2024 Track & Field Roster Choose a Player: Alvarez Gonzalez, Rodrigo Balzer, Zachary Bryant, Sierra Burns, Oliver Campbell, Syeira Carpenter, Kelly Copelin, Jaxson Crull, Jack Davis, Amiyah de La Piedra Sitjas, Julia Dieterich, Max Donohue, Aidan Echols, Angelo Erotocritou, Andriana Fuller, Shae Hamilton, Carissa Hancock, Abigail Jones, Mason Kamp, Brandon Kearns, Grace Kingsmith, Kaden Koontz, Kyra Lewis, Roman Lind, Caleb Maguire, Ashley Moulinie, Yanis Narciso, Alice Nielsen, Julia Nold, Parker O'Laughlin, Ian Perry, Anna Pierson, Jaela Potgieter, Nadia Rajlich, Hope Rebello, Michael Rice, Brock Rieker, Eli Rosslee, JD Sheppard, Kaitlyn Simone, Caden Smith, Will Stolla, Léna Thornley, Ciara Vaughn, Jada Vreeland, Mickey Wade, Katy Westcott, Ivan Wraith, Trixie Go Profile Stats Profile Senior Class Oxford, Ohio Hometown Talawanda High School Kyra Koontz Senior Class Oxford, Ohio Hometown Biography Summary Biography HONORS AND AWARDS MVC Honor Roll: 2021 Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring '21 CAREER BESTS & RESULTS 2023-24 SEASON Indoor: Competed in four meets during the indoor season. In the John Coughlan Invite, she finished in second place in the 60H event recording a 8.88. Outdoor: In the SLU Invitational 100H event, she placed in first place with a time of 14.83. 2022-23 SEASON Indoor: Competed in three meets during the indoor season. At the Windy City Classic, she collected two 12th place finishes in the 60m and 800m. She placed ninth in the long jump at the Cyclone Open, recording a 4.79 distance. Outdoor: In the Missouri Valley Championship, her 4x100 relay finished in ninth with a time 49.10. She recorded 15th place in the javelin throw. At the Fighting Illini Challenge, she had career highs in the 100m (12.84) and the javelin throw (32.93m) to finish 27th and seventh, respectively. 2021-22 SEASON Indoor: Competed in the pentathlon at the MVC Championship, posting personal bests in the 800m and shot put. 2020-21 SEASON Indoor: Set the program record in the 60m dash, clocking a time of 7.88 at Northern Iowa • Ranks third at Bradley with a time of 9.06 in the 60m hurdles • Added the fifth-best mark in BU’s record book in the long jump at 5.31m • Also competed in the 200m dash with a time of 28.36. Outdoor: Member of the school’s 4x100 relay record with a time of 47.85 • Clocked the fourth-fastest time in the 100m hurdles and quickest in 35 years with a mark of 14.83 at Illinois State • Also posted the fifth-best mark in the long jump (5.30m) and the ninth-best time in the 100m dash (12.59). HIGH SCHOOL Earned three letters at Talawanda High School, earning Most Valuable Runner accolades in 2017, 2018 and 2019 • Also named Southwest Conference Runner of the Year all three years with the Braves • Helped the team to three conference championships • Owns schools records in the 100m hurdles (14.64), long jump (18’8”), triple jump (33’11”) and 100m dash (12.45). Also a three-year letterwinner with the soccer and basketball teams • Ranks third in school history in points with the Talawanda soccer team, earning all-conference accolades in 2017 and 2019 • Collected second-team all-conference honors in basketball in 2019 and 2020. PERSONAL Born August 10, 2002 • Daughter of Samantha Koontz • Four siblings – Scarlett, Madison, Sophia and Londynn • Majoring in kinesiology.
