2020 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Neal, Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn Neal
- Position:
- Distances
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Manlius, New York
- High School:
- Fayetteville-Manlius
Bio
Neal Features
ยปย Neal And Zielinski Hitting Ground Running (GoHuskies.com; Oct. 25, 2016)
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Final season cut short due to COVID-19 but ran four times during the indoor season โฆ had an indoor 5,000m PR of 16:48.74 at the Husky Classic โฆ was 18th in the 3,000-meters at the MPSF Championships in her last race in 9:42.08 โฆ season-best 3k of 9:40.72 at the UW Invitational ...ย (Cross Country): Ran three times on the season including a final Pac-12 Championships run โฆ at the Pac-12 meet, was 37th overall and ninth on the squad in a time of 20:45 โฆ the sixth Husky finisher at Pre-Nationals in 80th-place as UW got the team win โฆ finished 43rd overall at the John McNichols Invite in 17:50, seventh on the squad.
2018-19 (Track): Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims once again in the 10,000-meters and had a top-20 finish โฆ at West Prelims in Sacramento, finished 19th overall in 34:24.97 โฆ was ninth in the 10k at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson in 35:01.60 and was 18th in the 5,000-meters in 16:39.88 โฆ season-best 10k time of 33:31.43 at the Stanford Invitational โฆ took second in the 5k at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ did not compete during the indoor season ...ย (Cross Country): Ran twice in the fall, starting with the Stanford Invitational where she had an impressive fifth-place finish, second on the team, in 21:01 โฆ was the No. 3 Husky across the line at Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin, finishing 31st overall, in 20:56 โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017-18 (Track): Ended her season strong with a huge 10,000-meters PR at NCAA Preliminaries in Sacramento, as she ran 33:21.20, the fifth-fastest time in school history, to place 17th overall โฆ only 10k prior to that came at Pac-12 Championships where she finished 10th in 34:10.05 โฆ second in the 5,000m at the UW-WSU Dual in 16:45.97 โฆ ran the 5k at the Bryan Clay Invitational in 16:24.50 โฆ first race of the year was the 3k at the Pepsi Team Invitational, taking eighth in 10:03.05 โฆ did not compete during the indoor season ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country): Raced four times during her sophomore season, three-times in the top-four โฆ a strong performance at the Pac-12 Championships, as she was 26th overall and second among Huskies in 19:34 โฆ suffered a fall during the West Regional meet as she finished 135th and seventh on the team โฆ the third Husky at the Wisconsin Invite, placing 50th, in 20:42 โฆ season debut at the Dellinger Invitational, finishing 27th and fourth on the squad in 19:53 โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016-17 (Track): A strong freshman season on the track as she advanced to NCAA West Preliminaries in the 5,000-meters and raced at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ opened her outdoor season with a 5,000-meters at the Stanford Invitational, running 16:16.19 to qualify for West Prelims โฆ at NCAA Prelims in Austin, finished 26th out of the 48 entries with a time of 17:10.11 in very humid conditions โฆ was 13th in the 5k at the Pac-12 Championships, crossing in 16:29.91 โฆ ran a 1,500m PR of 4:30.24 at the OSU High Performance Meet โฆ took third in the 3,000-meters at the UW-WSU Dual with a time of 9:31.45 โฆ ran at the first two indoor meets but missed the remainder of the indoor season โฆ opened with a mile run of 4:51.73 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ ran a 3k time of 9:21.79 at the UW Invitational, ranking just a second out of the top-10 list โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status ...ย (Cross Country):ย A terrific freshman season saw her finish as the No. 2 Husky scorer at the NCAA Championships as UW finished 12th overall โฆ ran in the top-four for the Dawgs in every race โฆ in her first trip to nationals, finished 78th overall and second on the squad in a time of 20:43 โฆ helped the Huskies take second at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 21st overall and fourth on the team โฆ also was fourth on the squad and 27th overall at West Regionals in 20:16 as UW took second โฆ was the No. 3 Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invitaitonal, finishing 34th overall, as UW captured the team title โฆ also helped the Huskies get the win at the Washington Invite with a seventh-place finish, fourth on the team, in 20:11 โฆ ran unattached at the season-opening Sundodger Invite, placing fifth overall in 20:25.
