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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Dalkeith, Scotland
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- High School:
- Dalkeith
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- Major:
- Psychology
Bio
At the end of her freshman season, was the school's record holder in the indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.96), the outdoor 200 meters (25.83), the outdoor 400 meters (57.68), the outdoor 100-meter hurdles (14.09) and the outdoor 400-meter hurdles (59.96). Was also a part of the school's record-holding team in the outdoor 4x100-meter relay (48.87).
Awards
2017 Outdoor NCAA Championship Provisional Qualifier (100m hurdles)
2017 Outdoor NCAA Championship Provisional Qualifier (400m hurdles)
2017 Northeast-10 Outdoor Track Rookie of the Year
2017 Outdoor Northeast-10 Champion (400m hurdles)
2017 Outdoor All-Northeast-10 (100m hurdles)
2017 Outdoor All-Northeast-10 (400m hurdles)
2017 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-East Region (100m hurdles)
2017 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-East Region (400m hurdles)
As a Freshman in 2016-17
Top Outdoor Performances
200m - 25.83 (4/21 at ECSU Invitational)
100m Hurdles - 14.09 (5/5 at Northeast-10 Championships)
400m Hurdles - 59.96 (4/27 at Penn Relays)
Before Franklin Pierce: Attended Dalkeith (Scotland) High School.
Personal: Daughter of Annemarie and Stephen Purves...A psychology major...Has two younger sisters, Stephanie and Mairead.
News Mentions
Women’s Track & Field’s Purves Finishes 22nd in 400-meter Hurdles at NCAA Championships
BRADENTON, Fla. (May 25, 2017) – Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) of the Franklin Pierce University women’s track & field...
May 25, 2017
Galewski Goes All-New England in Heptathlon for Women’s Track & Field at Second Day of NEICAAA Championships
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (May 13, 2017) – It was an NCAA Championships provisional qualifying mark, an All-New England performance and a school...
May 13, 2017
Toscano All-New England Performance Highlights Day One at NEICAAA Championships for Women’s Track & Field
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (May 12, 2017) – In the final meet of her collegiate career, senior Samantha Toscano (Northwood, N.H.) became the first...
May 12, 2017
Purves Scores Twice to Lead Women’s Track & Field to Eighth-Place Finish at NE10 Championships
EASTON, Mass. (May 7, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) scored in a pair of hurdles events, including her first career...
May 7, 2017
Purves Goes Low in 100m Hurdles Prelims, Women’s Track & Field T10th After First Day of NE10 Championships
EASTON, Mass. (May 6, 2017) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s track & field team scored in four different events on...
May 6, 2017
Purves Shines in 400m Hurdles to Lead Track & Field on First Full Day of Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) moved into the top 10 in the country in the 400-meter hurdles...
April 27, 2017
Purves Leads Women’s Track & Field at George Davis Invitational
LOWELL, Mass. (April 22, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) laid down the East Region’s fastest time so far this...
April 22, 2017
Women’s Track & Field Places Second at ECSU
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (April 21, 2017) – Four event wins and a pair of school records added up to a second-place finish for the Franklin Pierce...
April 21, 2017
Women’s Track & Field Collects Two Wins, Three Program Records to Finish Third at Silfen Invitational
NEW LONDON, Conn. (April 15, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) hit her first career NCAA Championship provisional...
April 15, 2017
Trio of Records Fall for Women’s Track & Field at Panther Spring Invitational
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (April 9, 2017) – In the first true outdoor meet of the season, the Franklin Pierce University women’s track &...
April 9, 2017
Top-Fives Abound for Women’s Track & Field at Wesleyan Spring Classic
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (March 25, 2017) – Due to weather, the opening meet of the outdoor season was moved indoors at Wesleyan on Saturday, but...
March 25, 2017