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2015 Cross Country Roster

Kayla Deighan

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
  • Highschool Sacred Heart Catholic HS

Biography

Season and Career Stats


WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists:
#6 3,000m Steeplechase (10:40.69, 2015)


Academic Honors

2015 MVC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete

2015 MVC Academic Honor Roll

Spring, 2015 WSU AD's Honor Roll

Fall, 2014 WSU AD's Honor Roll

2014 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award

2014 MVC Academic Honor Roll

2013 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award

2013 MVC Academic Honor Roll

Spring, 2014 WSU AD's Honor Roll

Fall, 2013 WSU AD's Honor Roll

Spring, 2013 WSU AD's Honor Roll

Fall, 2012 WSU AD's Honor Roll

Spring, 2012 WSU AD's Honor Roll

Fall, 2011 WSU AD's Honor Roll


Cross Country

2015 Cross Country:  Finished 16th at the MVC Championship with a 17:38.9 in the 5K race… Also ran a 22:18.7 in the 6K Midwest Regional to finish 112th… Also finished seventh at the J.K. Gold Classic (14:54.5) and the Woody Greeno (22:48.0)…  

2014: Competed in six meets, including the MVC Championship 5k, where she finished 43rd with a time of 18:32.16, and the NCAA Regional 6k where she finished 110th with a time of 21:51.9... Her high finish was sixth at the J.K. Gold Classic (4k, 14:04.35)

2013: High finish was at the Butler County Triangular where she ran the 3K in 11:56.15... Finished 19th at the JK Gold Classic with a time of 15:18.55 in the 4K and 14th at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 22:55.40 in the 6K... Finished 48th at the MVC Championship and 144th at the NCAA Midwest Regional... Named an MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award winner.

2012: Redshirted and ran as an unattached runner in three races...Had a time of 15:47.69 at the JK Gold Classic...Posted a time of 20:21.27 at the OSU Jamboree...Finished the McPherson Invite by crossing the finish line at 19:35.1.

2011: Competed in four meets for the Shockers...Finished in the top-25 twice during the season...Finished 20th at the JK Gold Classic in 15:19.76 and finished 21st in the ESU Invitational (19:13.11).

Track & Field

2015 (Junior): Indoor- Finished 10th in the Mile at the MVC Championship with a time of 5:37.20... Scored in the Distance Medley Relay for WSU with a seventh-place finish and time of 12:18.54. Outdoor- Scored in the MVC Championship 3000m steeplechase with a fifth-place finish in 11:14.42... Set her personal best in the steeplechase with a time of 10:40.69 in the Sac State Mondo Challenge... Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team.

2014 (Sophomore): Indoor- Posted her season best indoor time in the mile at the Nebraska Tune Up with a time of 5:10.10... Third place finish at the Herm Wilson in the 3,000 meters and fourth place finish in the mile. Outdoor- Won the 3,000 steeplechase at the SFA Skecher's Carl Knight Invitational... First place finish in the 5,000 meters at the KT Woodman with a season best time of 17:56.93.

2013 (Freshman): Indoor- Posted a season best time of 5:10.90 in the mile at the Varsity Apartments Invitational... Set a new personal record in the 3,000m at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 10:44.76... Competed in the mile and the 3,000m run at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships for the Shockers.  Outdoor: Won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Track-It-Buster Invitational with the seventh fastest time in Shocker history (11:14.45)... Placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Arkansas Spring Invitational with a then PR of 11:19.91... Ran a personal best of 4:52.22 in the 1,500m run at the Skechers SFA Alumni Invitational... Finished 10th in the 3,000m steeplechase at the MVC Outdoor Championships (11:39.02). 

2012 (Freshmen): Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Did not compete.

High School: Finished third in the 2010 women's 1,500 steeplechase at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Track and Field Championships... Her personal bests were 4:45 (1,500) and 5:05.33 (1,500 steeplechase), 7:23 (2,000 steeplechase) and 10:32 (3,000).

Personal: Born August 17, 1993 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada... Daughter of Christopher and Susan Deighan... Has a brother, Luke.

Historical Player Information

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  • 2015Redshirt Senior