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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kayla Wrathall

Kayla Wrathall

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Eastvale, Calif.
  • Previous School:
    Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Summary

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS

  • D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023-24, 2024-25)
  • Four-time FAR Cougar All-Academic Team (2023 & 2024 - Cross Country, Track & Field)
  • CCAA All-Academic (2022-23, 2024-25)
  • CCAA Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • Mangrum Award for Academic Excellence (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023)

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2024-25 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Competed in five outdoor meets.
  • Ran a season-best 5000-meter time of 19:43.53 at the Oxy Distance Carnival and Spring Break Classic (March 8).
  • 1500-meter time of 5:20.13 at the Mangrum Invitational (March 28) was a season best.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2024 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Competed in three races. 
  • Took 113th place at the Cougar Challenge with a 6K time of 24:37.2. 

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2023-24 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Did not compete.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Did not compete in any races. 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022-23 DURING TRACK & FIELD
  • Did not compete.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022 DURING CROSS COUNTRY
  • Competed in six races, finishing five. 
  • Made his collegiate debut at the UCR Invitational with a 5k time of 19:22.7 for 74th place. 
  • Placed 52nd at the CCAA Championships (Nov. 5) wiht a 6k time of 24:23.6. 
  • Ran a personal-best 6k time of 23:31.2 at the Cougar Challenge (Sept. 24) for 79th place. 

HIGH SCHOOL
  • A 2022 graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, California.
  • Ran for Coach David Cummings and Coach Hector Chavez. 
  • Named Unsung Hero in 2021 for cross country. 
  • 2020 Team MVP in cross country. 
  • 2018 Coach's Award in cross country. 
  • Honors with Distinction (2018-22). 
  • Four-time Big Eight League All-Academic. 
  • ERHS Record Book: 
    • Third in mile. 
    • 12th for three mile (XC). 
    • 13th in 3200m. 
    • 14th in 5K (XC).
  • Link Crew Leader as a junior. 
  • Member of California Scholarship Federation during 2019-2022.

PERSONAL
  • Born in Baldwin Park, California.
  • Hometown is Eastvale, California.
  • Daughter of Mark and Canesha Wrathall. 
  • Has a twin sister, Hannah. 
  • Loves traveling and doing anything outdoors - hiking, trail running, surfing and rock climbing. 
  • Enjoys playing guitar and piano, cooking and doing puzzles. 
  • Favorite movie is "The Secret LIfe of Walter Mitty". 
  • Favorite athletes are Athing Mu, Sydney McLaughlin, Molly Seidel, Emma Coburn. 
  • Most memorable moment was during junior year cross country season when she passed the number one girl in her high school team's biggest competitors in the last 100 meters to solidified the team's Big 8 League Champion Title during the 2020(1) season, the program's first title in seven years. 
  • Favorite food is Acai Bowls with peanut butter on top. 
  • Her first international trip was to Iceland. 
  • Been a vegan since freshman year in high school. 
  • Likes to volunteer in her home church's children's ministry. 
  • Intends on attending graduate school to become a physician assistant. Following graduation, she plans on working in several states across the U.S. on temporary assignments before settling down and specializing in orthopedics.
  • Plans on majoring in Biochemistry. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

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