Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Former Lady Jacket track and cross country athlete Katie (Lanphier) Ruhlman has been coaching the women’s track distance runners since the 2018 season. She joined the cross country program as an assistant coach in 2015.

She continues to run competitively and qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Atlanta with her performance at the Chevron Houston Marathon.

Collegiate Running Career:

• Four-year middle distance and distance runner for the Lady Jackets
• Seven-time NCCAA All-American on the track in the relay events
• Member of the 2012 NCCAA Indoor Championship quartets in the 4 x 400 and distance medley relays
• Part of foursomes that qualified for the NAIA Nationals in the 2010 Indoor DMR and 2009 Outdoor 4 x 400
• Two-time American Mideast Conference champion in the 400 meter hurdles (2010) and the 4 x 400 meter relay (2009)
• Ran cross country her junior and senior seasons, and was CU’s #2 finisher in the 2010 NCCAA Championship
• NAIA and NCCAA Scholar-Athlete in both track and cross country

The Cincinnati, Ohio native was a Dean’s List student while earning a nursing degree from CU in 2012. She also earned a master’s in nursing from the University in 2015.

Katie and her husband, Kevin, reside in Centerville, Ohio with their son, Elijah.