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Cayla Seligman

Height:
5-2
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Issaquah, Wash.
High School:
Issaquah

2018: Seligman only raced once as a junior, finishing 62^nd at the Stanford Invitational.

2017: Seligman raced three times for the Buffs, starting with a 20^th place finish at the Colorado State Invitational. She followed that performance with a fifth place finish as CU’s No. 3 racer at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. Seligman’s last race of the season was the ‘B’ race at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational where she placed 19^th.

2016: Seligman ran in a pair of meets for CU as a redshirt freshman. She was 14th overall at the Metro State Invite and placed fourth at the Bradley Classic.

2015: Redshirt. Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Seligman owns multiple records at IHS. She is the junior class 1,600 (4:59.74) and 3,200-meter record holder (10:43.83), as well as the senior class record holder in the same events (1,600/5:03.23; 3,200/10:46.08). Seligman ran the 5k cross country record of 18:07. In 2014, the Eagles were the 4A KingCo Conference and 4A BiDistrict I/II Cross Country Champions. During the 2015 track and field season, IHS won the 4A state championship after winning the 4A KingCo Conference and 4A BiDistict I/II meets. Seligman served as the cross country team captain her senior year and was named to the All-KingCo and All-BiDistrict first teams, as well as an all-state medalist. On the track, she was the 3,200-meter KingCo champion and a state medalist. Seligman was named the track and field team’s most improved athlete as a junior after winning the 3,200 KingCo title and also earned state medalist honors.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 4:59.74; 3,200-meters: 10:43.43.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Seligman is majoring in business, with an emphasis in marketing, while minoring in women and gender studies. She has a GPA greater than 3.00 and was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention team in 2017.

PERSONAL: Cayla Esther Seligman was born on August 22, 1997 in Issaquah, Wash. She is the daughter of David and Heidi Seligman and has one brother, Jeffrey. Her father ran cross country and track at Willamette. She enjoys hiking and cooking.