Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: 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. .... GNAC Female Runner of the Week for Sept. 10-15, 2018.

Sophomore (2019): Won the first two meets of the season, taking the PLU Invitational and the Capital Cross Challenge. ... Set 6K personal-best times in both, going 21:04.40 in Tacoma and 20:30.2 in Sacramento. ... Left the program in October.

Freshman (2018): Ran and scored in all seven meets, leading SPU across the finish line in six of them. ... Placed an All-American 35th for the Falcons in the NCAA D2 Championships at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh. making it through a mud-soaked 6 kilometers 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. She was the first freshman across the line, thus earning 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). Her time of 17:24.8 at the Bowles made her just the second Falcon in program history (and first since 2015) to break 18 minutes on the 5K layout at Bush's Pasture Park. Teammates Kate Lilly and Dania Holmberg followed suit a few seconds behind her. 

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 5 kilometers 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.

Personal: Kaylee Elisabeth Mitchell. ... Food & Nutrition major, with emphasis on dietetics. ... Her mother graduated from SPU.

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. "I hated it and was never going to do it again," but after moving to a new city before her junior year, decided to give it another shot as a way to make some friends. Has gone from sprinter in middle school to middle distance in high school, and now long distance. ... Previously played basketball and volleyball, and played soccer for one year. ...  If not for cross country / track, would do soccer or basketball. ... Favorite sports to watch are basketball and track. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "The Room." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Let Your Mind Run" by Deena Kastod. ... Favorite junk food is Nutella mug cake. ... Favorite healthy food is oatmeal with peanut butter, walnuts, and banana. ... Favorite TV program is "The Office." ... Loves to shop for running shoes. ... Favorite sports team is the Bowerman Track Club. ... Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner Emma Coburn. ... Easiest subject in school is science. ... Toughest subject is math. ... Pre-race rituals are praying, and positive self-talk. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be SPU teammate Kate Lilly. She would serve corn. ... Her friends call her Kay or KK. ... In 10 years, plans to be married and starting a family in the Pacific Northwest, working as a nutritionist. ... Was born in Germany.


PRs ON 2019 COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
WWU Classic @ Sudden Valley 22:01.0 (2018)
NCAA West Regionals @ Amend Park 21:43.05 (2018) (same course as 2019 GNAC)
GNAC @ Ash Creek Preserve 21:35.20 (2018) (same course as 2019 West Regionals)


PRs ON OTHER COURSES
(All 6 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
CWU Invite (5K) @ Rotary Park 18:54.0 (2018)
Charles Bowles Invite (5K) @ Bush's Pasture Park 17:24.8 (2018)
Inland Empire Championships (5K) @ Lewis-Clark State 17:49.0 (2018)
NCAA Championships @ Schenley Park 23:24.9 (2018)


CAREER RESULTS