2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kaya de Castro

Kaya de Castro

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, Ill.
  • Highschool:
    Sacred Heart-Griffin

Summary

Biography

  • Has competed in eight track and field events at UIS
  • Has one individual top-10 finish in the shot put
  • Member of the fifth-place distance medley relay team at the 2022 Bellarmine Open
Collegiate Top Times (Through the 2021-22 School Year):
Shot Put- 7.20m

UIS Cross Country:
2021- Did not compete in any races.
 
2020- Redshirted.
 
UIS Indoor Track and Field:
2022- Competed in two events … was a member of the fifth-place distance medley relay team at the Bellarmine Open.
 
2021- Redshirted.
 
UIS Outdoor Track and Field:
2022- Competed in six events … had one top-10 individual finish in the shot put with an eighth-place showing at the ONU Outdoor Invitational … finished 18th in the shot put at the GLVC Championships.
 
2021- Redshirted.
 
High School:
Two-time state qualifier … two-time all-conference … participated in both cross country and track.

Personal:
The daughter of Karen and Reynald de Castro … has four siblings, Jesse, Natalia, Nalayja, and Laila … a Global Studies and Political Science major.

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