Kendra's Race
About this race
RESULTS: https://runsignup.com/race/results/?raceId=189449#resultSetId-625255;perpage:100
In 2006, after the death of their teammate and friend, Kendra Payne, the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Triathlon Team changed the name of their annual triathlon to Kendra’s Race. The race has been held every year since then and each year the UCSB triathlon team generously donates a portion of the entrance fees to the Kendra Chiota Payne Memorial Fund.
The 2025 Kendra's Race consists a Collegiate Sprint race, Age Group Sprint, 5k Run and Triathlon Relay.
About the course:
The swim will start at Campus Point. Athletes will swim out 200m, take a left, swim for another 400m, take another left, and swim 200m back in. They will head up a flight of wooden steps to the transition area.
Kendra's Race will feature a two loop, 12.7 mile, fast and flat bike course around the Santa Barbara Airport. Racers will make their way out of transition and head west through the UCSB campus via the bike path, most of which has been recently repaved. After making their way all the way around the Santa Barbara Airport, cyclists will pass through Goleta Beach and head back onto the bike path towards UCSB. After completing two loops, racers will then head back into transition.
The run course consists of a 1 loop run over a rolling 5k course. It follows the UCSB lagoon and consists of paved and hard-packed trails. Racers will leave transition and run down to the lagoon. They will run on the trail system on the bluffs before dropping down to the lagoon where they will pass an aid station. Runners will continue along the lagoon to the turn around point. After turning around, runners will follow nearly the same route back before sprinting to the finish in lot 6.
Packet Pickup:
Packets can be picked up on Saturday, February 7th from 1-6pm at the Goleta Trek Store
Location: 320 S Kellogg Ave, Goleta, CA 93117
Same-Day packet Pickup and Registration will be at the race start from 6:30-7:30
*Please make sure to bring a valid photo ID and have your USAT Membership number ready
Pick your distance
Running
5k
5k
Triathlon
Sprint Triathlon: Collegiate Men
Sprint Triathlon: Collegiate Women
Sprint Triathlon: Open
Sprint Triathlon: Relay
Sprint Triathlon: Collegiate Men
Sprint Triathlon: Collegiate Women
Sprint Triathlon: Open
Sprint Triathlon: Relay
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Goleta, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:50 AM and sets at 5:36 PM local time (PST) in Goleta on February 8, 2026 — 10h 45m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Kendra's Race
174 finishers across 5 distances · leading places in the 5k
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth Alexander | 23:49 | 7:41 /mi |
| 2 | Alex Garcia | 24:04 | 7:46 /mi |
| 3 | Malia Michelsen | 25:39 | 8:16 /mi |
| 4 | Roberto Adame | 25:40 | 8:17 /mi |
| 5 | Chloe Fuson | 28:33 | 9:13 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 7 Goleta events
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