Kyla Christopher-Moody

Height:
5-3
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Royal Oak, Mich.
High School:
West Bloomfield

2021: XC:

TF: -28th at Pac-12 (5000)

-18th at Pac-12 (10000)

2020: XC: -7th at FSU Winter Classic

-2nd in Battle Born Collegiate Challenge

TF:

2019: XC: -Redshirted

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2020: Raced twice during the season … was seventh at the FSU Winter Classic in the gold race, finishing as CU’s fourth runner … was the runner-up in the green race at the Battle Born Collegiate Challenge, finishing behind her teammate, Camille Jackson.

2019: Redshirt ... did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in both cross country and track and field at West Bloomfield High School ... earned three consecutive top-10 finishes at the Michigan High School Athletic Association LP Division 1 Finals, culminating with a runner-up finish in her senior season ... in that race, she moved up from 16^th to second with 800-meters left to run, which she lists as the biggest moment in her high school career ... ran the Foot Locker Midwest Regionals her final three years in high school and earned her highest finish (10^th) as a sophomore in 2016 ... would go on to place 23^rd at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships that same year ... a three-time all-state honoree, she was named the Detroit Free Press Cross Country Runner of the Year (2019)...won several track titles, including the league championship in the 800 and 1,600-meter runs in 2017...at the state meet, she went on to place eighth in the 1,600, finishing with a personal best 4:55.87 ... as a freshman the year before, she was third at the state meet in the 1,600, this time running 4:57.53, which at the time was a PR ... excelled in school, graduating Summa Cumme Laude...member of the National Honor Society, an AP Scholar with Honor and was named West Bloomfield High School’s Athlete-Scholar of the Year as a senior.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 800-meters: 2:15.59; 1,600-meters: 4:55.87.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Majoring in geography and anthropology … has earned a 3.92 GPA … named to the 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: Kyla Christopher-Moody ... born May 19, 2001, in Royal Oak, Michigan ... daughter of Gary Moody and Holly Christopher ... has one older brother, Justin ... enjoys hiking, watching foreign films, reading and is teaching herself German.

Results
2020........................... Fin/CU.... Time
at FSU (Gold)....................... 7/4............ 21:48
at Battle Born (Green)...... 2/2............ 21:06

HONORS
2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll