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Brandeis University

2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Kayla DiBenedetto

  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Andover, Mass.
  • High School Andover
  • Major Neuroscience

Biography

2024-2025 Season Awards

  • 2024 Fall UAA All-Academic team

2022-2023 Season Awards

  • 2022 UAA Fall All-Academic Recognition Honoree

Getting to know Kayla...

My favorite part about competing for Brandeis, other than my teammates is touching elbows with all the UAA micro-celebrities

My favorite athletic moment at Brandeis has been: Pranking WPI's track team by stealing their hurdle then wrapping it up in tinfoil and wrapping paper and leaving it as a present during our New England's track meet

My favorite high school/non-Brandeis athletic moment is: Winning the 800m in my conference meet my senior year

My favorite class at Brandeis is: Npsy 11b with Don Katz because the material was so interesting, and Professor Katz is such an entertaining and funny lecturer. Also, shoes are optional.

My favorite place to travel to is: Australia

Outside of my sport, something I am looking forward to at Brandeis is: Intramural Sports

My dream job is: Taste tester because I love to try new foods and judge

My favorite movie of all time is: Zootopia

My favorite TV Show is: Catfish

My favorite song is: Gorilla by Bruno Mars

My favorite book is: Anything by Nietzsche or Plato 

My favorite pro sports team is: LA Lakers because of the Lebron and Bronny collab

Summer Internship: helping a PhD student with her research in the SIM Lab and waitressing at Pizzeria Enzina

Reasearch Performed: Research on the age-related cognitive decline in fawn-footed mosiac-tailed rats (Melomys cervinipes); 3x on Dean's List

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First-year

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2024Senior

  • 2025Graduate Student

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