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  Catherine Benage

Catherine Benage

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Spokane, Wash.

High School:
Gonzaga Prep.

Event:
Throws

Experience:
JR

2007-08: In her first collegiate meet, recorded a personal best and BIG EAST qualifying distance in the javelin with a throw of 124-2 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational...Bested her personal record at the Iowa Invitational, throwing a distance of 124-3...Finished third in javelin at the Marquette Twilight Meet, with a distance of 112-11...Competed in the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, finishing with a throw of 118-4.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Gonzaga Prep...Was captain of her track team as a senior...Competing in the javelin throw..Personal best was 119-7 as a junior.

Personal: Benage was born Nov.9, 1988 to Charles and Ruth Benage...Has two sisters, Laura and Christine...Majoring in exercise science.