2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 41st in the mile at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet with a time of 5:18.38. Outdoor: Finished 15th in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Championships with personal-best time of 4:32.75 … Competed in the DMR and the 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays … Finished 16th in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:40.71.
2015 Cross Country:
Finished 37th at the JSU/Struts Invitational with a 4k time of 15:32.9.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Helped the DMR team to a third-place finish with a time of 11:49.82 at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Posted a career-best time of 10:11.73 in the 3,000 meters at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet … Finished third in the mile run with a career-best time of 4:56.62 at the Samford University Invitational. Outdoor: Placed seventh in the 1,500 meters (4:36.95) at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran part of the 4×800-meter relay that took eighth (9:11.65) at the Florida Relays.
2014 Cross Country:
Competed in six meets … Placed third for Georgia Tech, and seventh overall, at the UGA Invitational with a time of 18:45 … Recorded a season-best 5K time of 18:14 at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational … Finished 17th out of 161 runners at the Upstate Invitational with a time of 18:31 … Competed in the ACC Championships and finished with a 6K time of 22:02 … Ran a career-best 6K time of 21:37 at the NCAA South Regional.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran a personal-best 800 meters with a time of 4:35.92 at the Florida Relays … Set a personal best in the 5,000 meters in a time of 17:19.31 at the ACC Championships.
2013 Cross Country:
Recorded a career best 6K time of 22:06 at the Furman Classic … Also competed in the UGA Invitational 5K, finishing 12th overall with a time of 19:22.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Ran a season-best mile time of 5:02.56 at the Meyo Invite … Helped the DMR to an eighth-place finish (11:58.61) at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Part of the 4×800-meter relay team that won the event with a time of 9:20.13 … Took seventh in the 1,500 meters in a PR time of 4:37.02 at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to sixth place (4:02.40) at the same meet.
2012 Cross Country:
Competed in all six meets in her freshman season … Ran her best 5K at the UGA Invitational with a time of 18:06, finishing 18th out of 63 runners and fourth for Georgia Tech … Bettered her 6K time from 22:53 to a season-best time of 22:20 at the NCAA South Regional.
High School:
A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track under head coaches Chris Carter and Kelly Swanson … 2012 5A State Champion in the 1600-meters … Named the 2012 Gwinnett County Coaches’ track Runner of the Year and the 2011 Cross Country runner of the year … Named to the All-County Track Team (2010-12) … Named 2011 All-Metro Cross Country and 2012 All-Metro Track by the Atlanta Track Club … Graduated with honors and in the top 10% of her class among over 700 students.
Personal:
Full name is Caroline Louise Kissel … Born Nov. 25, 1993 in Tucker, Ga. … Daughter of Bill and Ann Kissel … Has one brother, Kevin … Chose to attend Georgia Tech because of academics, the cross country and track program and the location … Majoring in business administration.