2018 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
Kayla Casaletto is a four-year distance runner for the Lady Jackets.....will serve as one of five captains this fall.....ran in all seven cross country meets during the 2017 season.....runner-up in CU’s Friendship Invitational with a time of 18:41 over the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course 5K layout.....placed third with an 18:29 5K performance as Cedarville captured the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Championship.....finished 15th at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Championships in Nashville, TN.....NCCAA All-American.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic.....placed fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the G-MAC Track & Field Championships with a 11:14.04 outing.....finished sixth in the 5,000 meters (17:36.24) at the Jesse Owens Classic in Columbus, OH.
2016 - USTFCCCA Division II All-Region Team selection after placing 25th in the Midwest Regional in a career-best 6K of 21:34.....turned in a 22:22 effort at the NCAA Division II Championship.....All-G-MAC First Team finishing fifth in 23:22.....came in 17th at the All-Ohio Championship in 22:27.....posted a 5K PR of 18:37 at the Friendship Invitational.....G-MAC First Team on the track both indoors and outdoors.....conference champion in the indoor 3K and outdoor 5K.
2015 - NCCAA All-American in cross country placing 11th in 18:41 for the 5K.....fastest mark was 18:40 which finished 10th at Evansville.....crossed the line 63rd of 224 competitors at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional in a season-best 6K of 22:37.....ran is six meets total and was among the team’s Top 5 each time out.....NCCAA Outdoor Track & Field All-American with a runner-up showing in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.....G-MAC champion in the steeple.....G-MAC Outdoor First Team and Indoor Second Team.....voted to the G-MAC Freshmen Team both indoors and outdoors.
High School - Four-year letter winner in cross country at Elkhart Christian Academy.....placed 56th of 208 competitors in the 2014 Indiana State Championship as a senior with a 5K time of 19:13.....personal-best was 18:32.....earned four letters in track & field.....graduated with school records in the 800, mile, 2-mile, 300 hurdles, 4 x 400 relay, and 4 x 800 relay.....played four years of basketball with three letters.....graduated with academic honors.
Personal - Dean’s List student as a sport business management major at Cedarville University.....born 10/4/96 in Goshen, IN.....daughter of Peter and Tammy Casaletto.....father (1989-93) and mother (1988-92) are both former distance runner for the Yellow Jackets.....has one younger brother.
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