2016 Track & Field

Kayla Freeman

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Greenway HS
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.

Biography

Academic Notes: Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete ... Majoring in math for secondary education

Personal Bests: 1500m (4:31.20) 3000m (9:41.82) 3200m (11:48.29) 5000m (16:42.73) 10,000m (39:05.90)

2015: Posted a career-best 3000m time of 9:41.82, good for 17th overall at the Iowa State Classic ... Earned All-Big Sky honors in the women's 5000m with a career-best time of 18:03.65 ... Finished sixth overall in the women's 3000m with a time of 10:22.06 

2014: Competed at five meets in her return to the track for the first time since 2012 ... Posted a career-best 5:24.56 mark in the mile run at the NAU Invitational ... Finished second in the 3000m run at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 10:54.91 ... Posted a personal best in three events during the outdoor season ... Ran a 17:15.41 in the 5000m at the UC Irvine Spring Break Meet ... Clocked in at 10:04.12 in the 3000m run at the Double Dual Meet ... Scored at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m run with a eighth place finish

2013: Did not compete

2012 Track: Only competed in one meet during her inaugural indoor season, the Lumberjack Invitational, where she finished seventh in the women’s 3,000m with a time of 10:45.78 ... Posted the team’s third-best time of the outdoor season in the 5,000m with a 17:45.11 at the Beach Invite ... Closed out her freshman year with an 11th-place finish in the 5K at Big Sky Outdoors

High School: Was named Greenway Female Athlete of the Year in 2011 ... Named First Team All-State in cross country her junior and senior years ... Placed first and set a personal-best time in the 1600m run at the Arizona Meet of Champions in 2011, her second year competing in that meet ... Named the most outstanding varsity athlete for both cross country and track & field in 2010 ... Earned the 2011 Regional Athlete of the Year award ... Holds school records in the 4x800m relay and in the distance medley relay alongside her twin sister, Shayla

Personal: Born to Jimmy and Janet Cole on September 28, 1992 ... Has four brothers: Jimmy, Juwan, Javontae, and Jacob; and four sisters: Shatonja, Shayla (twin sister), Gabbie, and Aaliyah ... Hobbies include hiking and reading ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and weather, as well as the great coaches and team

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

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  • 2013Senior

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  • 2014Sophomore

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  • 2015Senior

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  • 2016Redshirt Senior

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