Chadron State Pole Vaulter Katarina Race Passes Away

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(Neb.)-Former CSC Pole Vaulter Dies At 19

By: Chad Franzen Posted at: 03/21/2011 10:15 AM

BARTLETT, Neb. – Katarina Race, who competed in the pole vault for the Chadron State College track and field team in 2009, died Friday, March 18 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She was 19.
Memorial services for Race will be on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Wheeler Central High School. Burial will be in the Bartlett Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Bartlett.
Race graduated as the salutatorian of Wheeler Central in 2009 where she was a two-time district champion in the pole vault.
At Chadron State, she competed for the track and field team indoors and worked at the Child Development Center.
--Alex Helmbrecht, CSC Sports Information Director

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Katarina Race


BARTLETT — Memorial services for Katarina D. Race, 19, of Bartlett will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Wheeler Central High School gymnasium with the Revs. Nancy Tomlinson and Delano Cunningham officiating. Burial will be in the Bartlett Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at United Methodist Church in Bartlett.
She died Friday, March 18, 2011, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Arrangements are by Snider Memorial Funeral Home of Elgin.
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Katarina Dawn Race was born Sept. 23, 1991, in Norfolk to Mitch and Sarah LaVonne (Olson) Race. Katarina attended and graduated from Wheeler Central Schools in Bartlett. She graduated in 2009 as salutatorian of her class, having been involved in volleyball, basketball, track, FFA and National Honor Society.
She attended Chadron State College, majoring in secondary math education with a minor in coaching. While at Chadron, Katarina was involved in track, intramural volleyball and working with children at the Child Development Center.
Katarina, "Kat" to many of her friends, was a very bubbly girl who made everyone around her smile. She always had something goofy to say to brighten your day and a personal strength beyond her years. She will be greatly missed by many.
Katarina is survived by her parents, Mitch and Sarah LaVonne (Olson) Race; sister Casandra Race; grandparents Roger and LaDonna Race, Louie and Nina Satter, Jane Olson; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and loving friends.
Katarina was preceded in death by her grandfather, Aubrey Olson.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.snidermemorial.com.