2023 Women's Track & Field Roster

Robert Huskey

McKenna Paulson

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

Biography

2023 (Senior)
• Competed in the 5000m and 10000m at the Big West Championships
• Ran a personal-record 36:40.29 in the 10K at the conference meet
• Established a 5K lifetime-best 16:55.13 in a top-10 showing at the Steve Scott Invitational

2022 (Junior)
• Competed in the 10000m at the Big West Championships
• Ran a then personal-record 36:54.88 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Also had a 5000m season-best 17:29.89 at the Steve Scott Invitational

2021 (Sophomore)
• Big West qualifier in the 5000m and 10000m
• Won the 5K in 17:43.38 at the Fullerton Spring Invitational
• Added an individual victory in the 3000m at the Red & Black Invitational (10:26.74)

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

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
• Member of the UCI cross country team

TOP MARKS AT UCI
1500m = 4:46.02 (2023 Vince O'Boyle Classic)
3000m = 10:26.74 (2021 Red & Black Invitational)
5000m = 16:55.13 (2023 Steve Scott Invitational)
10000m = 36:40.29 (2023 Big West Championships)

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2021Freshman

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2022Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2023Junior

    Distance
    5'6"