Kate Van Buskirk (born June 9, 1987, in Brampton, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian Olympian, cross-country and track runner, with 18 years National Team experience.

Kate won the 2004 Runners' Choice London Distance Festival for the 800 m [1], and third in the 800 m juniors at the Hamilton Spectator Indoor Games.

In March 2005, Van Buskirk went to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, held in Le Mans, France.

Van Buskirk graduated from Turner Fenton Secondary School in June 2005 with honours at the Academic level of study, but returned for a fifth year.

In 2005, Van Buskirk won her category of the McQuaid Invitational, a race for high school athletes, held in Rochester, New York.

Later, Van Buskirk won the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championship for her category.

She placed fifth in the 800 metres at the Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships, held in Windsor, Ontario, in August.

She ran the 5000-metre distance in 16:38, three seconds faster than Anita Campbell of Abbotsford, British Columbia, a runner at University of Washington.

Because of this win, Athletics Canada chose her for the 2006 World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, to be held in April.

In January 2018, Van Buskirk broke the Canadian record in the indoor mile, with a time of 4:26.92, when at the Dr. Sander Invitational at the Armory in New York City.

[20][21] Van Buskirk previously hosted, edited, and produced Canadian Running Magazine podcast The Shakeout, beginning in 2018.

In 2023, Van Buskirk did was on the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon for her sixth year; these have included carriage on CBC Sports' live stream.

[22][23] In 2022, Van Buskirk joined Diamond League World Athletics coverage on CBC, with Andi Petrillo and Scott Russell.