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2017 Cross Country Roster

Juan Flores Mena

McKayla Walker

McKayla Walker

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Riverton, Utah
  • Highschool:
    Riverton HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley...

Senior (2017)
Earned All-WAC second team honors with 11th-place finish (17:25.5) at the 2017 WAC Cross Country Championships…. finished as UVU’s top women’s runner in three races on the year… led the Wolverines to a victory at UNLV with individual win in the 5K on a time of 17:33.0… boasted a pair of top-10 finishes and placed 16th or better in every race during the season... set a program course record in the 6K at UC Riverside with an overall personal record of 20:42.9… placed second in season opener at the UVU Invitational with a three-mile time of 18:55.8… finished 11th in the 6K (20:46.4) at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational... added a career-best finish of 49th place in the 10K (21:20.2) at the NCAA Mountain Regionals in Logan...Academic All-WAC.

Junior (2016): Named to All-WAC first team with third-place finish (18:19.5) in the 5K at the WAC Championships… helped guide Wolverines to second straight WAC title with one of squad’s four top-10 finishes… finished second in the 4K at the SUU Color Country Invitational with a time of 14:25.6… placed 43rd (22:16.3) in the 6K at the Indiana State Pre-National Invitational… clocked a time of 18:09.0 in the 5K to place 56th at the Notre Dame Invitational… recorded a 25th-place finish (21:25.04) in the 6K at the UC Riverside Invitational… took 30th in the season opener at the Utah State Sagebrush Invitational with a time of 18:50.76 in the 5K… ran a time of 22:34.1 to finish 98th in the 6K at the NCAA Mountain Regionals in Logan, Utah.

Sophomore (2015): Earned first team All-WAC honors… named to WAC All-Academic team… helped lead Wolverines to their first-ever WAC Championship…placed second at the WAC Championships (18:14.6)… qualified for the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships… finished in ninth place (15:14.2) in the team’s victory at the Color Country Invitational… finished 48th at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational...

Freshman (2014): Named WAC Athlete of the Week Sept. 16-22...Participated in six events for the Wolverines...Qualified for the NCAA Division I Mountain Region Cross Country Championships...Finished eighth (18:17.6) at WAC Championships...Finished 14th (21:31.7) at the UC Riverside Invitational...Finished 54th (21:41.6) at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational...Placed second (17:41.5) at the UNLV XC Invite.

Before Utah Valley...
Prepped at Riverton High School in Riverton, Utah...Took sixth at State Cross Country her senior year...Also played soccer in high school as well as club soccer with USA and Utah Glory.

Personal...
Graduated from Riverton HS in 2014 with a 3.8 GPA...Plans to major in nursing at UVU...Also recruited by Utah, Utah State, Southern Utah and Weber State...Daughter of Kevin and Marvelle Morgan.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2015Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2016Junior

    5'9"
  • 2017Senior

    5'9"

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