2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Ky'Reon McBride

  • Position Sprints, Middle Distance
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Lafayette
  • Hometown Lafayette, La.
  • Major Biology / Pre-Medical

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

  • 2015-16Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'6"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Sprints, Middle Distance
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Sprints, Middle Distance
    5'6"