By Pat Goodwin

In a rare appearance on the roads, Catherine “Cack” Ferrell will be among the competitors at the NYRR Women’s Invitational 8K on March 15, which is part of the Central Park Challenge in New York City. Ferrell has preferred to focus on track and cross country since she graduated from Princeton University in 2006. In 2007, her only venture on to the roads occurred at Tufts, the site of the USA Women’s 10K Championships last fall, where she finished 12th in 33:57.

Her credentials since graduation include a spot on the 2007 U.S. World Cross Country team that went to Mombasa, Kenya, last March, along with a berth on the U.S. team at the 2007 Pan American Games last July where she competed in the 5000 meters. In Mombasa she led the American women and finished 30th overall and at the Pan Am Games she won the silver medal in the 5000. Also last year, she was 10th at the USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, and finished sixth in the 5000 in 15:43.69 at AT&T USA Track & Field Championships in Indianapolis.