2022 Track and Field Roster
Kaila Bishop
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Franklin HS
- Hometown:
- Elk Grove, CA
2021 -- Indoor Season: Cal Poly did not compete in any indoor events due to COVID-19 pandemic. Outdoor T&F: Did not compete in any meets.
2020 -- For indoor season, traveled to Albuquerque to compete at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Feb. 7-8 ... opened her year with a time of 60.2 for the 400 meters & 1:42.3 in the 600m ... the outdoor schedule was then cancelled in the spring due to COVID-19; retains NCAA year of eligibility.
2019 -- Advanced to the Big West Championships for the 800 meters as a true freshman, coming in 13th place at the Conference Finals on May 10 (in 2:18.12) ... clocked a season-best performance of 2:14.80 at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual hosted by UC Santa Barbara on April 27, taking third ... also at the meet vs. the Gauchos at Pauley Track, helped the Mustangs pick up a 4x400m relay victory, in 3:53.44 ... also during the regular season, posted an 800m time of 2:16.72 at the 37th annual Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational on March 23 ... during the indoor season, helped the Mustangs post a pair of relay times at the UW Invitational in Seattle between Jan. 25-26: combining for a collective 3:51.15 for the mile relay (good for seventh place) and 11:44.27 in the distance medley (12th) — the latter effort establishing a school record for the event.
Prep -- With Franklin High School in Elk Grove, finished in second place for the 800 meters at the 2018 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championships, with a time of 2:13.55 ... won the 800m at the Woody Wilson Classic as a senior, in 2:15.80, en route to a 17th-place finish at the CIF State Championships following a second-place Delta League medal ... posted a 400m PR of 58.11, taking sixth at the 2017 Sac-Joaquin Finals ... in cross country season for the Wildcats, tallied a 24th-place 5k performance of 20:46.6 at the 2017 Sac-Joaquin Section Championship Meet ... top 5k time of 19:37.9 earned 24th at the University of Pacific Invitational.
Personal -- Majors in Civil Engineering, with career aspirations of becoming a professional civil engineer or being an intellectual law attorney ... also visited West Point; chose Cal Poly because “the team environment was amazing and the coaching staff were well-educated as well,” adding that “the location is beautiful and the civil engineering program is tops in the nation.”
