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2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kayla McGuire

  • Class Senior
  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-9
  • High School Richmond Hill
  • Hometown Richmond Hill, Ga.

Biography

Career Performance List / Cross Country Bio

Career Honors:
2024 Patriot League Champion (4x800m Relay - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 Patriot League Champion (Distance Medley Relay - Indoor)
2024 First Team All-Patriot League (4x800m Relay - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 First Team All-Patriot League (Distance Medley Relay - Indoor)
2024 Second Team All-Patriot League (800m - Outdoor)
2024 ECAC All-East (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) / (800m - Outdoor)

 
2023-24 (Senior Season): HONORS: Patriot League Champion (4x800m Relay - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … First Team All-Patriot League (4x800m Relay - Indoor) / (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (800m - Outdoor) … ECAC All-East (4x400m Relay - Outdoor) / (800m - Outdoor) … INDOOR: Member of the 4x800m relay team that took first at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 8:55.81 … Also placed seventh in the 800m with a time of 2:13.72 at the league championship … Posted a career-best and the 10th fastest 1,000m time in Navy history of 2:51.86 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational … Registered a career-best 500m time of 1:14.67 to take first at the Army-Navy Star Meet … OUTDOOR: Member of the 4x400m relay team that claimed first with the program’s fourth-fastest time in history of 3:43.44 at the Patriot League Championship … She also finished second in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:08.53 at the conference championship … Member of the 4x400 relay squad that posted a second place finish at the IC4A / ECAC Championship with a time of 3:47.50 … Published a sixth place finish at the IC4A / ECAC Championship in the 800m (2:10.45) … Took first place in the 800m with a time of 2:13.91 in the Army-Navy Star Meet.

2022-23 (Junior Season): HONORS: Patriot League Champion (Distance Medley Relay - Indoor) … First Team All-Patriot League (Distance Medley Relay - Indoor) … INDOOR: Member of distance medley relay team that placed first at the Patriot League Championship by breaking the Navy and meet record with a time of 11:38.06 … Also placed fifth in the 800m at the league championship with a season-best time of 2:11.19 … Won the 500m at the Army-Navy Star Meet with a season-best time of 1:15.93 … Won the 800m at the Navy Select with a time of 2:12.45 … OUTDOOR: Finished in fourth place in the 800m at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 2:10.41 … Recorded a season-best 800m time of 2:09.94 in the preliminaries of the conference championship … Won the 800m at the Army-Navy Star Meet with a time of 2:10.20
 
2021-22 (Sophomore Season): INDOOR: Registered a pair of times in the 1,000m, posting a top performance of 3:02.28 at the Navy Select … Member of a 4x400m relay (4:05.59) that competed during the Navy Invitational … OUTDOOR: Earned points in the 800m (2:15.51) with an eighth-place finish at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship … Clocked a season-best time of 2:13.17 in the prelims of the 800m at the PL Outdoor Championship … Notched a season-best performance of 4:43.16 in the 1,500m at the George Mason Invitational … Participated in the 4x400m relay (4:04.39) at the Navy Spring Meet II.
 
2020-21 (Freshman Season): INDOOR: Competed in the 800m at the Navy Intrasquad 1, clocking a time of 2:22.05 … OUTDOOR: Did not compete during the outdoor season.
 
High School / Personal: Competed in cross country and track at Belvidere North High School (Illinois) and Richmond Hill High School (Georgia); earned three varsity letters in XC and two in TF at Belvidere before racing as a senior at Richmond Hill … Collected All-NIC-10 Conference honors during her 2017 and 2018 track seasons … Ran with Belvidere’s 2017 Illinois State Championship winning 4x800m relay team … Member of Belvidere North’s IHSA 2A State XC Championship teams in 2016 and 2018, as well as the 2017 IHSA 3A Track and Field State Championship … Richmond Hill’s team captain for the 2019 cross country season … Daughter of Ronald and Andrea … Father served in the United States Navy for 21 years.
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    5'9"