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UCLA Athletics - UCLA Track and Field athlete portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
October 2nd, 2024
Copyright  Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Kayla McBride

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Ayala HS
  • Hometown:
    Chino Hills, Calif.
TFRRS Profile

Career Honors
2025 Outdoor First Team All-America (4x400)
2025 Outdoor All-Big Ten Freshman Team
2025 Second Team Indoor All-American (4x400)
2025 Indoor All-Big Ten Freshman Team

2025
Competed at 12 meets during her freshman campaign, seven during outdoor season and five during indoor season ... Ran on UCLA's top 4x400 relay squads, earning First Team All-America honors at Outdoor NCAAs and Second Team All-America honors at Indoor NCAAs ... Ran the leadoff leg of UCLA's best 4x400 of the year, as she (alongside Taylor Snaer, Aly Conyers, and Naomi Johnson) recorded a time of 3:28.18 at NCAA West Regionals, good for No. 4 in program history ... Helped the Bruins earn a bronze medal at the Indoor Big Ten Championships, as she (alongside Conyers, Snaer, and Johnson) ran a time of 3:31.11 on March 1; that time was also No. 4 in indoor program history ... Also at the Big Ten Championships,  ran a 53.75 during the 400m prelims, am indoor personal-best and No. 5 on the program's indoor top-10 list ... Qualified for NCAA West Regionals in the 400m, finishing 14th with a PR time of 52.31 ... At Outdoor Big Tens, placed fifth in the 400m (53.37) and helped UCLA to a fourth-place result in the 4x400 relay (3:32.95) ... Helped UCLA to a dual meet win over crosstown rival USC on May 4 at Drake Stadium after being part of a second-place 4x400 relay squad ... Had a double in the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite (400m, 4x400) while also setting a PB in the 200m (23.72) ... At Indoor Big Tens, was third-place in the 4x400 (3:31.11) and 11th in the 400m (53.75) ... Made her collegiate debut at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Jan. 17, finishing runner-up in both the 400m (54.03) and 4x400 (3:38.67) ... Voted to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team at both the Indoor and Outdoor Big Ten Championships ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for spring quarter.

High School
Earned four varsity letters at Ayala High School in Chino Hills, Calif. ... Was a CIF Southern Section and Palomares League champion in the 400 ... Her best times in high school included the 100 (11.81), 200 (23.79), and 400 (53.81) ... Was a MileSplitCA First Team All-State pick in 2023 ... At the 2024 CIF State Championships, placed fifth in the 200 dash ... At the 2024 CIF SS Championships, also placed runner-up in the 200 and helped Ayala to a third-place finish in the 4x100 relay. 
 
Personal
Full name: Kayla Pamela McBride ... Born in Pomona in 2006 ... Parents are Loy and Myriam McBride ... Has two siblings, Kyle and Lauren ... Chose to attend UCLA because of "the competitiveness of the athletics and the high-ranked academics" ... Admires Sydney McLaughlin ... Enjoys going out to eat and shopping with friends ... She and Kyle are twin siblings ... Is left handed ... Her uncle, Tod McBride, played college football at UCLA before playing parts of six NFL seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, and St. Louis Rams from 1999-2004 ... Her father, Loy McBride, played baseball and was drafted by the Minnesota Twins.
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