Kaitlyn Kauppila

Position:
Cross Country
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Rochester Adams High School
Hometown:
Rochester Hills, Mich.

2026 OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets ... ran a collegiate best 1500-meters time of 4:26.04 at the MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championhips (May 15), which ranks second all-time in program history ... ran a collegiate best 800-meters time of 2:15.44 at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Open (Apr. 24) ... ran a collegiate best 5000-meters time of 17:06.53 at the WashU Distance Carnival (Mar. 26) ... finished fourth in the 1500-meters at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational and the BSU - We Fly Challenge (Apr.10), and fifth in the 1500-meters at the Wake Forest Invitational (Apr. 17).

2026 INDOOR: Competed in five meets ... ran a collegiate best mile time of 4:56.64 at the Heartland Invitational (Feb. 14) ... ran a collegiate best 3000-meters time of 9:44.34 at the MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 28).

2025 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in one meet ... ran a collegiate best 4k time of 14:35.5 at the Sam Bell Invitational (Aug. 29)

Before Ball State: Ran cross country and track at Rochester Adams High School … earned first-team and second-team all-state honors … Oakland County champion in the 800 meters … served as team captain for cross country and track as a senior … named team MVP for track as a senior … helped lead her cross country team to a ninth-place finish at the state finals … posted notable times of 2:14 in the 800 meters, 4:59 in the 1,600 meters and 18:49 in the 5K.

Personal: Daughter of Cindy Stein … has three older siblings, one brother and two sisters … brother, Ryan, played golf at Davenport … was born with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a rare heart condition not diagnosed until her sophomore year of high school … enjoys baking … favorite book is The Hunger Games.