Kaia Schmidt

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
West Linn, Ore.
High School:
West Linn HS

2025 (Junior)
• Earned All-Big West honors with a fourth-place finish at the conference championship (21:13.2)
• Opened the season with a 6K personal-record 20:38.4 at the UCR Invitational to come in seventh out of 220
• That was UCI’s top time of the season and ranks eighth in school history
• Took 14th in a field of 102 at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (20:43.97)
• Led the Anteaters at the NCAA West Regional where she was 60th overall in 21:01.2
• Named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team

2024 (Sophomore)
• Started the season with a third-place performance at the Irvine Invitational
• Finished 17th at the Big West Championship, recording the ninth-fastest 6K time in school history at 20:46.2
• Paced the Anteaters at the NCAA West Regional with a time of 21:04.2
• Big West Fall All-Academic selection

2023 (Freshman)
• Among the Anteaters’ top three finishers in four of her five races
• Placed 23rd at the Big West Championship (21:49.8)
• Clocked a 6K season-best 21:04.4 to take 32nd out of 187 at the Bronco Invitational
• UCI’s No. 3 runner at the NCAA West Regional with a time of 21:38.6

High School
• Multi-sport athlete at West Linn High School
• Finished third in the 800m and seventh in the 4x400 at the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) 6A State Track & Field Championships as a junior and senior
• Two-time Three Rivers League district champion in the 800m
• Also helped the 4x400 to a runner-up showing in 2022 and third-place finish in 2023
• Earned all-state and all-league honors as a member of the Lions’ soccer team
• Joined the cross country squad as a senior and placed fourth at the league meet

Personal
• Majoring in pharmaceutical sciences

TOP MARKS AT UCI
5K = 18:26.6 (2023 Big West Preview)
6K = 20:38.4 (2025 UCR Invitational)