Kaiya Robertson of Boise State College has had a record-breaking begin to her 2026 season, and on Saturday in Seattle, she raised the bar as soon as extra.
On the 2026 Husky Traditional, Robertson positioned second within the girls’s invitational mile, setting a brand new Canadian U23 document of 4:24.51. Her efficiency shaved practically 5 seconds off the earlier mark of 4:29.07, which was set 10 years in the past by two-time Canadian Olympian Gabriela DeBues-Stafford. Robertson’s time may also stand as each a program document and a Mountain West convention document for the mile.
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Robertson does it once more!!! She improves her program document mark, going 4 seconds beneath her earlier time. Shoutout to former Bronco Maleigha Menegatti for the help🔥🔥#BleedBlue | #WhatsNext pic.twitter.com/W1wsqUdPB2
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The 22-year-old from Portland, Ore., has taken 9 seconds off her private greatest prior to now 12 months alone, together with a four-second enchancment from simply two weeks in the past. Her newest outcome locations her fifth on the Canadian all-time record (for senior), lower than seven seconds shy of DeBues-Stafford’s present nationwide document of 4:17.87.
Robertson completed runner-up to Kenya’s Billah Jepkirui, who received the race with a facility-record 4:22.92. Though the meet was held indoors, Robertson’s time is not going to depend as an official indoor document, because the race came about on the Dempsey Indoor Middle, which options an outsized 307-metre observe. As an alternative, her efficiency shall be acknowledged as a Canadian U23 out of doors document, pending ratification.
Robertson says she credit a lot of her enchancment in 2026 to psychological preparation. She’s in her ultimate season with Boise State’s observe and area program, and hopes to be within the combine on the upcoming NCAA Indoor Championships this March.
In a 2025 interview with Bronco Sports activitiesRobertson mentioned she obtained a comparatively late begin in working in comparison with lots of her friends. “I performed soccer, basketball and ice hockey, nevertheless it wasn’t till eighth grade that I stepped onto the observe for the primary time,” she mentioned.
Although she grew up in Oregon, Robertson competes internationally beneath the Canadian flag via certainly one of her mother and father.
