Collin Catherwood

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Central Valley, N.Y.
High School:
Monroe-Woodbury

2025-26
Outdoor: Earned first place in the 10k with a time of 30:28.48 at the UMass Flagship Opener (3/28)... Secured first place in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:45.40 and 20th in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.52 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4), 1500 meter time broke the men’s outdoor program record... Earned first in the 5k with a time of 14:02.60 at the Friar Invitational (4/10)... Placed first in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:51.36 at the UMass Commonwealth Invite (4/11)... Ran a personal best time of 13:45.84 in the 5k at the Penn Relays (4/32-25), breaking the men’s outdoor program record... Placed third in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:45.45 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2)... Won gold in the 10k with a time of 29:35.60 and fourth in the 5k with a finish of 14:35.99 at the MAC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16)... Placed 41st in the 5k with a time of 14:27.36 at the NCAA Division I East First Round (5/27-30).
Indoor: Earned first place in the 5k with a time of 13:58.38 at the Harvard Classic (12/6) while also breaking the men’s indoor program record... Placed 23rd in the 1k with a time of 2:30.28 and fifth in the mile with a time of 4:08.23 at the Beantown Challenge (1/17)... Finished 27th in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.85, 11th in the 1500-meter run with a finish of 3:47.90 and 11th in the mile with a time of 4:04.63 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Meet (1/24)... Secured a pair of first place finishes in the 3k with a time of 8:06.65 and the DMR (Ciatto, Sanchez, Kirn, Catherwood) with a time of 9:49.78 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (2/7-8)... Earned first place in the 3k with a time of 8:30.03 and third in the 1k with a finish of 2:26.85 at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/14)... Secured silver in the 5k with a time of 14:17.56 and scored in the 3k with the fourth-fastest time of 8:12.94 at the MAC Indoor Championships (2/27-28).
Cross Country: Opened season with a first-place finish in the 6k with a time of 18:18.7 at the Ken O’Brien Invitational (8/30)... Secured first place in the 4.95 mile run with a time of 24:34.9 at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational (9/20)... Secured first place in the 8k with a time of 23:57.9 at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships (10/10)... Ran a personal-best time in the 8k with a time of 23:36.9 at the Princeton Fall Classic (10/17)... Earned fifth in the 8k with a time of 24:19.5 at the MAC Cross Country Championship (11/1)... Finished 26th in the 10k with a personal-best time of 30:11.2 at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championship (11/14).

2024-25
Outdoor: Placed 130th in the 5k with a time of 14:19.48 at the Raliegh Relays (3/27-29)... Placed 12th in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.81 and fifth in the 1500-meter run with a finish of 3:52.52 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-27)... Finished 22nd in the 5k at the A-10 Outdoor Championship (5/3-4) with a time of 14:55.61... Earned gold in the 5k with a finish of 14:31.52 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship (5/10).
Indoor: Placed 174th in the 5k with a time of 14:38.37 at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/7)... Finished ninth in the 1k with a time of 2:29.15 and fourth in the 4x800 meter relay (Calitri, Catherwood, Medeiros, Broderick) with a time of 7:55.27 at the UMass Flagship Invitational (1/12)... Secured third in the mile at the Battle in Beantown (1/18) with a finish of 4:05.38... Placed 45th in the 3k with a time of 8:05.22 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/31-2/1)... Placed 157th in the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:51.49 and 149th in the mile with a finish of 4:08.29 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14-15)... Earned bronze in the DMR (Kenney, Sanchez, Kirn, Catherwood) with a time of 9:53.94 and scored in the mile with a seventh-place time of 4:12.46, while also placing 12th in the 3k with a time of 8:22.65 at the A-10 Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1).
Cross Country: Raced in six meets, scoring in all six … - Earned fourth for the Minutemen and 68th overall (31:24.6) at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/15) … Took second on the team and fifth overall (24:05.7) at the Atlantic10 Cross Country Championships (11/2), helping UMass to the team title and earning Atlantic 10 All-Conference recognition … Claimed fifth for the squad and 66th overall (24:03.5) at the Princeton Cross Country Fall Classic (10/18) … Was the No. 3 runner for UMass and 57th overall (24:25.9) at the Paul Short Run (10/5) … Earned seventh overall and third for the team (25:21) at the Ted Owen Invitational (9/21) … Took second for the Minutemen in second overall (18:18.37) at the Ken O’Brien Minutemen Invitational (8/31).

2023-2024
Cross Country: Placed 8th in the 6K with a time of 19:19.9 minutes at the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/2)... Placed 7th for the Minutemen and 21st overall in the 5K with a time of 15:46.0 minutes at the Shawn M. Nassaney XC Invitational (9/9)... Placed 8th for the Minutemen and 217th overall in the 8K with a time of 25:45.6 minutes at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (College) (9/30)... Placed 6th for the Minutemen and 87th overall in the 8K with a time of 25:17.6 minutes at the IC4A XC Championships (10/13)... Placed 8th for the Minutemen and 67th overall in the 8K with a time of 25:31.5 minutes at the A10 Conference XC Championships (10/28).
Indoor: Set a new personal record in the mile run of 4:12.25 minutes at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/9-10)... Earned 3rd place in the distance medley relay (Catherwood, Mattews, Calitri, Kenney) with a time of 9:55.39 minutes and placed 8th in the mile run with a time of 4:18.47 minutes at the A10 Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/23-24)... Earned 3rd place and set a new personal record in the 3000 meter run with a time of 8:18.19 minutes at the NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/1-2).
Outdoor: Set a new personal record in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:00.20 minutes at the Black & Gold Invitational (3/29-30)... Placed 4th and set a new personal record in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:24.29 minutes at the UMASS Flagship Opener (4/7)... Earned 3rd place in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:01.29 minutes at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (4/13)... Earned 2nd place and set a new personal record in the 2000 meter steeplechase with a time of 5:56.71 minutes at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/20)... Placed 8th in the 4x800 meter relay (Kirn, Catherwood, Calitri, Mullahy) with a time of 7:59.59 minutes and set a new personal record in the 1500 meter run of 3:57.41 minutes at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/10-11).

Before UMass: Graduated from Monroe Woodbury High School in 2023 … PRs entering UMass: 3200m (9:08), mile (4:17), 1000m (2:31) … Helped team to 2022 NYS Federation Championship … Part of 2023 Indoor NYSPHSAA Championship squad … Earned Nike National titles as part of 4xMile relay indoors and outdoors in 2023 … Served as cross country captain in 2021 and 2022 … Tabbed cross country MVP in 2021 … Named Third Team All-State NYS XC in 2022 … Was a seven-time state medalist and five-time All-American.

Personal: Born Collin John Catherwood … Son of Cindy and Glenn … Has two siblings, Meghan and Gavin.