Arizona: As the No. 5 runner for the 2001 cross country team, Bates' top finish helped win the Murray Keatinge Invitational with a 7th-place finish (18:00.7)... Other top finishes include 21st (22:00.8) at the Pac-10 Championships where the team took 2nd and 33rd (22:33.9) at the NCAA West Regional… Finished the season strong at the National Championships where she place 4th on the team, 77th overall, with a time of 21:55… Found her niche in the longer distances during the 2001 track and field season… Ran the team's second-best 10,000-meter time of the year, 35:35.72, at the Mt. SAC Relays… Also had a 5000-meter best of 17:19.90 during the season at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… Finished ninth in the 10,000m at the Pac-10 Championships, running 36:35.74… Bates was a key contributor to the 2000 cross country team, and is expected to do the same on the track this year... Was the team's No. 4 runner throughout most of the season... Finished eighth (23:05.9) at the Purdue Invitational and was 28th (17:55) at the Notre Dame Invitational... Was the team's No. 3 runner in 25th (21:42.50) at the Pac-10 Championships... During the 2000 track and field season, Bates ran 4:56.65 in the 1500m and 10:21.86aa indoors in the 3000m... Finished 12th at the Aztec Invitational early in the 1999 cross country season... Was the Wildcats' No. 4 runner and 30th overall at the Pac-10 Championships... Placed 53rd at the NCAA West Regional and 225th at the NCAA
Championships…
High School: Attended Los Alamitos (Calif.) High School... Earned four letters in both track and field and cross country... Competed in the 800m, mile and two-mile on the track... Team captain in 1998 and was the cross country team's MVP in '97... Won the Sunset League title in the 3200m as a junior... Competed in Junior Olympics throughout high school... Four-year member of the honor roll…
Personal: Kimberly Marie Bates... Born Feb. 29, 1980, in Los Alamitos, Calif... Daughter of Ronald and Marilyn Bates... Has one younger sister, Andrea... Enjoys shopping, going to the beach and snowboarding...
Psychology major with a business administration minor.
