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2023 Cross Country Roster

Kynzie DeLeon

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Port Angels HS
  • Hometown Port Angeles, Wash.
  • Prev School Warner Pacific
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Biography

PERSONAL BESTS:

Cross Country:

4,000m - 15:11.8 - Bushnell Open (11/6/20)
3 Miles - 18:39.1 - Prep (2019)
5,000m - 18:13.0 - CCC Championships (3/26/21)
6,000m - 23:09.4 - Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/14/23)

Indoor:

800m – 2:34.75 – Prep (2019)
Mile – 5:28.61 – GSAC Indoor Invite (2/19-20/21)
3,000m – 10:49.49 – Westmont College Sunshine Collegiate and Combined Events (2/12-13/21)

Outdoor:

800m – 2:23.51 – Prep (2018)
1,500m – 4:53.54 – Portland Twilight (5/8/21)
5,000m – 18:37.60 – Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational (4/3/21)
10,000m – 38:35.79 – OSU High Performance Meet (4/30-5/1/21)
3k Steeple – 12:14.51 – PLU Invitational (4/10/21)
 

2023 CROSS COUNTRY:

Shaved 32 seconds off her 6k personal best while finishing 150th overall in 23:09.4 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/14)...Placed 83rd overall at the Charles Bowles Invitational (9/30), running her first 5k of the season in 19:38.5...Finished 30th overall as the team's sixth runner at the Mike Johnson Classic (9/22), running the 6k in 23:56.6...Ran her first race for the Vikings in nearly two years, placing 38th overall at the Oak Knoll Loop Run (9/16) while running the 6k in 24:42.6.
 

2021 CROSS COUNTRY:

Shaved 45 seconds off her 6k personal best while finishing in 23:41.6 and 83rd overall at the L&C Invite (10/16)...Placed 45th overall in a time of 24:26.0 at the Mike Johnson Classic (9/24)...Made her Viking debut at the Viking Rust Buster (9/3), finishing the 4k as the team's 10th runner and 42nd overall in a time of 15:46.2.
 

AT WARNER PACIFIC (2020-21):

Placed fourth in the 10,000 meters at the CCC outdoor Championships…Won the 5k at the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invitational, setting a new personal best of 18:37.60…Placed 12th in the 5k at the CCC Cross Country Championships, earning all-conference honors…Broke the 1,500, 5k and 10k school records, and finished with the No. 2 mark in the cross country 5k.
 

PORT ANGELES HIGH SCHOOL:

MVP of her track team as a sophomore…Helped lead her team to a district championship in 2019…Port Angeles HS pickle mile champion in 2019…Four-year Olympic League Scholar Athlete (2016-20)…Also competed in soccer, playing for the Peninsula College Soccer club for two years, and the Storm King Soccer club for three years.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Tamie and Dan DeLeon…Has a brother, Bryce DeLeon, and a sister, Ryah DeLeon…Lists crocheting, gardening, skiing and pigs/farming as hobbies/interests…Hopes to become a livestock vet…Plans on majoring in biology with possible minors in business administration or sustainability.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2023Senior

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