2023 Cross Country

Kylie Raymond

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Somers, Conn.
  • High School Somers

Biography

2023-24
Cross Country – Ran in two meets at the 6k distance opening with a 23:56 at the IC4A Championships (10/13) ... Concluded season placing eighth on the team and 83rd overall at the Patriot League Championships (10/30) with a time of 25:42 ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

Indoor Track – Competed in three meets over the course of the season ... Opened season at the Spartan Invite (1/12), running 10:58.55 in the 3000m run ... Improved her mark to a season best 10:47.21 at the Father Diamond Invitational (2/16) with a seventh place finish ... Set a personal best 18:39.30 in the 5000m run at Patriot League Championships (2/23) to conclude her season ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

Outdoor Track – Opened the season with a massive personal best in the 5000m at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/22) crossing in 18:05.48 for a ninth place finish ... Followed it up with another PR in the 1500m of 5:00.17 at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational (4/5-4/6) ... Finished season at the Patriot League Championships (5/3-5/4) with another 5000m crossing in 18:10.92 ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 

2022-23
Cross Country – Competed in three meets during the season, starting with a 3900m run at the Bison Open (9/2) where she finished 13th overall and second on the team with a 15:00.3… Recorded a personal record 6000m run at the Paul Short Run (9/30) with a 22:57.4 while finishing 130th overall and fourth on the team… Finished her season with a 6000m run at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (10/14) with a 24:17.1 while finishing 208th overall and 10th on the team ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Indoor Track – Did not compete ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Outdoor Track – Did not compete ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2021-22
Cross Country – Did not compete ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Indoor Track – Ran in five meets during her sophomore season at American ... Opened as a member of the 14th-place 4x400m relay squad at the Bison Opener (12/3) ... Placed fourth in the 5000m run at the VMI Team Challenge (1/15) and was 13th in the 3000m at the Patriot Games (1/28) ... Earned PR's in both events to close the season, starting with a ninth-place performance in the 3k at the VMI Classic (2/11) where she crossed in 10:56.51 ... Closed the season at the Patriot League Championships (2/26) where she was 22nd with a new PR of 19:04.04 ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
Outdoor Track – Opened with a season-best 18:42.08 finish in the 5000m run at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/18), taking sixth overall ... Placed eighth in the 3000m run at the Bucknell Team Challenge with a final time of 10:37.63 ... Closed the season with a 35th-place finish in the 5000m run at the Patriot League Championships (5/6) ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21
Cross Country – Scored for the Eagles in both meets during her shortened freshman spring campaign … Made her debut with a sixth-place overall finish, second on the team, at the Loyola Invitational (2/20) with a final time of 27:15.0 over 6.1k … She was fifth for the Eagles, 33rd overall, at the Patriot League Championships (3/5), navigating the 3.7-mile course in 21:25.80 ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
Indoor Track – Did not compete.
 
Outdoor Track – Did not compete ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Competed for Somers HS under coaches Michael Szafir and Scott Raymond ... PR's - 5:18 (1600m), 10:55 (3200m), 17:29 (5000m), 18:38 (5000m XC) ... 13th at the 2018 NB Nationals Outdoor in the 5000m ... Three-time Class S State Champion in cross country (2017-19) ... Two-time Class S State Champion in outdoor track (2017, 2018) ... Two-time JI Invitational Small School Athlete of the Meet (2018, 2019) ... Two-time All-New England for cross country (2017) and track (2018) ... Three-time All-State for cross country (2017-19) ... Two-time All-State for track (2017, 2018) ... New Haven Register All-State Team for cross country (2018, 2019) ... Indoor and Outdoor NCCC 3200m record holder.

Personal: Daughter of Mary Alice and Scott Raymond ... Has a twin brother, Cade ... Father, Scott, played football at Springfield College ... Uncle played football at New Hampshire ... Two cousins competed in college in football (Bates College) and track (New Hampshire) ... Was the historian of the Spartan Chapter of the National Honor Society ... President of the Somers Class Act Sportsmanship Committee ... Planning to study environmental studies at AU.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior