Papenberg finishes in 18:58 at the 2003 PIAA State Championships.
Red Lion senior and distance star Kate Papenberg has wanted to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for a long time. This week she got her wish with a nomination from Vice President Dick Cheney. Papenberg has been a consistently strong runner her entire career, always at the front of races, and never giving anything less than 100%. Papenberg was a member of the 2004 all-star team that competed at the Mid-east regional championships in Ohio in November, 2003. At States, she was 34th as a freshman, 8th as a sophomore, 2nd as a junior, and 4th as a senior (in her best time ever on the course).