Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: One-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC indoor in mile and distance medley relay (2019). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region outdoor in the 3000 steeplechase (2019). ... All-GNAC outdoor in the 3000 steeplechase (2019). ...  USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019). ... SPU school record setter in the 3000 steeplechase (10:37.53 on March 28).

Freshman (2019): INDOOR – Placed 3rd in the mile (5:05.84) and 5th in the 3000 (10:15.41) at the GNAC Championships. Also ran the 800-meter leg on the 2nd-place 4000 distance medley relay, which posted an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 12:01.45. ... Logged a PR and NCAA provisional time of 4:57.78 in the mile at the SPU Final Qualifier, an eight-second time drop coming just one week after GNAC. ... Made her college debut at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview, clocking 5:10.25 in the mile and 10:07.45 in the 3000.  OUTDOOR – Did a distance triple at the GNAC Championships, scoring in all three events: 2nd in the 3000 steeplechase (10:39.74), 6th in the 5000 (17:17.56) and 7th in the 1500 meters (4:32.81). ... Ran the steeple for the first time ever on March 9 at the PLU Open, winning in 10:51.22, just six seconds shy of the school record. Ran it again three weeks later at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic in Hayward, Calif., and broke that record with an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 10:37.28, erasing the old mark of 10:45.54 set by Suzie Strickler in 2008. ... Nearly broke it again on April 27 at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham, finishing in 10:38.09. ... Earned a ticket to the NCAA Championships in the steeple, but an injury forced her out of the race in the early going. ... Set a PR and made NCAA provisional in the 1500 with a 4:32.72 at the regular-season finale Ken Shannon Invitational.

Sprague High School (junior, 2017): Placed 3rd in the 800 at the Class 6A (large school) Oregon state meet as a junior in 2017 with a personal-best time of 2:12.37. ... Ran the 800 10 times that season, winning nine times. ... Also anchored the 9th-place 4x400 relay at state.

Astoria High School (freshman and sophomore, 2015 and 2016): Ran third leg on the Class 4A Oregon state champion 4x100 relay team as a sophomore in 2016. That relay, with the same four runners in the same order every time, ran nine races and won all nine. ... Also placed 2nd in both the 800 and the 1500, clocking 2:18.02 and 4:43.51, respectively, and anchored the 9th-place 4x400 relay state. ... Placed 2nd in the 800 and the 1500 at state as a freshman in 2015, the latter in a personal-best time of 4:41.47. ... Ran third leg on the 2nd-place 4x100 relay and anchored the 6th-place 4x400 relay at state.

Personal: Kaylee Elisabeth Mitchell. ... Nutrition major.

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. ... Previously played basketball. ... Favorite sports to watch are basketball and track. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Dumb and Dumber." ... Books she just couldn't put down were "Looking for Alaska" by John Green, or "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. ... Favorite junk foods are cookie dough or ice cream. ... Favorite healthy food is a fruit / veggie smoothie. ... Favorite TV program is "The Office." ... Her dream car is a Tesla. ... Loves to shop for shoes. ... Favorite sports team is the Bowerman Track Club. ... Favorite athlete is American middle distance runner Emma Coburn. ... Easiest subject in school is writing. ... Toughest subject is math. ... Pre-race rituals are praying, pacing back and forth, and telling herself that no matter what happens, she gets to go to bed after it's done. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Kanye West because "I want to know what it's like to love myself as much as he loves himself." She would serve manna "because he's basically a god." ... If she could be any action hero or heroine, would be Elasta Girl. ... Her friends call her Kay or Kaylee Kay. ... In 10 years, plans to be married and starting a family in the Pacific Northwest, working as a nutritionist.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
Mile:       4:57.79 (2/23/2019)
3000:    10:07.45 (1/12/2019)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
1500:    4:32.72 (5/4/2019)
5000:    17:16.79 (4/18/2019)
3000 steeplechase:    10:37.53 (3/28/2019)


CAREER RESULTS