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2026 Women's Track & Field Roster

Catherine McGuire

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Notre Dame HS
  • Hometown San Carlos

Biography

As a Sophomore - TF (2025)
- Appeared in seven meets, primarily in the 800m and 1500m
- Recorded a personal best in 800m of 2:16.09 at the APU Franson Last Chance
- Clocked a 1500m personal best of 4:44.58 at the Last Chance meet

Pre-Chico Days
- A 2022 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Belmont
- Earned four varsity letters
- Helped lead the Tigers to two West Bay Athletic League titles and the 2018–19 CIF Central Coast Section Division III championship
- Four-time All-WBAL selection, earning two first team honors
- Twice named team Most Valuable Player
- Also lettered in track & field

Personal
- Born January 9, 2004, in Baltimore, Maryland
- Daughter of John and Colleen
- Has two siblings, Elizabeth and Aidan
- Her hero is professional skateboarder and entrepreneur Tony Hawk (“for being so passionate about his craft”)
- The person she most admires in the sports world is NBA star Gary Payton II (“ for seizing every opportunity that comes his way and his determination")
- Favorite course 
- Why she chose to attend Chico State: “I really like the training environment because all the girls are really supportive and want to improve as a team, plus the coaching staff seemed like a really great fit for me as a player. Also, academically Chico had everything I was looking for in an engineering department”
- Her greatest sports moment was kicking a home run in PE during a kickball game in fourth grade
- The most interesting things she’s ever done are backpacking up Mt. Whitney with her dad when she was 13
- Best talent outside of her sport is interpretive dance
- Plays the hambone
- The most impressive thing she’s ever accomplished is playing soccer at the college level
- Has learned by playing soccer “to be very persistent when trying to reach goals in life”
- Enjoys going to concerts in San Francisco with her friends when she has some free time
- Claims she can play the song “Hot Cross Buns” on the recorder
- Has Celiac Disease and went to Camp Celiac for three years
- At the top of her bucket list: “Doing an Iron Man and traveling to Australia and Europe ”
- Majoring in computer engineering with a minor in computer science
- Plans on pursuing a career in technology, complete an ironman triathlon and travel the world with her dog, Maverik

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Freshman

  • 2026Junior

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