Kailee Perry

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Photo by: EMU Athletics

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Photo by: Mallory Hiser, BGSU Athletics

Class:
Senior
High School:
Morgan County
Hometown:
West Liberty, Ky.

TFRRS Profile

PERSONAL BESTS
Cross Country
5K: 17:50.4, Tommy Evans Invitational (9/1/23)
6K: 20:31.8, Paul Short Run (9/30/22)

Awards & Honors

Academic All-MAC (2024)

CAREER FINISHES
2024 Results
Aug. 30 – Tommy Evans Invitational (Silver Creek Cross Country Course – Norton, OH) – 5K – 17.53.7 (2nd)
Oct.18 -- Falcon Invitational (Mel Brodt XC Course -- Bowling Green, OH) -- 6K -- 22:20.4 (22nd)

2023 Results
Sept. 1 - Tommy Evans Invitational (Silver Creek Cross Country Course - Norton, OH) - 5K - 17:50.4 (1st)
Sept. 15 – Mel Brodt Open (Bowling Green XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 22:07 (23rd)
Sept. 30 – Paul Short Run (Goodman Campus Cross Country Course – Bethlehem, PA) – 6K – 21:36.1 (84th)
Oct. 13 – Falcon Invite (Bowling Green XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 21:33.8 (5th)
Oct. 28 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Mel Brodt XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 21:26.3 (20th)
Nov. 10 – NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course – Madison, WI) – 6K – 21:13.1 (33rd)

2022 Results
Sept. 16 – Mel Brodt Collegiate Open (Bowling Green XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 21:48.0 – 2nd
Sept. 30 – Paul Short Run (Lehigh Goodman Campus XC Course – Bethlehem, PA) – 6K – 20:31.8 – 83rd
Oct. 14 – Falcon Invite (Bowling Green XC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 20:55.8 – 1st
Oct. 29 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Ohio University Golf Course – Athens, OH) – 6K – 20:35.7 – 9th
Nov. 11 – NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course – Terre Haute, IN) – 6K – 21:07.8 – 44th

2021 Results
Sept. 17 – Spartan Invitational (Forest Akers East Golf Course – East Lansing, MI) – 6K – 23:08.4 – 37th
Oct. 1 – Paul Short Run (Lehigh Goodman Campus XC Course – Bethlehem, PA) – 6K – 22:14.4 – 163rd
Oct. 30 – Mid-American Conference Championships (Eagle Crest Country Club – Ypsilanti, MI) – 6K – 22:04.3 – 30th
Nov. 12 – NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (Angel Mounds Cross Country Course – Evansville, IN) – 6K – 21:06.8 – 54th

2020 Results
Nov. 7 – Falcon Invitational (BGXC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 21:09.5 – 1st
Nov. 21 – Mid-American Conference Championship (BGXC Course – Bowling Green, OH) – 6K – 20:41.0 – 1st

Bowling Green

Years of Eligibility Remaining Including 2023: 2
2024

Finished 2nd in the Tommy Evans Invitational, posting a 5K time of 17.53.7
Finished 22nd at the Falcon Invitational, helping the Falcons claim a first place finish

2023

Competed in all six races in 2023
Won the Tommy Evans Invitational, posting a 6K PR time of 17:50.4
Finished 23^rd in the Mel Brodt Open at 22:07
Logged a 21:36.1 finish time at the Paul Short Run
Finished 5^th at the Falcon Invite with a time of 21:33.8
Competed in the MAC Championships, placing 20^th at 21:26.3
Finished 33^rd overall in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:13.1

2022

Competed in five races during the 2022 season
Made her season debut at the Mel Brodt Open, placing second overall with a time of 21:48.0
Posted a new career best 6K time of 20:31.8 at the Paul Short Run, placing 83rd overall to come within seven seconds of Rachel Walny's school record of 20:25.0
Won the Falcon Invite, posting a time of 20:55.8
Placed ninth at the MAC Championship to earn second team All-MAC honors with a finishing time of 20:35.7
Finished 44th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, completing the race in 21:07.8

2021

Competed in four races in the 2021 season
Opened her season at the Spartan Invitational, finishing 37^th overall
Finished 163^rd at the Paul Short Run, recording a time of 22:14.4
Placed 30^th at the MAC Championships, crossing the finish line at 22:04.3
Recorded a season best time of 21:06.8 at the Great Lakes Regional to finish 54^th

2020

Competed at the Falcon Invitational and MAC Championship 6K meets
Victorious at the Falcon Invitational with a finishing time of 21:09.5
Finished first at the MAC Championships with a time of 20:41.0, coming within earshot of the all-time school record of 20:25.0 held by Rachel Walny
Fourth individual MAC Champion in program history, and first since Suzanne Isco in 1995
Voted MAC Freshman of the Year, joining Walny in 2015 as the only two runners in program history to earn the award
Named First Team All-MAC
Was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, a 'best of the best' list of student-athletes who earned both all-conference and academic all-conference honors
First national qualifier since Wendy Licht-Ordway in 1998
2x USTFCCCA XC National Athlete of the Week for Division I Women
Was named BGSU's Female Athlete of the Year at the Ziggys, the athletic department's end-of-year (virtual) awards ceremony in June of 2021
That award goes to just one male and one female athlete across all sports at the University