Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

Kate Kuwahara enters her first season as an assistant coach with the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps cross country program in 2026. 

Kuwahara is a former member of the cross country and track and field teams at Columbia University in New York City, where she helped her squad qualify for the 2024 NCAA Regionals as a senior. 

Kuwahara is currently enrolled in the post-baccalaureate medical program at Scripps College, after graduating from Columbia in 2025 with a dual major in neuroscience and human rights. She has worked as a research assistant in the applied neurovascular physiology lab at Columbia since 2024, and was the director of advocacy and internship coordinator for the GlobeMed Columbia University Chapter. 

Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, Kuhawara competed on the cross country, track and field and swimming and diving teams at West High School, earning all-state academic honors in swimming.