Kaia Schmidt

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/30/2025
  • Sport
    Cross Country
  • School
    UC Irvine
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    West Linn, Ore.
  • High School
    West Linn HS

  • UC Irvine's Kaia Schmidt ran a 6K personal record of 20:38.4 at the UC Riverside Invitational to earn The Big West Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor. It is Schmidt's first career weekly honor.

  • The junior finished seventh in a field of 220 runners. Schmidt’s time ranks second in the Big West this season and moved up one spot to No. 8 in program history.

  • As a team, UC Irvine was third out of 24, and first among the five Big West schools competing.