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2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Kayla Hughes

Kayla Hughes

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Highschool:
    Salem
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Mich.

Summary

Biography

Official Collegiate Results

Career Highlights:
  • 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 4x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 4x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
  • 3x Horizon League Fall All-Academic Team (2017, 2018, 2020)

Career Best:
  • 3.1 Mile: 19:47.3 at 2018 Annual Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Invitational
  • 4k: 17:15 at 2016 Golden Grizzly Open
  • 5k: 19:08 at 2018 Canisius Alumni Classic 
  • 6k: 23:12.9 at 2018 Horizon League Cross Country Championships
 

2020:

  • Ran in both races on the season starting the year taking 13th in 19:16 at the Wright State Winter XC Challenge
  • Claimed 35th at the Horizon League Championships in 24:11

2019:
  • Redshirt

2018:
  • Hughes finished Top-25 along with three teammates at the 32nd Running Fit- Detroit Mercy Titans Invitational with a time of 19:47
  •  Hughes just missed out on the top 100, finishing 108th with an overall time of 20:29 at the National Catholic Championship 
  •  Set a new personal record with her time of 19:45 at the Louisville Classic
  •  Broke the top-12 finishing in eleventh at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • Took 38th at the Horizon League Cross-Country Championships with a time of 23:19
  • Hughes was once again named to the Horizon League All-Academic team. This is the second consecutive year that she has received the honor 

2017:
  • Raced in five of the seven races in her sophomore season
  • Set a new personal record in the 5k at the Greater Louisville Classic with a time of 20:08
  • Placed 187 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships

2016:
  • Participated in all seven races and was in the scoring five twice
  • Lowered her 5k time throughout the year with her best effort running 20:12 for 28th at the Canisius Alumni Classic
  • Took 75th at the Horizon League Championship in 26:08
  • Scored as the fifth Titan at the 6k NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship claiming 197th overall in 24:22
  • Earned the Felbarth Memorial Award at the University Honors Convocation, presented to the freshman engineering student with the highest grade in Engineering Graphics
  • Selected the team's Rookie of the Year

High School:
  • Earned four varsity letters in cross country and three in track and field at Salem High School
  • A team captain as a junior and senior and won the captain award as a senior
  • Owns the 11th fastest 5k time in school history with a 19:20 as a senior
  • Helped her team qualify for the Division 1 state championships in cross country in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and was an individual state qualifier as a senior
  • Was also a state qualifier in track as part of the 4x800-meter relay as a sophomore
  • In her final prep season, she was a regional medalist in the 1,600-meters and 3,200-meters

Personal:
  • Daughter of Christine and Eric Hughes
  • Has two younger sisters
  • Enjoys exercising, swimming, traveling
  • Majoring in Engineering

Career Finishes:
2020 Results (run in the spring of 2021)
Feb. 6 - Wright State Winter XC Challenge (Fairborn Community Park - Fairborn, OH) - 19:16 - 13th
Mar. 4 - Horizon League Championships (Northview Church Course - Carmel, IN) - 24:11 - 35th

2018 Results
Sept. 8 - 30th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 19:47 - 22nd
Sept. 14 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 20:29 - 108th
Sept. 29 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 19:45 - 95th
Oct. 13 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 11th - 19:08
Oct. 27 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 23:12 - 38th
Nov. 9 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 23:38 - 176th

2016 Results
Sept. 2 - Golden Grizzly Open (Oakland University campus - Rochester Hills, MI) - 17:15 - 26th
Sept. 10 - 30th Annual Running Fit - Detroit Titan Invitational (Cass Benton Park - Northville, MI) - 22:04 – 77th
Sept. 16 - National Catholic Championships (UND Cross Country Course - South Bend, IN) - 22:05 – 82nd
Oct. 1 - Greater Louisville Classic (EP "Tom" Sawyer Park - Louisville, KY) - 20:59 - 249th
Oct. 15 - Canisius Alumni Classic (Delaware Park - Buffalo, NY) - 20:12 - 28th
Oct. 29 - Horizon League Championships (Wayne E. Dannehl Cross Country Course - Kenosha, WI) - 26:08 - 75th
Nov. 11 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course - Verona, WI) - 24:22 - 197th

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