KATHY MOORE ANGUISH Track, Cross Country, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Badminton Graduated: 1977 Inducted: 2023

Kathy Moore was a trailblazer in girls sports at Southwest. The Florida High School Athletics Association did not hold a state track meet for girls until 1975. Two years later, Kathy won state championships in cross country, the mile run and the two-mile run. She is one of only three athletes at Southwest to win three state titles. On October 29, 1976, she set the state record in cross country (then a mile-and-a-half course) with a time of 7 minutes, 54 seconds, knocking 7 seconds off the old mark. Her county record in the mile run stood for 42 years. Kathy, at age 17, set a national age group record in the two-mile run and still held the Southwest school records in the 880-yard run, mile run and two-mile run at the time those events were discontinued for metric distances. She was the leading scorer on the basketball team as a sophomore and junior and also lettered in volleyball, softball, and badminton. As a freshman at FSU, Kathy finished first in five of her seven cross country races and finished 26th in the country in the AIAW championships (the NCAA did not sponsor women’s events back then). She lettered three years in cross country and two years in track for the Seminoles.

Kathy Moore (left) at Southwest and (right) at FSU