2022 Women's Cross Country Roster

McKenna Paulson

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
  • Highschool Palos Verdes HS

Biography

2022 (Senior)
• Clocked a 6K personal-record 21:30.4 at the NCAA West Regional
• Finished 47th at the Big West Championships (21:44.7)
• Also competed in the 6K at the UCR Invitational (22:13.6) and Bronco Invitational (21:44.5)
• Had a top-25 showing in the Anteater Opener 4K (15:08.9)
• Big West Fall All-Academic selection

2021 (Junior)
• Ran five races on the season
• Established a then lifetime-best 21:43.7 in the 6K at the Highlander Invitational
• Finished 25th at the Big West Championships (21:50.8)
• Also competed at the NCAA West Regional (22:14.9)

2020 (Sophomore)
• Season canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

2019 (Freshman)
• Competed in three meets
• Finished 41st in a field of 200 athletes at the Mark Covert Classic with a 5K season-best 19:26.3
• Ran a 6000-meter season-best 22:42.27 at the Highlander Invitational
• Came in 54th at the Big West Championships (23:03.23)

High School
• Two-time CIF State Cross Country Championship qualifier at Palos Verdes High School
• Helped her team to the 2018 CIF-Southern Section Division 3 title and a runner-up finish at state
• Came in 22nd individually at the state meet with a 5000m personal-record 19:02.4
• Also placed sixth at the Bay League Finals
• Earned All-CIF and all-area honors as a junior and senior
• Posted back-to-back top-five finishes in the 3200m at the track & field league championships
• Advanced to the 2019 CIF-SS Prelims

Personal
• Majoring in biological sciences

TOP MARKS AT UCI
4K = 15:08.9 (2022 Anteater Opener)
5K = 19:26.3 (2019 Mark Covert Classic)
6K = 21:30.4 (2022 NCAA West Regional)


Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2020Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2021Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2022Junior

    5'6"