2015 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Cross Country Honors
2014 All-CCAA (Finished fourth)
2014 All-West Region (Finished fifth)
Track and Field Honors
2015 All-CCAA (finished first in 1,500 meters)
2015 USTFCCCA All-West Region (1,500 meters)
2015 USTFCCCA First Team All-America (Finished fifth in 1,500 meters)
2014-15
Enjoyed a banner freshman year in both cross country and track…Started the fall season as the ‘Cats’ No. 4 runner…Placed 30th at the Stanford Invitational in 24:28…Placed 10th at the Charles Bowles Invitational with an 8k clocking of 24:30…Placed 26th at the Bronco Invitational with a new 8k personal record (PR) of 24:13...Earned his first All-CCAA honor with a fourth-place finish at the CCAA Championships…Helped the ’Cats to a NCAA West Regional Championship with his fifth-place finish while completing his first 10k race…Took 62nd at the NCAA Championships…On the track, opened the spring season with a 3:49.09 PR in the Wildcat Invitational 1,500 meters...Despite focusing his training on the middle distances, recorded a 14:27 NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 5,000 meters while finishing third at the Johnny Mathis Invitational...Won the inaugural Invitational Mile at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival with a 4:05.12 PR…Raced to a 1:52 clocking in the 800 meters the following day at the Stanford Invitational…Recorded a 1:51.7 seasonal best in the 800 meters at the Brian Clay Invitational despite nearly falling with 150 meters remaining…Sealed a spot on the line at the NCAA Championships with a 3:46.06 PR run in the 1,500 meters at the Beach Invitational…Won his first CCAA title with a 3:52 run for the 1,500 at the Conference Championships… Followed with a fifth-place 800-meter effort shortly after…Earned All-America honors for placing fifth overall in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships.
2013-14
Redshirted in track and cross country but still enjoyed some great …Placed 23rd overall in the Sundodger Open 8k with a 25:31 debut in the distance…Ran 11th at the Willow Hills Open race… Finished cross country with a 5k track time trial time of 15… During track season, recorded some of the best marks ever by a Wildcats true freshman in the 800 meters, 1,500-meters and 5k…Opened season with an 8:26 at the Humboldt Invitational 3k...Ran the fastest 5k debut ever by a Wildcat with his 14:33 mark at the Johnny Mathis Invitational, which was good for third place…Ran second in the 800 meters at the San Francisco Distance carnival with a PR of 1:50.9…Placed second at the Chico Distance Carnival 1,500-meters with a 3:51 PR…Narrowly missed breaking the 3:50 barrier for the 1,500-meters with his season-ending 3:50.33, which is also the fastest mark ever among the program’s true freshmen.
High School
Recorded a 15:33 PR at the Clovis Invitational while placing 6th overall...At the Mt Sac Invitational Kyle placed 13th in the Individual Sweepstakes race with a 15:11 PR...On the track Medina enjoyed much success in the middle distances...During his senior season Kyle ran to a 4:17 PR for the 1600 at the Adidas Meet of Champions...He would go on to finish 3rd at the CIF Southern Section Finals in the 800m event qualifying for the Masters meet with a 1:53.2 PR.
Personal Best Marks
800m – 1:50.56 (Eighth in Chico State history)
1,500m – 3:46.06 (Seventh in Chico State history)
3,000m – 8:22
5,000m – 14:27
8k XC – 24:13
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