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Mitchell Closes Historic Career With 10th All-American Honor
March 09, 2024 | Women's Track & Field
BOSTON, Mass. – Kaylee Mitchell closes her storied Oregon State career as the most decorated runner in school history with her 10th All-American honor after finishing 10th in the 3,000 meters in 9:02.91 on Saturday.
Mitchell's Oregon State career comes to a close with five indoor All-American honors to go with three in cross country and two outdoors. The senior returned for a final indoor and cross country season, but she has no remaining outdoor eligibility.
The native of Salem, Ore. combined with teammate Grace Fetherstonhaugh to reset the standard for the Oregon State track and field program, scoring both indoors and outdoors and helping the Beavers achieve their highest national championship point totals since the return of the program in 2004.
"When I came to Oregon State in 2017, my vision was exactly this," head coach Louie Quintana said. "Build this team, be competitive on the national stage and have a NCAA star emerge with Oregon roots. Kaylee has laid the foundation and showed her current young teammates and all those that come after that these dreams are possible at OSU. Her, along with Grace, have been such amazing ambassadors for OSU track and field and we are so sad to not have them line up anymore, but so happy and grateful that they chose to spend their college careers as a Beav. They are the best and even though their careers are done at OSU, you can bet that we'll be seeing them make Olympic teams one day soon."
The early portion of the race saw Mitchell oscillate between fourth and sixth place, hanging in the leading pack of six runners. The senior remained in touch with the leaders through the race's first five minutes before a pack of four emerged at the front.
From there, Mitchell held on to sixth place for much of the race before late kicks and a lean at the line dropped her to 10th. The senior finished just behind the eighth and ninth place runners, nearly scoring for OSU.
BEAVER RESULTS
3,000 Meters
10. Kaylee Mitchell - 9:02.91
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Mitchell's Oregon State career comes to a close with five indoor All-American honors to go with three in cross country and two outdoors. The senior returned for a final indoor and cross country season, but she has no remaining outdoor eligibility.
The native of Salem, Ore. combined with teammate Grace Fetherstonhaugh to reset the standard for the Oregon State track and field program, scoring both indoors and outdoors and helping the Beavers achieve their highest national championship point totals since the return of the program in 2004.
"When I came to Oregon State in 2017, my vision was exactly this," head coach Louie Quintana said. "Build this team, be competitive on the national stage and have a NCAA star emerge with Oregon roots. Kaylee has laid the foundation and showed her current young teammates and all those that come after that these dreams are possible at OSU. Her, along with Grace, have been such amazing ambassadors for OSU track and field and we are so sad to not have them line up anymore, but so happy and grateful that they chose to spend their college careers as a Beav. They are the best and even though their careers are done at OSU, you can bet that we'll be seeing them make Olympic teams one day soon."
The early portion of the race saw Mitchell oscillate between fourth and sixth place, hanging in the leading pack of six runners. The senior remained in touch with the leaders through the race's first five minutes before a pack of four emerged at the front.
From there, Mitchell held on to sixth place for much of the race before late kicks and a lean at the line dropped her to 10th. The senior finished just behind the eighth and ninth place runners, nearly scoring for OSU.
BEAVER RESULTS
3,000 Meters
10. Kaylee Mitchell - 9:02.91
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
