Kaitlyn Mason

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-9
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Central HS/George Fox
Hometown:
Independence, Ore.

PRs
60m – 8.50 (i)
UW Preview
Seattle, Wash., 1/18/14
100m – 13.05
OSU/UP/Willamette
Corvallis, Ore., 3/23/13
100m – 13.05
John Knight Twilight
Monmouth, Ore., 4/11/14
200m – 27.44
Oregon Preview
Eugene, Ore., 3/16/13
60m Hurdles – 10.06 (i)
Husky Classic
Seattle, Wash., 2/9/13
100m Hurdles– 19.47
Willamette Opener
Salem, Ore., 3/2/13
Long Jump – 18-8
Oregon Relays
Eugene, Ore., 4/17/15
Triple Jump – 34-11
Oregon Relays
Eugene, Ore., 4/19/14

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2015 - Long Jump, 19th, 17-9.75.

TRACK AND FIELD
2015 Outdoors: One of three seniors on 2015 team ... Placed 19th in long jump at Pac-12 meet (17-8.75) ... Set PR of 18-8 at Oregon Relays (4/17/15), No. 6 all-time at OSU ... Improved two feet during outdoor season from mark at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation indoor championships (16-7.75). 2015 Indoors: Competed in the long jump in two meets ... Placed 31st at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships (16-7.75). Season Bests: Outdoors - Long jump - 18-8, Oregon relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/17/15). Indoors - Long Jump - 17-0, UW Invitational, Seattle (1/31/15).

2014 Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention … Competed in the 100m, 4x100m relay, long jump and triple jump … Entered most often in the long jump, in which she competed eight times … Surpassed 17-0 in the long jump for the first time at the John Knight Twilight on April 11, going 17-0.50 … Went 17-9.50 at the Titan Twilight (April 24) to win the title … PR’d at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 17-11.50, 10th in school history … Had three meets with wind-aided bests during the outdoor season, culminating with a 34-11 at the Oregon Relays (April 19) … Anchored one and ran the first leg of three 4x100 relays … Best relay time came at the John Knight Twilight (April 11) when OSU ran 49.62 finished second … Tied her 100m PR at the John Knight Twilight, running 13.05 to win her heat and finish ninth overall. 2014 Indoors: Opened the season at the UW Preview where she ran the 60m (8.50) and competed in the long jump (15-7) … Leapt 16-3.75 in the long jump at the Husky Classic (Feb. 15). Season Bests: Outdoors – 100m – 13.05 (PR), John Knight Twilight, Monmouth, Ore. (4/11/14); Long Jump – 17-11.50/5.47m, Pac-12 Championships, Pullman, Wash. (5/17/14); Triple Jump – 34-11/10.64m (w), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/19/14); 4x100m Relay – 49.62, John Knight Twilight, Monmouth, Ore. (4/11/14). Indoors – 60m – 8.50, UW Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/18/14); Long Jump – 16-3.75/4.97m, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/5/14).

2013 Outdoors: Competed in the 100m, 200m, 100m hurdles, long jump and triple jump … Most often entered in the long jump, putting up marks of over 17-0 in six out of 10 meets … Long jump PR of 17-9.50 at the Willamette Invitational (April 6) was 11th all-time at Oregon State … Ran the 100m at both of OSU’s home meets, finishing second on March 23 (13.05) and eighth overall on April 26 (13.27) … Finished 22nd in the 200m at the Oregon Preview (March 16) in her only try at the distance with a time of 27.44 … Also ran the 100m hurdles once, at the Willamette Opener (March 2), posting a time of 19.47 to finish eighth … PR’d in her second and final triple jump competition of the season at the OSU High Performance Meet (April 26) with a mark of 34-0. 2013 Indoors: Made her Oregon State debut in the long jump at the UW Invitational (Jan. 20), finishing 28th with a leap of 16-5 … At the Husky Classic (Feb. 9), ran the 60m hurdles in 10.06 and increased her long jump to 16-11.25, third on OSU’s indoor list. Season Bests: Outdoors – 100m – 13.05 (PR), OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13); 200m – 27.44 (PR), Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/16/13); 100m Hurdles – 19.47 (PR), Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13); Long Jump – 17-9.50/5.42m, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (4/6/13); Triple Jump – 34-0/10.36m, OSU High Performance, Corvallis, Ore. (4/26/13). Indoors – 60m Hurdles – 10.06, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/9/13); Long Jump – 16-11.25/5.16m, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/9/13).

GEORGE FOX: Competed during the 2011-12 season at George Fox in Newburg, Ore. … Placed once during the indoor season at the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 12, finishing 38th in the long jump with a mark of 4.81m … Finished as high a second in both the long jump and triple jump during the outdoor season … Came in second in both at the Rich Allen Classic on March 10 with marks of 5.10m in the long jump and 10.58m in the triple jump, a personal best … Came in third in the long jump at the Westmont Collegiate Classic on March 31 with a career-best leap of 5.27m.

CENTRAL HS: Earned four varsity letters in track for coach Eli Cirino … As a junior, finished third in the Oregon West Conference in the 100-meter high hurdles, triple jump and long jump … As a senior, was first in the league in the long jump and second in the triple jump … Took third in the state in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump in 2011 … Owns PR’s of 17’ 1¼” in the long jump, 35’ 1½” in the triple jump and 16.56 in the 100m HH … Lettered two years in cross country for coach Brad Simkins … Finished ninth in the league and team placed third at state in 2008 … Owns a 5,000-meter PR of 22:07 … Also earned three letters in basketball for Mike Hays and Darryl Franz … As a forward, received All-League Honorable Mention accolades, served as a team captain her senior year and team placed fifth at state in 2010 .

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jen and Bob Mason ... Has two younger brothers, Joshua and Peter … Was homeschooled until the sixth grade … Earned a spot on the honor roll all four years at Central HS … Lists Tyson Gay, whose 100m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record, as her favorite athlete growing up … Describes the state track meet at Hayward Field her senior year and getting to stand on the podium as her biggest athletic thrill to date … Chose Oregon State because of “the atmosphere and the diverse student population.”