Kayla Schiera

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Sandwich H.S.
Hometown:
Sandwich, Ill.

TFRRS BIO

PERSONAL BESTS

800 - 2:20.02
1500 - 4:38.33
Mile - 5:05.99
3000 - 9:52.46
5000 - 17:09.57
3000S - 10:27.54

2021 INDOOR SEASON

Earned team points with her fourth-place showing in the 5000-Meter and fifth-place finish in the 3000-Meter at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships (2/26-2/28) ... set a personal-best in the 3000-Meter with a 9:52.46 finish, placing second at the Indiana State Invitational (2/13) ... won the mile with a lifetime-best time of 5:05.99 at the season-opening Don DeNoon Dual (2/5-2/6).

2020 OUTDOOR SEASON

Canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak.

2019-20 INDOOR SEASON

Finished eighth int he 3000 meter to score a team point at the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor T&F Championships (2/29-3/1) ... set a personal-best in the 3000 meter with a time of 10:01.31 to win the event at the highly-competitive Indiana University Relays (1/31-2/1) ... also competed in the 5000 meter and mile throughout the season ... competed in four meets.

2019 OUTDOOR SEASON

Competed in seven meets ... finished second overall in the 3000 steeplechase with a time of 11:02.80 at the SIU Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/22-3/23) ... took sixth in the 5000 meter at the following Texas State Bobcat Invite (3/28-3/30) ... set a personal-best 4:42.59 in the 1500 meter at the Tennessee Relays (4/11) ... took second overall in the 3000 steeplechase at the Kentucky T&F Invite (4/20) ... finished the 1500 meter in 4:43.32 at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invite (4/26-4/27) ... took to the podium with her second place finish in the 3000 steeplechase at the MVC T&F Outdoor Championships (5/10-5/12) in addition to securing seventh in the 5000 meter ... finished the year in the NCAA DI West Region Preliminary Rounds (5/23-5/25), where she took 46th in the 3000 steeplechase during the preliminary round.

2018-19 INDOOR SEASON

Competed in five meets ... opened up the year with a 10:33.16 finish in the 3000 meter at the Jim Green Invite (1/11-1/12) ... rallied to take a sixth place finish in the 3000 meter at the John Gartland Invite (1/19) in 10:33.60 ... recorded a personal-best 5:08.18 mile to take second overall at the Don DeNoon Invite (2/1-2/2) ... placed eighth in the 3000 meter at the Bulldog Invite (2/8) ... clocked in a personal-best 10:07.21 3000 meter and placed 10th in the 5000 meter at the MVC Indoor T&F Championships (2/23-2/24).

HIGH SCHOOL

A six-time state qualifier on the track and a three-time state qualifier in cross country ... placed eighth at the 2017 Illinois Class 2A Cross Country Championships with a 5K time of 17:24 ... placed ninth as a junior and 17th as a senior ... finished fourth in the 3200m at the state meet, which was the best finish in the event at the state meet in school history.