Kate Dorman isn’t your ordinary jogger. Or juggler. She’s both. A joggler.

The Arts & Sciences sophomore has been practicing the art of jogging and juggling simultaneously for half a year.

Before joggling, Dorman spent time jogging but did not have a great grasp on juggling. With practice, she caught on.

When she juggles, she uses tennis balls, but has also tried eggs, juggling clubs and soccer balls.

Her dad saw someone doing it on the news and told Dorman about it.”I YouTubed it and then I just watched it and I was like, ‘I’m going to do that tomorrow,'” Dorman said.

And that is exactly what she did; she headed to the Kiewit Fitness Center. It took her approximately 14 minutes to complete her first mile. Her quickest time has been seven minutes and 15 seconds.

Since January, when she first took up joggling, Dorman has only tripped and fallen once.

“For me it just kind of keeps my mind off running,” Dorman said.

Dorman’s roommate has watched the blend of skills develop since the beginning.

“I saw her career unfold last year as she discovered the art of joggling,” said Mel Murnan, Arts & Sciences sophomore. “At first, all of our friends thought it was the most amazing thing we have ever seen, but as the year went on, it became a normal thing.”

Because of joggling, Dorman has connected with a variety of onlookers and admirers. From the Creighton basketball team to the maintenance workers in the KFC, everyone is interested in what she is doing and why.

“Everybody asks me why. That is always the first question,” Dorman said.

Dorman keeps a notepad with all the stories that she has heard or friends have heard about her joggling.

Murnan attended a spring break service trip last semester. While she and her group were talking, Dorman’s name, “the joggler,” burst into the conversation.

An upperclassman asked the group if they had heard of the joggler, and stories spilled forth about Dorman, Murnan said.

The stories included: “One time, I saw her on the Stairmaster in the weight room juggling.” Another person said, “Whenever I run around the track when the joggler is there, I always run faster because I would feel bad about myself if she passed me.”

Basketball player Josh Jones told Dorman that he would trade his basketball skills for her juggling skills.

Dorman has mastered being able to joggle without looking at the balls, making it manageable to cross streets and watch the sidewalk to ensure she does not trip.

Dorman not only joggles on the campus mall but also makes her way up the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, Burt Street and even the Double Tree Hotel stairwells.

She has a goal to climb the Sears Tower in Chicago while juggling, Murnan said.

Dorman wants to bring other students into the fun by setting up signs on the mall during Wednesdays After Class and teaching anyone who wants to come for an hour or two.

Dorman taught all of her techniques to Murnan. “I couldn’t even get past juggling two balls. It’s a lot harder than it looks, that’s for sure,” Murnan said.

“Everyone wants to learn it, but every time you drop the balls, they roll everywhere. You have to chase them, pick them up and start over. It becomes tiring,” Dorman said.

“A few weeks ago while I was joggling across the Pedestrian Bridge, a lady yelled, ‘Congratulations, young lady, you’re going to be a champion one day,'” Dorman said. “This summer, I joggled on a track at a high school near my house. The state champion football team was having a summer camp there. And then the coach saw me. He said, ‘You’re the best athlete out there.'”