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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2021 Men's Cross Country

Kyril Van Schendel

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Carpinteria, CA
  • High School Cate School
  • Major Science Management

Biography



At CMS
2021-22 (Senior)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... 
Part of the seven-runner contingent that represented CMS at the NCAA Regionals and Nationals ... Earned first-team All-SCIAC honors with a ninth-place finish at the league championships, crossing the line in 25:00.9 ... Earned 28th at the NCAA Division III West Region championships to pick up all-region honors ... Ran a 24:54.1 at the NCAA Division III Championships to earn 105th place ... Ran a season-best 24.42.2 at the UC Riverside Invitational ... Earned fourth place at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in 25:10.2 ... Earned 41st in a national field of runners at the NCAA DIII Pre-Nationals in Louisville with a time of 25:29.5. 

2019-20 (Sophomore)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ...
 Had a top-50 finish at the NCAA Division III National Championships, ending in 42nd place with a 24:58.8 to help CMS to a sixth-place team finish ... Crossed the line in fourth place at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships in 25:17.8 to earn all-region honors ... Was eighth at the SCIAC Cross Country Championships (25:16.8) to earn first-team all-league accolades while helping CMS to the team title ... Won first place at the Coyote Challenge hosted by CSU San Bernardino with a finish of 24:11.6 ... Also came in fifth at the UC San Diego Triton Classic and seventh at the Biola Invitational. 

2018-19 (First-Year)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... Second-Team All-SCIAC ... Earned 12th place at the NCAA West Region Championships with a time of 25:23.9 ... FInished 20th at the SCIAC Championships (27:01.08) to take second-team all-league ... Had a third-place finish at the Cougar Challenge hosted by CSU San Marcos ... Finished fourth in his college debut at the Biola Invitational with a 25:42.1 ... During track season, earned a seventh-place finish at the SCIAC Championships in the 5000 with a 15:06.24.

Prior to CMS
Attended Cate School in Carpinteria, California, where he was a member of the cross country and track teams.

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in science management ... Lists Psych 140 Leadership as his favorite course he has taken in college so far ("By far the most engaging, and transformative class. I discovered my love for public speaking in that class.") ... Hopes to enter a career in marketing/rental property management, and spent the summer of 2021 renovating apartments in Upstate New York. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior