2019-20 Merrimack College Women's Track & Field Roster

Kelsey Mitchell

  • Class Senior
  • Event Distance
  • Hometown Northford, Conn.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Woodland Regional
  • Major Criminology

Biography

2019-20

Indoor Track and Field 
  • Did  not compete in the indoor season

2018-19

Cross Country
  • Competed in four events as a junior
  • Placed a season-best 61st at Shacklette (9/1) 
  • Improved her time each event and ran a season-best 22:17.00 at Kirsh Cup (10/20)
Indoor Track and Field
  • Ran in three meets during her junior season
  • Saw one top ten finish and two top twenty finishes during the season
  • Placed eighth in the 3,000 meter at the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational (1/12) with a time of 13.02.74
Outdoor Track and Field
  • Competed in seven outdoor meets, setting personal records on three separate occasions
  • Broke her personal record in the 5,000 meter during the SNHU Spring Invitational (4/6), placing 10th with a time of 20:49.28
  • Finished the 1,500 meter at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invitational (4/27) with a personal-best time of 5:35.60
  • Set a personal record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the NE10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/3), placing 10th with a time of 12:40.21

2017-18

Cross Country
  • Raced in the first three events of the season
  • Placed 52nd at the Shacklette Invitational (22:35)
Indoor Track & Field
  • Competed at five meets her sophomore season, her first with Merrimack
  • Recorded her personal-best 3000m time (12:15.29) at the UMass Boston Winter Open (12/2)
  • Recorded her personal-best mile time (6:12.72) at the USM Open III (1/27) where she finished in 7th place, her highest finish of the season
  • All five of her finishes over the course of the season were top-20 finishes
Outdoor Track & Field
  • Competed in six meets during the outdoor season
  • Fastest finish was in the 3000 steeplechase (14:00.21) at the NE10 Outdoor Championships (5/4-5/5)
  • Placed sixth in the 3000 steeplechase (14:07.96) at the Skyhawk Invitational (4/28)
  • Set a personal-best in the 5K (21:53.94) at the Merrimack Invitational (4/21)
  • Ran a personal best in the 10K (47.36.94) at the Coach Pollard Invitational (4/13-4/14)

Before Merrimack

  • Attended Woodland Regional High School
  • Attended the University of New Haven for one year
  • All Naugatuck Valley League Selection for Cross Country and Indoor Track (junior)
  • Placed first at the Naugatuck Valley League Meet (junior)
  • All Naugatuck Valley League Selection for Cross Country (senior)
  • Set a school record in the DMR (captain)
  • Captain (senior)

Personal

  • Born on Jan. 18, 1998
  • Daughter of Kari and Michael Mitchell
  • Sister of Dylan
  • Criminology major

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2018-19Junior

    Distance
  • 2019-20Senior

    Distance