SMU Athletics

2025-26: AWARDS: Second Team All-America (400m Hurdles)… First Team All-ACC (400m hurdles)… CSC Academic All-District… All-ACC Academic Team OUTDOOR: Earned Second Team All-American in the 400m hurdles, breaking the SMU record with a time of 56.68 at the NCAA Championships… Punched her ticket to Eugene by finishing Ninth in the quarterfinals of the 400m hurdles at the NCAA West First Round… Earned First Team All-ACC honors in the 400m hurdles by placing third overall… Was also part of the 4x400m team that placed sixth at the ACC Championships… At the SMU Invitational, she was the anchor on the 4x400m team that clocked the second fastest time in school history (3:37.03)… Won the 400m hurdle event at three different meets. INDOOR: Clocked a personal best 400m time of 54.22 at the ACC Championships, which ranks fourth in school history… Was the second leg on the school record-setting 4x400m relay at the ACC Championships that finished 6^th overall… Ran the second fastest 60m hurdle time in school history at the Don Kirby Elite Invite with a time of 8.42… Recorded a personal best 200m time of 24.54 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational.

2024-25: INDOOR Kirin ran a PB in the 200 at Texas A&M's Charlie Thomas Invitational of 24.82. Her PB of 55.76 int he 400 was ran at the Jarvis Scott Invite. In the Mustang's debut ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Kirin was a member of two top-10 finishing relays. (Outdoor) In SMU's first home meet in 27 years, Kirin was a member of the first-place 4x400 team, who ran 3:42.48 for the meet record. She placed fourth in the 400mH at the ACC Outdoor Champiuonships in the 400mH, running a time of 57.75 -- becoming the school record holder. She continued to lower her record in championship season. She qualified for the NCAA Division I West First Round, running a time of 57.37.

2023-2024: INDOOR: Kirin ran a personal best time in the 60mH (8.72) and a season best in the 400 (56.85). She medaled at the The American Indoor Track and Field Championships as a member of the third-place 4x400. She placed 15th in the 60mH. OUTDOOR: Kirin ran 59.00 in the 400mH to place third at The American Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She also was a member of the fourth-place 4x400 team that ran 3:41.19 at the championships. As a freshman, she qualified for the NCAA West First Round in the 400mH.

High School: Kirin Chacchia chose SMU because it is close to home and a great school. From Frisco, she attended Heritage High School and trained under Chryste Gaines – becoming a multiple time state champion. As a senior, she ran 15.24 in the 100-meter hurdles and 41.89 in the 300-meter hurdles. Chacchia plans to study psychology.