Birthday: 11/12/87 Mile PR: 4:23.5 (road) - 2016
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 4:03.81 - 2015
High School: Fort Collins HS '06
Hometown: Fort Collins, CO
College: University of Washington '10
Current Residence: Boulder, CO
Personal Website: katiefollett.com
Katie Follett (née Mackey) convincingly captured the 2018 USATF National Club Cross Country Championships 6K crown in Spokane, WA in December. In September 2021, she had a son Joshua.
As Katie Mackey, she won her first USA title at the Grand Blue Mile, running 4:37.00 on April 25, 2017. The seven-time NCAA All-American at the University of Washington also won the 2016 Morton Games Mile, clocking a personal record and meet record of 4:25.48 (also the 12th fastest U.S. woman all-time in the Mile).
In addition, Katie captured three Falmouth Mile titles (2103-14 & 2016) in 4:41.39, 4:27.78 (previous PR and her first sub-4:30) and 4:29.73, respectively, and was also a runner-up in the Mile at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships.
In 2016, she started a camp for high school girls called "Kickin' with Katie".
FUN FACT: At Fort Collins High school, Katie won the 2006 Elanor Troxell Award as the top student-athlete, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Past race champions Murphy, Lipari, Follett returning to the streets of Des Moines; $25,000 prize purse with $5000 for each national champion
From Grand Blue Mile
DES MOINES - Grand Blue Mile officials from Wellmark® Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® and the Drake Relays presented by Xtream...
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Drake Blue Oval Showcase presented by Mediacom hosts title tilt with stadium finish; $10,000 prize purse
From Drake Relays
Despite a four-month postponement, Des Moines will reprise its role as the host of the USA Track & Field 1 Mile Road Championship when the nation's best Milers compete...
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Guaranteed $15,000 prize purse plus time bonuses; 24th edition fourth stop on the BBTM Grand Prix Tour 2019 presented by Running Warehouse
From Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Katie Mackey, the only three-time winner in the race’s history, and Tripp Hurt, the reigning USA 1 Mile Road...
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Katie Mackey to defend women’s national title; $25,000 guaranteed national championship purse with $5000 for each national champion; also the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix #Tour2018 season opener
From Grand Blue Mile
DES MOINES, Iowa - Grand Blue Mile race officials have announced the fields...
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Without an amazing “pit crew” of selfless individuals who have supported me, there’s no way I would have made it this far!
From AthleteBiz
Katie Mackey raced to an eighth place finish in the 3000m at the World Indoor Championships earlier this year, securing herself as a top competitor among...
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“Instead I was thinking, ‘No. I’m going to make this team.’ I had very positive, confident thoughts.”
By Erin Strout, Outside magazine
She just made her first national team—after 13 failed attempts
When Katie Mackey, a professional runner for the Brooks Beasts, turned 30 last November, she...
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Weekend camp for high school girls provides running tips & tools, life lessons and more!
By Katie Mackey, Brooks Beasts Track Club
Imagine that you have a toolbox, and you need to hang a picture on the wall. You’d need to grab a hammer, some nails and maybe a leveler, but when you look into...
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Top fields to vie for $15,000 guaranteed prize purse plus time bonuses at New Balance Falmouth Road Race Weekend track event on Saturday, August 19
From New Balance Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. – Nick Willis, the two-time Olympic medalist at 1500 meters, and three-time winner Katie...
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“I want to pass on what I’ve learned—I think at the end of the day that’s what will be a successful career to me.”
By Erin Strout, Runner's World
Katie Mackey found another gear she wasn’t sure she had. She discovered it with about 200 meters left on Tuesday night at the USA Road Mile...
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2016 Olympic medalist Clayton Murphy also crushes course record with sub-4, earns $2500 bonus; first stop on the Bring Back the Mile Grand Prix #Tour2017
By Scott Bush for USATF
DES MOINES - Close finishes defined the USATF 1 Mile Road Championships Tuesday evening in Des Moines, Iowa, as...
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Manikas-Hill, Sessa win Tommy Cochary High School Mile titles
From New Balance Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Kyle Merber and Katie Mackey both repeated as champions of the Aetna Falmouth Elite Mile on Saturday night with Merber winning for the second consecutive time and Mackey...
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Mackey to chase three-peat against deep women’s field including Kampf, Uceny and Sifuentes; top men also include rising stars Merber, Gregorek, Alexander and Hunter for Saturday, August 20 race
From New Balance Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. — Leo Manzano, who won a silver medal at 1500...
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Three men sub-4 and four women sub-4:30; Tommy Cochary High School Mile goes to Russell Wells, Stella Worters
From Falmouth Road Race
FALMOUTH, Mass. – Filling the bleachers and lining the rails, hundreds of fans turned out on Saturday evening to cheer the athletes at the Falmouth Mile, which...
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Ten U.S. men go sub-4 minutes; 12th stop on the nationwide inaugural Bring Back the Mile Tour 2013
By Chris Lotsbom, Race Results Weekly
FALMOUTH, Mass. -- The 2013 Falmouth Mile proved exciting once again here at Falmouth High School on Cape Cod. Americans Ben Blankenship (3:56.27) and Katie...
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