University of Nevada Las Vegas

AWARDS
- Mountain West Freshman of the Week (2024)
- Academic All-MW (Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
- MW Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2024-25)
- Indoor Track & Field All-Mountain West (2026)
- Outdoor Track & Field All-Mountain West (2026)
- UNLV Dean's List (Spring 2026)

Junior (2025-26): Competed in eight combined meets during the indoor and outdoor campaign ... Posted a third-place personal best 300m time of 39.53 seconds at the Silver State Invitational & Combined Events, where she also placed fourth in the 4x400m Relay (3:48.27), running the final leg ... Collected a sixth-place finish in the 4x400m Relay (3:52.44) at the UNR Invitational, and helped the same relay team to a bronze showing (3:39.02) at the Mountain West Indoor Championships ... Collected a personal best 400m time of 54.47 at the Ben Brown Invite, finishing fourth overall ... Ran the second leg of the winning 4x400m Relay team (3:39.11) at the Jim Bush Legends Meet ... Also placed sixth in the 400m (54.48) in the same meet ... At the UNLV Rebel ELITE, placed second in the 4x400m Relay (3:43.85), fifth in the 400m (55.16) and ran a personal best 200m time of 24.64 seconds ... Ran the final leg of the winning 4x400m Relay team (3:44.63) at the Fresno State Invite ... Concluded her season by running in the final leg of the second place 4x400m Relay team (3:38.64) at the MW Outdoor Championships.

Sophomore (2024-25): Competed in nine combined meets during the indoor and outdoor campaign ... Ran a personal-best time of 55.22 in the 400m at the MW Indoor Championships, finishing 13th overall ... Placed first in the Bobcat Invitational in the 400m (57.80) and helped the 4x400m Relay team to a runner-up showing (3:51.85) at the UNLV Rebel ELITE ... Ran a season-best 200m time of 24.71 at the Jim Bush Legends Meet, finishing third overall.

Freshman (2023-24): Picked up a personal-best time in each of the four meets she competed in during the indoor season, finishing with a 56.83 final time in the women's 400m at the Mountain West Indoor Championships ... Finished with another slew of best times at the conference outdoor championships, finishing 11th overall in the women's 400m (55.86) while being part of the fourth-place 4x400m team that ran a 3:39.99 final time, a season-best mark in the event.

High School: A 2023 graduate from the Adelson School in Summerlin, Nevada … Lettered four years of varsity Track & Field/XC … earned the 2023 and 2022 Nevada State Champion in the 100 meters, the 200 meters and the 400 meters…2023 Nevada Meet Regional record holder… was on the 2023 Girls Southern Nevada 1st Team.

Personal: Kaelin Gowdy was born in Las Vegas, Nevada... Daughter of Mekala and Ricky Gowdy … Has two siblings, Kenley and Rickey Jr. … Enjoys reading, traveling and attending sporting events… Majoring in philosophy.