High School and Personal: Born in Greenville, South Carolina โฆ parents are Kathryn and Ty Neal โฆ has one younger sister, Grace โฆ one of the top recruits nationally, she was the Nike Cross New York Regional champion in 2015, and went on to finish 15th at Nike Cross Nationals, leading her team to the victory โฆ won the 2016 CNYCL championship with a 1,500-meter time of 4:33.27 โฆ won the New York Section III Class AA Championship at 1,500-meters in 4:34.76 โฆ also won the 3,000-meters at the Class AA meet in a time of 9:32.27 that ranked fifth in the U.S. and third among all seniors nationally โฆ indoors, ran an excellent 3k of 9:28.59 which ranked second in the U.S. during the indoor season, and backed that up with a 9:29.85 time to win the NYSPHSAA title with a state meet record โฆ ran an indoor mile PR of 4:55.34 โฆ transferred prior to her senior season from Skaneateles High School, where she was a two-time NYSPHSAA Section 3 cross country champion and the state cross country runner-up in 2013.
Major Meets
2016 Pac-12 XC - 21st (4th UW)
2016 Regional XC - 27th (4th UW)
2016 NCAA XC - 78th (2nd UW)
2017 Pac-12 TF - 13th, 5000m
2017 NCAA Prelims TF - 26th, 5000m
2017 Pac-12 XC - 26th (2nd UW)
2017 Regional XC - 135thย (7th UW)
2018 Pac-12 TF - 10th, 10000m
2018 NCAA Prelims TF - 17th, 10000m
2019 Pac-12 TF - 18th, 5000m | 9th, 10000m
2019 NCAA Prelims TF - 19th, 10000m
2019 Pac-12 XC - 37th (9th UW)
2020 MPSF TF - 18th, 3000m
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Outdoor Bests
1500mโฆโฆ.4:30.24
5000mโฆโฆ.16:16.19
10000m.......33:21.20
Indoor Bests
Mile.......4:51.73
3000m.......9:21.79
5000m.......16:48.74
Academic Honors
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic TFย Honorable Mention
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2018ย Pac-12 All-Academic TFย Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
ยปย Neal And Zielinski Hitting Ground Running (GoHuskies.com; Oct. 25, 2016)
2019-20 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): Final season cut short due to COVID-19 but ran four times during the indoor season โฆ had an indoor 5,000m PR of 16:48.74 at the Husky Classic โฆ was 18th in the 3,000-meters at the MPSF Championships in her last race in 9:42.08 โฆ season-best 3k of 9:40.72 at the UW Invitational ...ย (Cross Country): Ran three times on the season including a final Pac-12 Championships run โฆ at the Pac-12 meet, was 37th overall and ninth on the squad in a time of 20:45 โฆ the sixth Husky finisher at Pre-Nationals in 80th-place as UW got the team win โฆ finished 43rd overall at the John McNichols Invite in 17:50, seventh on the squad.
2018-19 (Track): Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims once again in the 10,000-meters and had a top-20 finish โฆ at West Prelims in Sacramento, finished 19th overall in 34:24.97 โฆ was ninth in the 10k at the Pac-12 Championships in Tucson in 35:01.60 and was 18th in the 5,000-meters in 16:39.88 โฆ season-best 10k time of 33:31.43 at the Stanford Invitational โฆ took second in the 5k at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ did not compete during the indoor season ...ย (Cross Country): Ran twice in the fall, starting with the Stanford Invitational where she had an impressive fifth-place finish, second on the team, in 21:01 โฆ was the No. 3 Husky across the line at Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin, finishing 31st overall, in 20:56 โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017-18 (Track): Ended her season strong with a huge 10,000-meters PR at NCAA Preliminaries in Sacramento, as she ran 33:21.20, the fifth-fastest time in school history, to place 17th overall โฆ only 10k prior to that came at Pac-12 Championships where she finished 10th in 34:10.05 โฆ second in the 5,000m at the UW-WSU Dual in 16:45.97 โฆ ran the 5k at the Bryan Clay Invitational in 16:24.50 โฆ first race of the year was the 3k at the Pepsi Team Invitational, taking eighth in 10:03.05 โฆ did not compete during the indoor season ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ...