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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Cumberland, R.I.
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- High School:
- Cumberland
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- Major:
- Health Sciences
Bio
Finished her career as a member of the school's record-holding team in the outdoor 4x100-meter relay (48.87).
Full Career Results (via TFRRS)
As a Senior in 2016-17
Top Outdoor Performances
100m - 13.41 (4/21 at ECSU Invitational)
100m Hurdles - 14.91 (5/5 at Northeast-10 Championships)
Top Indoor Performances
60m - 8.30 (1/22 at GBTC Invitational)
60m Hurdles - 9.08 (12/10 at Jay Carisella Invitational)
As a Junior in 2015-16
Top Outdoor Performances
100m - 13.08 (4/23 at George Davis Invitational)
200m - 28.58 (4/2 at CCSU Invite)
100H - 15.23 (5/6 at Northeast-10 Championships)
Top Indoor Performances
60m - 8.45 (2/6 at Wesleyan Invitational)
200m - 29.74 (12/10 at Elm City Challenge)
55H - 9.05 (12/10 at Elm City Challenge)
60H - 9.37 (2/20 at Northeast-10 Championships)
As a Sophomore 2014-15
Top Outdoor Performances
400- 1:24.26 (3/28 Tufts Snowflake Challenge)
100H- 15.69 (5/1 NE-10 Championships)
Top Indoor Performances
55H-8.70 (12/11 Elm City Challenge)
60H- 9.66 (12/6 Brown University Alden Invitiational)
As a Freshman in 2013-14
Indoor Top Performances
60m - 8.55 (12/14 at Jay Carisella Invitational)
200m - 28.93 (12/7 at UMass Boston Indoor Open)
60m Hurdles - 9.47 (2/22 at Northeast-10 Championships)
4x400m Relay - 4:17.35 (1/24 at BU John Thomas Terrier Classic) - Sundqvist, Loney, Hill, Souliere
Outdoor Top Performances
& met NEICAAA Championships qualifying standard in event
100m - 12.98 (4/19 at Sean Collier Invitational)
200m - 27.95 (4/19 at Sean Collier Invitational)
&-100m Hurdles - 15.45 (5/2 at Northeast-10 Championships)
400m Hurdles - 1:19.27 (4/12 at George Davis Invitational)
Long Jump - 4.69m (3/22 at Bridgewater State Bears Invitational)
4x400m Relay - 4:24.54 (3/22 at Bridgewater State Bears Invitational) - Loney, Price, Souliere, Zeigler
Before Franklin Pierce: Four-year letterwinner at Cumberland (R.I.) High School...Three-time team captain...Four-time All-State, All-Division and All-Class selection in hurdles and long jump...Also played three years of volleyball at Cumberland...All-State selection as a setter...Team captain as a senior.
Personal: Daughter of Aja and David Dawson...A health sciences major...Has two younger sisters, Avery and Sienna...Aunt, Tyla Martin, played in 101 games for the basketball team at Rhode Island College from 2005 through 2009...Grandfather, John Martin (stats), tallied 23-39-62 over 68 games for the hockey team at Providence College from 1971 through 1975; later notched 56-80-136 over 213 professional games for the Toledo Goaldiggers of the IHL and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the CHL.
News Mentions
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
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
School Records Tumble as Women’s Track & Field Places Eighth at Northeast-10 Indoor Championship
BOSTON (February 18, 2017) – Senior Nicole Galewski (Weymouth, Mass.) broke a pair of school records on Saturday, while freshmen Katey...
February 18, 2017
O’uhuru, Quinn, Toscano All Winners for Women’s Track & Field at Wesleyan Invitational
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (February 4, 2017) – Freshman Ayodele O’uhuru (Montvale, N.J.) in the 60-meter dash, junior Emily Quinn (West...
February 4, 2017
Comstock Continues Record-Setting Ways for Women’s Track & Field at GBTC Invitational
BOSTON (January 22, 2017) – For the second straight week, freshman Katey Comstock (Windsor, Vt.) set a school record in the shot put on...
January 22, 2017
Souliere Lowers 60m Hurdles Program Record, Leads Women’s Track & Field at Jay Carisella Invite
BOSTON (December 10, 2016) – Senior Breigh Souliere (Cumberland, R.I.) led the way for the Franklin Pierce University women’s track...
December 10, 2016
Quintet of Victories, Two Program Records, Lead Women’s Track & Field to Win at PSU Winter Classic
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (December 9, 2016) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s track & field team chalked up five event victories and...
December 9, 2016
Program Records Come Tumbling Down as Women’s Track & Field Kicks off Season at Smith Snowflake Invitational
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (December 3, 2016) – Three program records and a trio of wins highlighted the day for the Franklin Pierce University...
December 3, 2016