BYU Highlights
- First Team All-American after placing 32nd at the 2025 NCAA National Championship 10K (29:01.5)
- First Team All-Region for the Moutain Region after placing fifth at the 2025 NCAA Moutain Region Championship 10K (30:09.6)
- Placed 15th at the 2025 Big 12 Championship 8K (23:17.6)
Personal
- Parents are Jodi and Bryant Kitchen
- Has five siblings (Madison, Taylor, Mercedi, Taloni and Mckoy)
- Major: Open Major
- Mother Jodi Kitchen played basketball at Utah State
Before BYU
- Set the high school national record in DMR (9:44.30) a record that stood for 23 years before being broken
- 2x Gatorade Oregon player of year (2023-24, 2024-25)
- 3x individual Oregon 5A state champion (3000m, 2x Cross Country)
- 4x team cross country state champion (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Set the high school national record in 3000m (7:55.48) at the 2025 Husky Classic
- Set the high school national record in 3200m (8:33.82) at the 2025 Twilight Relays
- Ran under four minutes in the mile (3:59.61) at the 2025 Boston Last Chance Meet
- Also Recruited by Stanford, Washington, Northern Arizona, Gonzaga, Wake Forest and Oklahoma State
Stats
Cross Country Personal Bests |
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Time/Score |
Event |
Meet |
20:17.0 |
7K |
2025 BYU Autumn Classic |
23:11.2 |
8K |
2025 Gans Creek Classic |
29:01.5 |
10K |
2025 NCAA National Championship |