ย (Cross Country): Raced four times during her sophomore season, three-times in the top-four โฆ a strong performance at the Pac-12 Championships, as she was 26th overall and second among Huskies in 19:34 โฆ suffered a fall during the West Regional meet as she finished 135th and seventh on the team โฆ the third Husky at the Wisconsin Invite, placing 50th, in 20:42 โฆ season debut at the Dellinger Invitational, finishing 27th and fourth on the squad in 19:53 โฆ a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2016-17 (Track): A strong freshman season on the track as she advanced to NCAA West Preliminaries in the 5,000-meters and raced at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ opened her outdoor season with a 5,000-meters at the Stanford Invitational, running 16:16.19 to qualify for West Prelims โฆ at NCAA Prelims in Austin, finished 26th out of the 48 entries with a time of 17:10.11 in very humid conditions โฆ was 13th in the 5k at the Pac-12 Championships, crossing in 16:29.91 โฆ ran a 1,500m PR of 4:30.24 at the OSU High Performance Meet โฆ took third in the 3,000-meters at the UW-WSU Dual with a time of 9:31.45 โฆ ran at the first two indoor meets but missed the remainder of the indoor season โฆ opened with a mile run of 4:51.73 at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ ran a 3k time of 9:21.79 at the UW Invitational, ranking just a second out of the top-10 list โฆ earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status ...ย (Cross Country):ย A terrific freshman season saw her finish as the No. 2 Husky scorer at the NCAA Championships as UW finished 12th overall โฆ ran in the top-four for the Dawgs in every race โฆ in her first trip to nationals, finished 78th overall and second on the squad in a time of 20:43 โฆ helped the Huskies take second at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 21st overall and fourth on the team โฆ also was fourth on the squad and 27th overall at West Regionals in 20:16 as UW took second โฆ was the No. 3 Husky across the line at the Wisconsin Invitaitonal, finishing 34th overall, as UW captured the team title โฆ also helped the Huskies get the win at the Washington Invite with a seventh-place finish, fourth on the team, in 20:11 โฆ ran unattached at the season-opening Sundodger Invite, placing fifth overall in 20:25.
High School and Personal: Born in Greenville, South Carolina โฆ parents are Kathryn and Ty Neal โฆ has one younger sister, Grace โฆ one of the top recruits nationally, she was the Nike Cross New York Regional champion in 2015, and went on to finish 15th at Nike Cross Nationals, leading her team to the victory โฆ won the 2016 CNYCL championship with a 1,500-meter time of 4:33.27 โฆ won the New York Section III Class AA Championship at 1,500-meters in 4:34.76 โฆ also won the 3,000-meters at the Class AA meet in a time of 9:32.27 that ranked fifth in the U.S. and third among all seniors nationally โฆ indoors, ran an excellent 3k of 9:28.59 which ranked second in the U.S. during the indoor season, and backed that up with a 9:29.85 time to win the NYSPHSAA title with a state meet record โฆ ran an indoor mile PR of 4:55.34 โฆ transferred prior to her senior season from Skaneateles High School, where she was a two-time NYSPHSAA Section 3 cross country champion and the state cross country runner-up in 2013.
Major Meets
2016 Pac-12 XC - 21st (4th UW)
2016 Regional XC - 27th (4th UW)
2016 NCAA XC - 78th (2nd UW)
2017 Pac-12 TF - 13th, 5000m
2017 NCAA Prelims TF - 26th, 5000m
2017 Pac-12 XC - 26th (2nd UW)
2017 Regional XC - 135thย (7th UW)
2018 Pac-12 TF - 10th, 10000m
2018 NCAA Prelims TF - 17th, 10000m
2019 Pac-12 TF - 18th, 5000m | 9th, 10000m
2019 NCAA Prelims TF - 19th, 10000m
2019 Pac-12 XC - 37th (9th UW)
2020 MPSF TF - 18th, 3000m
ย
Outdoor Bests
1500mโฆโฆ.4:30.24
5000mโฆโฆ.16:16.19
10000m.......33:21.20
Indoor Bests
Mile.......4:51.73
3000m.......9:21.79
5000m.......16:48.74
Academic Honors
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic TFย Honorable Mention
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2018ย Pac-12 All-Academic TFย Honorable Mention
2017 Pac-12 All-Academic XC Honorable Mention
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team TF
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