2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Honors
• NAIA All-America in outdoor track and field in 2019 (1,600-meter relay)
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference twice in cross country (2018, 2019)
• All-GCAC in outdoor track and field (2019)
• XULA Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll in 2019
Briefly
• Fifth year at XULA
• Member of teams that won a collective six GCAC team championships:
three in outdoor track and field (2017, 2018, 2019) and three in cross country (2016, 2018, 2019)
• Competed in NAIA National Championships in outdoor track and field and cross country
2019 Cross Country (Senior)
• Competed in 4-of-5 meets, including the GCAC Championships and the NAIA National Championships
• Named All-GCAC after running 5,000 meters in a career-best 23 minutes, 5.9 seconds to finish fifth and help
the XULA women repeat as team champion
2019 Track and Field (Senior)
• Ran second segment on 1,600 relay team that finished eighth at NAIA nationals (3:53.59)
and earned All-America
• In the 1,600 relay prelims at NAIA nationals, she helped XULA set a school record of 3:48.75
• Helped the XULA women score their highest ever finish — 23rd place — at NAIA nationals
• Scored in three events at GCAC Championships . . . First place in the 3,200 relay (leadoff segment;
team time of 12:02.72) and thirds in the 800 (2:39.78) and 1,500 (season-best 5:46.32)
• Helped XULA repeat as GCAC women's team champion
• Also produced career bests of 59.14 in the 400 and 2:28.59 in the 800
2018 Cross Country (Junior)
• Did not compete until the final two meets of the season, the GCAC Championships and NAIA National Championships
• Named All-GCAC after running 5,000 meters in 23:43.53 — her first collegiate cross country meet — to finish 10th and help
the XULA women repeat as team champion
2018 Track and Field (Junior)
• Competed in only one meet — the GCAC Championships — but did not clear a height
in her only event, the pole vault
2017 Cross Country
• Not on team
2017 Track and Field (Sophomore)
• Competed in only one meet — the GCAC Championships — but did not clear a height
in her only event, the pole vault
2016 Cross Country (Sophomore)
• On the roster but did not compete in any meets
2016 Track and Field (Freshman)
• Competed in six meets and produced four top-10 finishes, including
a third in the 1,600 relay at her first college meet, the Tulane Invitational
• Ran the 800 in 2:45.21 to finish 12th at the GCAC Championships
2015 Cross Country (Freshman)
• Not on team
High School
• Scored in the relays for four consecutive years at LHSAA indoor and outdoor state meets
• Member of Lafayette High's 3,200 relay teams which won indoor state championships in 2012, 2013 and 2014
• Her best 400 time was 58.6
• As a sophomore (2013) she produced her highest individual finish in an LHSAA state meet:
fourth place in the 800 indoors
• Member of 1,600 relay team that was District 3-5A champion four straight years . . . District champion as a senior in the 400 and 800 relay
• Worked as an athletic trainer her senior year
• Student council representative for three years
• Compiled community service hours with Habitat for Humanity and Key Club
Club
• Qualified for the 2012 Junior Olympics in the 400 while competing for Lafayette Youth
Personal
• First name pronounced kye-ree-on
• Minoring in chemistry
• Her uncle, Mark Roman, was a standout cornerback for LSU football during the 1990s
Historical Player Information
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2016-17Sophomore
Sprints
5'6"
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2017-18Junior
Sprints, Middle Distance
5'6"
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2018-19Senior
Sprints, Middle Distance
5'6"