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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Linnaea Kavulich

  • Position DIS
  • Class Senior
  • High School Scappoose
  • Hometown Scappoose, Ore.
  • School Columbia College

Biography

- 2021 Academic All-Ivy League (XC)
- 2019 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Team)
- 3x Academic All-Big Sky (2018 - XC; 2019 - ITF & OTF)

2021-22 (Senior): (XC) 
Was a top five finisher for the Columbia women at Ivy League Heps (Oct. 30) ... Posted a 27th place finish, running a 21:45.2 (6K) at Heps ... Earned Academic All-Ivy League honors ... Posted a 5K time of 18:02.0 (37th) at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sept. 24) ... Had best finish of the season (fourth) at the Stony Brook Invite (Sept. 4), clocking a 14:17.6 (4K) ... (ITF) Finished seventh in the 5,000m at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) with a time of 16:39.23 ... Posted a fourth-place finishing time of 9:39.46 in the 3,000m at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) ... (OTF) Finished inside the top 10 twice at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8) ... Posted a fifth-place time of 35:27.58 in the 10,000m and a PR time of 10:49.41 to finish sixth in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Ivy Heps ... Ran a PR 10,000m at the Virginia Challenge, clocking a 14th-place time of 34:53.31.

2020-21 (Junior): Season canceled (COVID-19)

2019-20 (Sophomore): (XC) Crossed in 28th place as a member of Columbia's Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Nov. 1) championship team, running the 6K in 22:03.4 ... Ran the 6K in a personal record time of 21:29.8 (108th) at the Northeast Regionals (Nov. 15) ... Finished the 6K at the NCAA Division I Championships in 22:05.3 (205th) ... Recorded best overall finish of the season with a 15th place finish in the 6.17K at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 19) with a time of 21:45.6. (Indoor) Clocked a personal record time of 4:59.79 in the One-Mile to finish fifth at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 14) ... Ran the opening leg of the 4x800-Meter Relay that finished second with a time of 9:17.71 at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet ... Took the third leg on the second-place finishing Distance Medley Relay squad that crossed the line in 12:34.73 at the Fastrack National Invite ... Finished ninth in the 800-Meter Dash with a time of 2:19.88 at the Armory Last Chance (Feb. 21). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

2018-19 (First-Year/Portland State): (XC) Placed fifth or higher in the Vikings' lineup at four of the six meets at which she competed...Placed as the Vikings' fourth runner at the Big Sky Championships (10/27) and NCAA West Regional (11/9)...Set a 5k personal best with a finish in 17:46.8 at the Big Sky Championships (10/27), placing 39th overall...Set a 6k personal best with her time of 21:45.9 at the NCAA West Regional (11/9) while placing 114th overall...Moved up to sixth all time in the 4k with her finish in 14:34.1 at the season-opening Viking 'Rust-Buster' (9/1). (Indoor) Scored for the Vikings while running a leg of the team’s distance medley relay that placed eighth in 12:30.73 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (2/21-23)...Moved up to ninth all time in the DMR with her team’s time at the Big Sky meet...Also ran the mile at the Big Sky meet, finishing 19th in 5:19.78...Placed third in the 800 meters at the D1 Invitational Team Challenge (2/1), finishing in 2:18.60...Won the mile with a time of 5:11.55 at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open and Multi Events (1/12). (Outdoor) Ran the 1,500 meters for the Vikings at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/8-11), placing 15th in the prelims in 4:44.10...Knocked 1.33 seconds off her previous time in the steeplechase, finishing in 11:13.66 at the OSU High Performance meet (4/26-27)...Ran the 1,500 meters in 4:40.95 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17-19)...Placed second in the 800 meters at the John Knight Twilight (4/5), finishing in 2:21.22...Moved up to third all time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while finishing her debut race in the event in 11:14.99 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (3/28)...Also finished the 1,500 meters in 4:40.74 at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic...Finished third in the 5,000 meters at the L&C Spring Break Open (3/16), crossing the line in 18:02.87. 

High School: 
Two-time state champion in the 3,000 meters, winning as a junior and senior…State champion in the 1,500 meters as a senior…Four-time all-league honoree in cross country…Broke her high school’s records in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters…Named Most Outstanding Athlete on her track & field team during all four years of high school…Named Most Outstanding Athlete on her cross country team during all four years of high school…Lettered in cross country and track & field during all four years of high school.

Personal: Daughter of Debbie Humphrey and Jack Kavulich…Has a brother, John Kavulich…Class valedictorian in high school…Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper…Lists nutrition, knitting and musicals as hobbies/interests…Hopes to become a physical therapist…Plans on majoring in pre-physical therapy with minors in Spanish and journalism.


Career Bests
6.17K (XC)
- 21:45.6
Princeton Cross Country Invitational - Oct. 19, 2019
6K (XC) - 21:29.8
NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships - Nov. 15, 2019
5K (XC) - 17:46.8
Big Sky Cross Country Championships - Oct. 27, 2018
4K (XC) - 14:34.1
Viking 'Ring-Buster' - Sept. 1, 2018
2.49M (XC) - 14:17.6
Stony Brook XC Invite - Sept. 4, 2021
10,000 (Outdoor) - 34:53.31
Virginia Challenge - Apr. 22-23, 2022
5,000m (Indoor - 16:39.23
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 26-27, 2022
3,000m (Indoor) - 9:39.46
Rutgers Open - Feb. 11-12, 2022
3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor) - 10:49.41
Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps - May 7-8, 2022
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 4:59.79
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 14, 2020
800m (Indoor) - 2:18.60
DI Invitational Team Challenge - Feb. 1, 2019
800m (Outdoor) - 2:21.22
John Knight Twilight - Apr. 5, 20190

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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