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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Kayla Wize

Kayla Wize

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Seaholm
  • Hometown:
    Birmingham, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results & Topn Times
 

Career Highlights:

  • 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
  • Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2025)

2025 Outdoor:
  • Ran 58.91 for fourth in the 400m and was part of the winning 4x400 and third-place 4x100 and Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
  • Was sixth in the 200m (25.87) and also a part of the runner-up 4x100 and third-place 4x400
  • Clocked a PR of 12.69 for 13th in the 100 and claimed fourth in the 400m (57.28) at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
  • Won the 400m in 57.26 and ran a leg on the winning 4x400 and third-place 4x100 at the Don Kleinow Memorial Invitational 
  • Tallied a PR in the 400m with a time of 57.17 - 10th in school history - for 10th and in the 200m (25.46) for 21st, as well as scoring on the 4x100 at the Horizon League Championships

2024-25 Indoor: 
  • Started the season with PR's in the 60m (7.97) for 14th and the 300m (41.71) for 12th and ran a leg on the third-place 4x400 at Notre Dame's Blue & Gold Invitational
  • Placed sixth in the 400m (59.56) and seventh in the 200m (26.34) at the SVSU Classic

2024 Outdoor:
  • Did not compete

2023-24 Indoor:
  • Made her Titan debut placing third in the 400m in 1:01.46 at the SVSU Classic
  • Was sixth in the 300m (42.93) and 24th in the 60m (8.19) at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
  • A season-low 1:00.20 in the 400m for 17th and was on the fourth-place 4x400 at the Akron Invitational
  • Posted two season-bests finishing third in the 60m (8.04) and seventh in the 200m (26.47) at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
  • Ran a leg on the sixth-place 4x400 at the Horizon League Championships

Prior To Detroit Mercy:
  • Lettered in track and field in her final three seasons and was team captain as a junior and senior
  • Selected team MVP as a junior and senior and was the Sprinter of the Year as a sophomore
  • Was All-League, All-County and All-Region in the 200 and 400-meters as a junior and senior 
  • A MHSAA Scholar-Athlete all three years
  • Holds the second-fastest 60-meter time in school history, fourth in the 200m and sixth in the 400m
  • A member of the National Honors Society

Personal:
  • Daughter of Emily and Jason Wize
  • Her father and uncle played football at Ball State, while another uncle played football at Cincinnati and another at Ashland
  • Has an older brother
  • Chose Detroit Mercy because of the incredible academics and athletics, close community and values
  • A Business major 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Junior

    Sprints