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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

WXVYMEDIA/CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
WXVYMEDIA/CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
WXVYMEDIA/CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
WXVYMEDIA/CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL
WXVYMEDIA/CHRISTOPHER CAMPBELL

Kaya-Rae Dunbar

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Burtonsville, MD
  • Major Graphic Design
  • Highschool Paint Branch H.S.

Biography

2023-24 (Outdoor): Selected to the USTFCCCA (U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association) All-Academic Athletes ...

2023-24 (Indoor): Earned All-MEAC Third Team in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking in at 8.36 ... 

2022-23 (Outdoor): MEAC Champion … named to the 2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor All-Academic Team … won MEAC Female Track Athlete of the Week (April 12) … earned All-MEAC Second Team honors after finishing second in the 100-meter hurdles at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (May 9-11) with a 13.48 time … won the 100-meter hurdles (13.52) and 200-meter dash (24.61) at the Gallaudet Invite (April 8) … Ran as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that ?nished third (45.11) at the Raleigh Relays (March 23-25).
 
2022-23 (Indoor): MEAC and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Champion … named to the 2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Indoor All-Academic Team … won MEAC Female Track Athlete of the Week (Dec. 7) … finished top 10 in every 60-meter hurdle race during the indoor season … won the 200-meter dash (23.57) at the ECAC Indoor Championships (March 3-5), a new personal best … was a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:36.03) at the ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships … took second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.42) at the ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships … earned All-MEAC Second Team honors in the 200-meter dash (23.91) and 60-meter hurdles (8.36) at the MEAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 19-21) … placed third at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech (Feb. 3-4), running a personal best 8.33 … opened the indoor season by winning the 60-meter hurdles (8.42) at the Ivy & HBCU Classic (Dec. 3).

2021-22: Selected to the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team.

2021 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets … Finished in 1st place in the 100-meter hurdles at the Towson Invite (Apr. 3), clocking in at 14.01 … Ran a time of 13.94 in the 100-meter hurdles with a 2nd place finish at the Aggie Classic (Apr. 24) … Finished in 5th place (13.72) at the MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 100-meter hurdles.

(2020 XC): Did not compete

High School: Honor Roll ... Indoor state champ in 55HH (2019 & 2020) … Outdoor stats champ in 100HH (2019) … All American summer 2018 USATF outdoor nationals … Washington Post 1st Team All-Met honors indoor track 2020

Personal: Major is allied health sciences…. From Burtonsville, Maryland… Chose Howard because she loved the atmosphere, loved the track team, and could actually see herself attending the school…. Hobbies include art, fashion, and music… Admires her parents the most…. “They are so incredibly hard-working and determined. They do everything for me and I appreciate them so much”.... Favorite food is Buffalo wings or Mozzarella caprese… My favorite Sports team is The Eagles.

Dunbar's All-Time Results: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7770665/Howard/Kaya-Rae_Dunbar.html

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

  • 2024-25Fifth Year