2023 Cross Country Roster
Gaffney, Kelli
Kelli Gaffney
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Great Oak HS
- Hometown:
- Temecula, CA
Bio
TFRRS Profile
Prep -- As a four-year varsity letterwinner and team captain at Great Oak High, helped the Wolfpack capture two CIF Southern Section Division I titles (2019, 2022) in cross country and Southwestern League championships every year ... placed 59th at 2019 Nike Cross Country Nationals as a freshman, leading team to ninth-place finish ... competed in three CIF State XC meets, earning a career best finish of ninth in 2021 to secure All-State honors ... part of Great Oak's runner-up state championship team in 2019, placing 12th individually ... as a senior, placed first at Mt. SAC XC Invitational, Southwestern League finals and CIF-SS Division I meet ... 2022-23 Great Oak Female Athlete of the Year ... enters college with personal-best 5K time of 17:54.3 ... also posted PRs in the 800 (2:21.95) and 1,500 (4:53.71) ... member of National Technical Honors Society.
Personal -- Daughter of Jimmy and Kim Gaffney ... born in Long Beach, Calif. ... has one brother, Nick, and one sister, Kaia ... majoring in Kinesiology with hopes of working in sports medicine in the future ... can play the flute and piano ... was a competitive swimmer for three years ... first member of family to attend a four-year university ... chose Cal Poly for the location, coaching staff and academics ... says parents have been her biggest supporters — "my dad has been my biggest influence. He got me to join running when I was reluctant too. He always believed I could do great things with this sport so I owe a lot of my success to him."
Prep -- As a four-year varsity letterwinner and team captain at Great Oak High, helped the Wolfpack capture two CIF Southern Section Division I titles (2019, 2022) in cross country and Southwestern League championships every year ... placed 59th at 2019 Nike Cross Country Nationals as a freshman, leading team to ninth-place finish ... competed in three CIF State XC meets, earning a career best finish of ninth in 2021 to secure All-State honors ... part of Great Oak's runner-up state championship team in 2019, placing 12th individually ... as a senior, placed first at Mt. SAC XC Invitational, Southwestern League finals and CIF-SS Division I meet ... 2022-23 Great Oak Female Athlete of the Year ... enters college with personal-best 5K time of 17:54.3 ... also posted PRs in the 800 (2:21.95) and 1,500 (4:53.71) ... member of National Technical Honors Society.
Personal -- Daughter of Jimmy and Kim Gaffney ... born in Long Beach, Calif. ... has one brother, Nick, and one sister, Kaia ... majoring in Kinesiology with hopes of working in sports medicine in the future ... can play the flute and piano ... was a competitive swimmer for three years ... first member of family to attend a four-year university ... chose Cal Poly for the location, coaching staff and academics ... says parents have been her biggest supporters — "my dad has been my biggest influence. He got me to join running when I was reluctant too. He always believed I could do great things with this sport so I owe a lot of my success to him."
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