Kyra Mohns

Biography

(2015-2018) Kyra Mohns, a former UNM student-athlete and Albuquerque native, joined the staff as a full-time assistant coach in August 2021. She works primarily with the sprints, hurdles and multis. Since joining the coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2019, Mohns-coached athletes have produced nine school records indoors and five outdoors. In 2022, she guided a women’s 4x400m squad to break the women’s indoor and outdoor school records, and Tianna Holmes (indoor and outdoor 200m and 400m), McKenna Watson (60m sprint), Rivaldo Leacock (400m hurdles) and Rebecca Grieve (600m) all set new program records under Mohns. Leacock and Holmes both qualified for NCAA West Region Preliminaries. In 2023, the UNM women broke the indoor and outdoor 4x400m relay records yet again. Victor Akhalu matched the UNM 100m program record in the outdoor season, clocking a 10.28 at MW Outdoor Championships to finish as runner-up. Five women and two men coached by Mohns qualified for NCAA West Region Prelims Athletes coached by Mohns record 14 new personal bests that rank among the Top 10 in their respective events across the indoor and outdoor season in 2024, with Lou-Anne Pouzancre Hoyer running the second-fastest indoor 400m and 200m bests in program history en route to All-MW honors and Brodie Young closing his season with the third-fastest 400m in history at NCAA West Region Prelims. Along with Young, Victor Akhalu also qualified for NCAA Prelims in the 100m. During the 2025 indoor season,