2025 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2024-25 (Junior)
- Competed in the first three meets on the cross country schedule
- Jackets’ #5 finisher at the season-opening Wright State 5K in 15:37.9
- Placed 69th of 432 runners in the All-Ohio Classic in 26:42.1 as CU’s #7 runner
- Indoor season featured a career-best 4:16.87 mile at the G-MAC Championship (11th) and 4:17.14 at the Wittenberg Invitational (4th)
- Also turned in an 800 PR at Wittenberg (1:58.34)
- Ran 8:52.75 in the 3,000 meters at Ashland and 15:34.87 in the 5,000 meters at the NCCAA Indoor Championship (9th)
- Outdoor highlights included a PR of 3:54.45 in the 1,500 meters at the Harrison Dillard Twilight
- Placed fourth in the 1,500 (3:55.57) at the G-MAC Outdoor Championship
- Ran a career-best 14:59.38 in the 5K at the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open and a 10K PR of 31:12.85 at the Lee Invitational
- Won the 1,500 meters (3:56.44) at the Wilmington Invitational
2023-24 (Sophomore)
- Fastest 5K during the indoor track circuit was 15:43.60 at the Wittenberg Showcase
- Came in fifth at the NCCAA Indoor Championship in 15:54.25
- Set indoor PR’s in the mile (4:26.23) and 3K (8:52.75)
- Established outdoor career bests in the steeplechase (9:44.73), 5K (15:23.85), and 10K (32:11.16)
- Ran in six cross country meets and was among team’s top seven finishers four times
- Team’s top runner at Wilmington with a career-best 8K of 26:01.9 to place 16th overall
- Clocked in 26:14.1 at the All-Ohio to finish 69th of 464 competitors
- Placed 36th overall in the G-MAC in 26:23.4
2022-23 (Freshman)
- NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 5K placing third in a season-best 15:37.36
- Fastest indoor mile was 4:26.53 at Wittenberg
- Also posted indoor marks in the 800 (2:02.70) and 3,000 (9:22.67)
- Fastest outdoor 5K was 15:19.28 at the Tiffin Carnival
- Registered outdoor times in the 800 (2:04.63); 1,500 (4:13.76); mile (4:33.85); and 10K (32:38.70)
- Participated in five meets during the cross country season
- Team’s No. 9 finisher in his collegiate debut at the Wright State 5K in 16:27.9
- All four 8K times were with 15 seconds of each other topped by 27:10.5 in the All-Ohio
High School
- Four-sport athlete at Chassell Township High School
- Earned four letters on the track and three more in cross country
- Three-time selection to All-UP Cross Country Dream Team
- Member of 2019 UP Division 3 championship squad
- UP Division 3 champion in both 1,600 and 3,200 in 2021
- Graduated with school records in both events
- Named 2021 Copper County Distance Runner of the Year
- Set PR’s in the 1,600 (4:35); 3,200 (10:19); and 5K (16:41)
- Earned two letters in basketball and part of 2021 district title club
- Participated in two seasons of cross country skiing
- National Honor Society student
Personal
- Mechanical engineering major
- Born April 19, 2003 in St. Paul, Minn.
- Son of Kenneth and Kristin Kytta
- Has two older brothers and a younger brother
Historical Player Information
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2022Freshman
6'1"
180 lbs
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2023Sophomore
6'2"
175 lbs
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