Kaylee Mitchell

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

2020-21 All-American
2020-21 All-Pac-12 First-Team

**Cross Country Best Championship Finishes**
Finish	Event	Location	Date
20th (20:38.5)	NCAA Championships	Stillwater, Okla. (OSU Cross Country Invite)	3/5/21
7th (19:39.4)	Pac-12 Championships	University Park, Wash. (Chambers Creek Park)	3/15/21

AT OREGON STATE
2021

Named to the Fall Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Competed at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 20), clocking a time of 20:20.3 to finish 77th overall
Was the first Beaver to cross the finish line at the NCAA West Regional (Nov. 12), placing 12th with a 6K personal best of 20:15.8, earning All-Region honors
Clinched sixth with a time of 20:51.7 at the Pac-12 Championships (Oct. 29), garnering First Team All-Conference accolades and leading the team to a sixth place finish
Posted a 4K personal best of 13:48.4, placing eighth individually as the Beavers clinched first as a team at the Viking Rust Busted (Sept. 3)
Placed 17th with a time of 20:28.6 at the Dellinger Invitational (Sept. 23) as the Beavers took fifth as a team
Set pace for the Beavers at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a time of 20:48.9, finishing 42nd overall

2020-21

Helped lead OSU to the best program finishes in school history at the NCAA Championships (16th; 375 points) and Pac-12 Championships (4th; 100 points)
Named an All-American for finishing 20th with a time of 20:38.5 at the NCAA Championships, highest individual finish in program history at the event
She recorded the best individual performance in school history at the Pac-12 Championships, taking seventh in a time of 19:39.4
Took second at the Oregon Cross Country Invite with a finish of 16:51.2

AT SEATTLE PACIFIC
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)

SPRAGUE HIGH SCHOOL

Ran to a 4^th-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 7^th 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)

PERSONAL

FUN FACTS

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