2024 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Kyla Christopher-Moody
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- West Bloomfield HS
- Hometown:
- Royal Oak, MI
Christopher-Moody's Performance History and Personal Bests
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Senior): Earned Big Sky All-Conference honors after placing ninth at the Big Sky Championships ... Led the Bobcats to a runner-up finish on the team podium at the conference meet, their best result since 2017 ... Finished as MSU's No. 1 runner in the first five meets of the season ... Started the fall with back-to-back wins at the MSU Bobcat Twilight and the Montana Invite ... Earned an impressive 21st place finish at the Joe Piane Invite ... Finished 35th at Pre-Nationals in Virginia
Indoor (Senior): Competed in three meets for the Cats ... Finished fifth in the 5,000 and sixth in the 3,000 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, earning seven points as Montana State earned runner-up on the team podium ... Her time of 16:42.19 in the 5000 at the conference meet was the fourth-fastest in school history ... Ran a personal-best 9:31.58 in the 3,000 at the Husky Classic to place 44th, the eighth-fastest mark in school history ... Finished sixth in the 3,000 at the Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman
Outdoor (Senior): Qualified for the NCAA West First Round in the 5,000 meters, finishing 41st ... Placed tenth in the 1500 at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Bozeman ... Ran a personal-best 4:22.99 to finish second overall in the 1500 in a talent-heavy field at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the third-fastest time in school history ... Also placed seventh in the 5000 at Bryan Clay in a personal-best 16:08.13, the second-fastest time in school history ... Won the 1500 at the Cat-Griz Dual in Bozeman ... Placed second in the 5000 at the Stanford Invitational ... Won the 15000 at the Montana Open
Background: Attended the University of Colorado from 2019-2023 … During the 2021 track and field season, placed 28th at the Pac-12 Championships in the 5,000-meters and 18th in the 10,000 meters … In 2020, placed seventh at the six-kilometer FSU Winter Classic and second at the six-kilometer Battle Born Collegiate Challenge
High School: Attended West Bloomfield High School in West Bloomfield, Michigan … Earned three consecutive top-10 finishes at the Michigan High School Athletic Association LP Division 1 Finals, culminating with a runner-up finish in her senior season ... Ran the Foot Locker Midwest Regionals her final three years in high school and earned her highest finish (10th) as a sophomore in 2016 … Placed 23rd at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships that same year ... Three-time all-state honoree … Named the Detroit Free Press Cross Country Runner of the Year (2019) … Won the league championship in the 800 and 1,600-meter runs in 2017, and placed eighth in the 1,600 … Graduated summa cumme laude … Member of the National Honor Society, an AP Scholar with Honor, and was named West Bloomfield High School’s Athlete-Scholar of the Year as a senior
Personal: Daughter of Gary Moody and Holly Christopher… Has one older brother, Justin
