2022 Women's Track & Field Roster
Mitchell, Kaylee
Kaylee Mitchell
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Sprague HS
- Hometown:
- Salem, Ore.
Bio
TFRRS Profile
2023
Outdoor:
Outdoor:
2020-21
Outdoor:
2018 (Freshman)
2023
Outdoor:
- Raced to first-team All-America honors and seventh in the nation in the 3,000m steeplechase
- Placed third overall and won her heat at the NCAA West Regionals in the steeplechase
- Scored nine points for Oregon State at the Pac-12 championships with a runner-up finish in the steeplechase and
- Raced to first in the steeplechase at the Oregon State High Performance Meet
- Outraced a loaded field that included an Olympian to win the 1,500m in 4:14.76 at the Oregon Twilight
- Raced to the school record in the 3,000 meters and the mile over a historic season
- Earned second-team All-America honors in both the 3,000m and the mile
- Placed 10th in the 3K and 12th in the mile at the national championships
- Finished second in the mile at the Razorback Invite and fourth at the Ken Shannon Invite
- Placed fifth in the 3,000m at the Boston U Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener to begin the season
Outdoor:
- Helped Oregon State score at the NCAA National Championships for the first time since 1986 with a school record of 9:34.59 and sixth place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
- A personal record of 15:59.70 and a fifth place in the 5000m at the PAC-12 Track & Field Championships while also placing second in the steeple
- No. 4 in the OSU record book for the 800m with a time of 2:08.20 at the Lewis and Clark Invitational
- Claimed the first place spot in the 3000m at the 2022 Pac-12 Invitational and became the OSU record holder with a time of 8:58.39
- Led OSU to a fourth place finish in the Distance Medley Relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, bagging another No. 1 spot in the OSU record books
- An All-American in the Distance Medley Relay (1st Team) and 3000m (2nd Team)
2020-21
Outdoor:
- Competed in five meets for OSU
- Took third at the Pac-12 Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase with a new school record of 9:48.30
- Posted the second-fastest 5K time in program history at the Hayward Premiere, 16:00.52 to finish ninth
- Recorded a time of 4:20.17 at the second Lewis and Clark Invite to finish second, the third-best mark in school history
- Won the 800m at the second Lewis and Clark Invite with a time of 2:12.10
- Claimed first in the 3,000m steeplechase at the OSU High Performance meet, finishing in 9:57.40
- Finished sixth at the Iowa State Classic with a 5K time of 16:12.32, second-fastest in school history
2018 (Freshman)
- One-year letterwinner
- USTFCCCA All-American in 2018
- USTFCCCA All-West Region in 2018
- All-GNAC in 2018
- GNAC Freshman of the Year in 2018
- 3X GNAC Female Runner of the Week from 2018-19
- School record holder in the steeplechase (10:37)
- Ranked third in D2 XC in 2019
- Ran and scored in all seven meets, leading SPU across the finish line in six of them
- Placed as an All-American 35th for the Falcons in the NCAA D2 Championships at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh. making it through a mud-soaked 6K in 23:24.9
- Placed 3rd at the GNAC Championships, completing 6 kilometers at Western Oregon's Ash Creek Preserve in Monmouth in 21:35.20
- Earned the Freshman of the Year award
- Was No. 2 for the Falcons and 16th overall at NCAA West Regionals, thereby gaining All-Region status
- Won her college debut at the CWU Invite, finishing 5 kilometers at Rotary Park in 18:03
- Also made the top 10 at the Charles Bowles Invite (7th), the Inland Empire Championships (7th) and the WWU Classic (6th)
- Ran to a 4th-place finish in the Class 6A (large school) Oregon state meet as a senior in 2017, finishing 5K in 18:04 and helping Sprague take 7th place as a team in the 18-school meet
- Her time was a 46-second drop from the 18:50 she posted as a junior on the same state course at Lane Community College in Eugene
- That junior year time led to another impressive state finish, as she took 12th
- Won a regular-season meet against McKay and Forest Grove as a senior
- Holds the school record at Astoria HS in 800m (2:16) and 1500m (4:41)
- Kaylee Elisabeth Mitchell
- Food & Nutrition major, with emphasis on dietetics
- Has two siblings, Landen (14) and Makena (18)
- Born in Ktzingen, Germany
- Started running track in middle school, and cross country as a sophomore in high school when the distance coach convinced her to give it a try in order to stay in shape for track
- Previously played basketball and volleyball, and played soccer for one year
- Favorite sports to watch are basketball and track
- Has dual citizenship in Germany and America
- Favorite healthy food is oatmeal with peanut butter, walnuts, and banana
- Favorite TV show is "The Office."
- Loves to shop for running shoes
- Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner Emma Coburn
- Pre-race rituals are praying, and positive self-talk
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Oregon State Track and Field
Tuesday, June 14
Track & Field Recap: High Performance Meet 5/1/15
Tuesday, June 14
Track & Field Dual Meet vs Utah Recap 3/21/15
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