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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Kansas

Gatorade Player of the year

Kaylie Shultz

Runner
CENTRAL HS
SALINA, KANSAS
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:26.3

KHSAA Class 5A state meet

1st - 16:45.3

AVCTL Division 1/2 League Championships

1st

Rim Rock Farm Classic
“Winning every race she entered inside Kansas, Kaylie Shultz cemented state’s all-time greats with still a year to go in her prep career.”
Rich Gonzalez
Editor - PrepCalTrack

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 junior won the KSHSAA Class 5A state meet this past season with a time of 17:26.3, crossing the line 10.5 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Mustangs to an eighth-place team finish. Shultz also won the AVCTL Division 1/2 League Championships in 16:45.3, the second-fastest 5K clocking in state history. She broke the tape at both the Rim Rock Farm Classic and the Salina Invitational as well. 

Academic Achievement

Shultz has maintained a 4.00 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

Exemplary Character

The school’s Junior Class Vice-President, Shultz has volunteered locally on behalf of the Special Olympics. She also has donated her time to the Relay for Life Salina Youth, Salina Central Trunk-or-Treat and the Salina Kansas Toy-A-Thon.