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.
BRADENTON, Fla. (May 25, 2017) – Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) of the Franklin Pierce University women’s track & field...
May 25, 2017
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (May 13, 2017) – It was an NCAA Championships provisional qualifying mark, an All-New England performance and a school...
May 13, 2017
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
EASTON, Mass. (May 7, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) scored in a pair of hurdles events, including her first career...
May 7, 2017
EASTON, Mass. (May 6, 2017) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s track & field team scored in four different events on...
May 6, 2017
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
LOWELL, Mass. (April 22, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) laid down the East Region’s fastest time so far this...
April 22, 2017
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
NEW LONDON, Conn. (April 15, 2017) – Freshman Catherine Purves (Dalkeith, Scotland) hit her first career NCAA Championship provisional...
April 15, 2017
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (April 9, 2017) – In the first true outdoor meet of the season, the Franklin Pierce University women’s track &...
April 9, 2017
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