2017 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA indoor All-West Region in long jump (2014, 2015, 2017) and 200 (2017). ... All-GNAC indoor in long jump (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and 4x400 relay (2017). ... USTFCCCA 2nd team All-American in long jump (2017). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region outdoor in 4x100 relay (2015, 2016) and long jump (2016, 2017). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 4x100 relay (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) and long jump (2015, 2017). ... GNAC All-Academic (2015, 2016, 2017). ... USTFCCCA All-Academic (2016, 2017).
Senior (2017): INDOOR – Won GNAC long jump with a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 19-8 1/2 5.80m. ... Placed 4th in 200 meters in PR and NCAA provisional time of 24.51 seconds. That came on the heels of her previous PR of 24.66 in the previous day's preliminaries – her first time breaking the 25-second mark. ... Placed 6th in 60-meter dash in PR of 7.81 seconds, breaking her old PR of 7.88, set in the Friday preliminaries. ... Led off 3rd-place 4x400 relay at GNAC, followed by Lani Taylor, Cheryl Hong and Becca Houk for an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:48.08. OUTDOOR – Made it to NCAA nationals for the first time, placing 15th at 19-5 1/4, and earning 2nd-team All-American honors. That was her second 19-foot jump of the season and third of her career. Set a PR and got onto the NCAA provisional qualifying list with a mark of 19-7 on April 14 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif.. In that same meet, broke 25 seconds in the 200-meter dash for the first time in her career, coming through in 24.74. ... Won GNAC long jump championship for the second time, this one with a leap of 18-7 3/4, thus completing an indoor-outdoor sweep of the conference crowns. ... Scored with a 6th-place finish in the 100-meter dash (12.47). ... Ran third leg on 3rd-place 4x100 relay, teaming with Becca Houk, Scout Cai, and Lani Taylor for a time of 48.47. ... Led off the 5th-place 4x400 relay, followed by Cai, Brooke Benner, and Taylor for a time of 3:54.28. ... Placed 12th in the 200 in 26.24. ... Won the 100-meter dash in 12.29 at the JD Shotwell Invitational in Tacoma on April 1. ... Won the long jump (16-9 1/4) at the Emilie Mondor Invitational in Burnaby, B.C., on April 8. ... Clocked a PR of 12.10 in the 100-meter dash at the Beach Invitational in Long Beach, Calif., on April 15.
Junior (2016): INDOOR – Placed 3rd in GNAC long jump at 18-3 / 5.56m. ... Also placed 6th in 60-meter dash (7.93) and 6th in 200 (25.31) at GNAC. ... After hitting 8 seconds flat twice during the regular season, finally broke it for the first time with a PR tme of 7.92 in the GNAC prelims. ... Had a PR time of 25.08 in the GNAC prelims. ... Competed in six meets altogether. OUTDOOR -- Ran third leg on 3rd-place 4x100 relay at GNAC. ... Placed 4th in 100-meter dash (12.60), 6th in 200 (25.99), and 17th in long jump (12-4) at GNAC. ... Broke 19-foot long jump mark for the first time in college, going an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 19-1 1/2 / 5.83m at Spike Arlt Invitational on April 23. ... In that same meet, set a pair of other PRs: 12.18 in the 100-meter dash, and 25.21 in the 200. ... Participated in 10 meets.
Sophomore (2015): INDOOR – Placed 2nd in GNAC long jump with a personal-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying distance of 18-5 3/4. That was her first college indoor jump of longer than 18 feet. ... Also placed 5th in GNAC 60-meter dash in 7.99. ... Placed 5th in GNAC 200 in 25.70. OUTDOOR – Won GNAC long jump championship at 18 feet, 4 1/2 inches. ... Ran third leg on GNAC-winning 4x100 relay team, which posted a 46.82 that made NCAA provisional and was .05 from the school record. ... Placed 5th in the GNAC 200 (25.54), just off her PR of 25.47 from the preliminaries. ... Placed 9th in the GNAC 100-meter dash in 12.46. ... Ran on winning 4x100 relays at the Club Northwest Spring Break Open and the Saint Martin's Invitational. ... Set a long jump PR of 18 feet, 7 inches (5.66m) at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 17. ... Tied 100-meter PR of 12.37 at Triton Invitational on April 25. ...
Freshman (2014): INDOOR – Competed in seven meets, specializing in the 60-meter dash, 200, and long jump. ... Placed in all three events at GNAC Championship, taking 2nd in the long jump (18-3 3/4), 4th in the 200 (25.35), and 7th in the 60 (8.00). The long jump was a PR. Set PRs of 7.93 in the 60 and 25.30 in the 200 during the GNAC preliminaries. OUTDOOR – Competed in 10 meets, doing the 100, 200, 400, and long jump. … Competed in all but the 400 at GNAC, tying her outdoor PR of 18-4 1/2 to take 4th place in the long jump. Made the 200 finals, taking 8th in 25.96, and was 10th overall in the 100 in 13.19. ... Ran on 2nd-place 4x100 relay at GNAC.
Kamiakin High School: Ran on three consecutive Class 3A (larger midsize schools) state title-winning 4x200 relay teams (2011, 2012, 2013), and was on back-to-back state-champion 4x100 relays (2011, 2012). ... Took 3rd at state in the 200 meters and 4th in the long jump in 2013. ... During the regular season in '13, went a personal-best 18 feet, 10 1/4 inches in the long jump, a mark that would have put her onto the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying list. ... Ran a PR 24.95 in the 200 prior to state. ... Name to All-Conference, All-Area, and All-State teams for track. ... Kamiakin MVP for track, Outstanding Sprinter for track, and offensive MVP for soccer. ... KNDU-TV Scholar-Athlete.
Personal: Kyra Taylor Brannan. ... Born July 19, 1995. ... Mechcanical engineering major.
Fun facts: Also enjoys playing soccer, and has played basketball. ... Favorite sport to watch is football. ... Book she just couldn't put down "is pretty much any book I start." ... Favorite junk food is Double-Stuff Oreos. ... Favorite healthy food is mangos. ... Favorite TV program is "How I Met Your Mother." ... Favorite psych-up music prior to a big race is "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons. ... Favorite sports teams are the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Lakers. ... Favorite athletes are Russell Wilson and Kobe Bryant. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, she would invite Robert Downey Jr., and serve lasagna. ... In 10 years, she hopes to be working for a roller coaster design company and coming close to starting her own theme park. ... Teamed up with her mom to run TOPSoccer, which helps kids with autism and Down syndrome grow socially, emotionally, mentally, and physically through soccer.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
60: 7.81 (2/18/2017)
200: 24.51 (2/18/2017)
LJ: 19-8 1/2 / 5.80m (2/17/2017)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100: 12.10 (4/15/2017)
200: 24.74 (4/14/2017)
400: 59.76 (3/8/2014)
LJ: 19-7 / 5.97 (4/14/2017)
CAREER RESULTS
