Kaylee Tobaben

Kaylee Tobaben, Kiki Connell, Halle Mestery, Taylor Briggs

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Olathe North
Hometown:
Olathe, Kan.

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (XC: 2023; T&F: 2024)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, F23, S24, F24)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2023)

Personal Records

Mile	4:59.23	2024 Indoor
3,000m	9:45.22	2024 Indoor
5,000m	16:57.63	2024 Outdoor
10,000m	35:33.15	2024 Outdoor

2024-25
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Did not compete.
XC: Squad member... did not participate.

2023-24
Outdoor: Set a 10,000m personal best of 35:33.15 at the Bryan Clay Invite ... placed ninth in her section at the Stanford Invite with a 5,000m PR of 16:57.63.
Indoor: Placed 26th in the 3,000m (9:59.13) at Big 12 Championships ... set a 3K personal best of 9:45.22 at the Husky Classic ... broke five minutes in the mile with a PR of 4:59.23 at the Cyclone Open ... won the 3,000m at the Razorback Invite in 9:51.51 ... placed fourth at the ISU Holiday Invite with a 3K time of 9:52.04.
XC: Participated in five meets… finished sixth at the Cyclone Preview in 16:59.3… posted a 41^st-place finish at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 21:10.8… finished 62^nd at the Midwest Regional with a time of 21:56.1.

2022-23
Outdoor: Placed 18th in the 10,000-meter with 38:17.68 at Big 12 Championships … clocked a 5,000m best of 17:04.87 for 11th at the Bryan Clay Invite … won the 5,000m in 17:25.21 at the UCF Invite.
Indoor: Finished 12th in the mile (5:10.49) and 32nd in the 3,000-meter (10:11.92) at Big 12 Championships … placed fifth with a 3,000m personal record of 9:58.90 at the Iowa State Classic … posted a mile best of 5:03.00 for seventh at the Graduate Classic … also ran the 3,000m at the Razorback Invite clocking 10:04.19.
XC: Took part in four meets for Iowa State … finished 45th overall at the Big 12 Championships (6K, 22:43.6) … opened Iowa State career with 14th place finish at the Mizzou XC Opener (5K, 18:26.7) … was 146th overall at the Roy Griak Invitational (6K, 23:41.9) … competed in the ‘B’ Race at the Nuttycombe Invitational, finishing 67th (6K, 22:14.2).

High School
Four-time Kansas State Championships qualifier in cross country, peaking with a fourth place finish as a senior … also finished 13th as a junior, seventh as a sophomore and 25th as a freshman … competed at the NXR Heartland Regional Championships three times, peaking with a 17th place finish in 2021 … in track and field, qualified for the state championships as a freshman, junior and senior … in senior season, finished fourth in the 1,600m and fifth in the 3,200m … junior season saw her take fifth in the 1,600m and third in the 3,200m … as a freshman, went to state championships anchoring for seventh-place 4x800m relay team … following senior season, was invited to the HOKA Festival of Miles, finishing fifth with a 5:04.32.