational ... (Outdoor) Set the William & Mary freshman mark in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Colonial Relays with a time of 10:28.51… Competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Outdoor NCAA East Prelims … Took third place at the ECAC Championship in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:46.59… Ran a 10:33.40 at the CAA Championships, the 14^th fastest time in William & Mary history… Opened the season at the Fred Hardy Invitational with a first-place showing in the 3,000m steeplechase.

Personal/High School
Multi-sport high school athlete who ran cross country, was part of the indoor and outdoor track and field team, played left field for the softball team, and participated in gymnastics ... Earned five varsity letters during her career ... Named 2021 & 2022 All-State Cross Country runner ... Named to the 2021 & 2022 Richmond Times Dispatch Cross Country All-Metro First Team ... 2022 VA Region 3B Indoor & Outdoor 3200m Regional Champion ... 2022 VA Region 3B Outdoor 1600m Regional Champion ... 2022 VA Class 3 Indoor & Outdoor 3200m State Champion ... Won 2019 Level 9 Balance Beam State Championship ... AP Scholar with distinction ... Environmental Club Co-President ... RAMPS Club Co-Secretary ... Mu Alpha Theta Math National Honor Society Co-Secretary ... Daughter Charles Garrison III and Jennifer Garrison-Dean and Maurice Dean … Enjoys spending time with her dog Luke.