2021 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC in triple jump (2021). ... USTFCCCA All-Academic (2018, 2019). ... GNAC All-Academic (2019, 2020, 2021).
Senior (2021): INDOOR – Season canceled. OUTDOOR – Capped her career with an All-GNAC 3rd-place finish in the triple jump at GNAC, going 37 feet, 4 inches. She came into the meet seeded 10th. ... Placed 7th in the GNAC heptathlon, totaling 3,944 points. Won the shot put portion at 34-8 1/4, and threw a personal-best 105 feet, 2 inches for 2nd place in the javelin portion. ... Also placed 10th in the long jump at GNAC. ...Â
Junior (2020): INDOOR – Placed 8th in the triple jump at GNAC, going 36 feet, 7 3/4 inches. Also was 17th in the long jump at GNAC. ... Her only other indoor meet was the SPU Final Qualifier, as she placed 11th in the 60-meter hurdles. ... Missed the regular season while dealing with an injury. OUTDOOR – Won the 100-meter hurdles – her second college victory – at the Ed Boitano Invitational, crossing the line in 15.87 seconds. That same day, set a personal best of 92-7 in the javelin ... Rest of the season canceled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Sophomore (2019): INDOOR – Placed 5th in the pentathlon at GNAC Championships with an NCAA provisional qualifying score of 3,246 points. Posted personal-best marks in two of the five events: 35-4 in the shot put, good for 4th place, and 2:36.14 in the 800, giving her 8th. ... Leaped a career-best 38-0 1/4 to take 6th in the triple jump at GNAC, and was 10th in the long jump at 16-10. ... Placed 7th in the pentathlon at the Cougar Indoor with 3,155 points. Took 2nd in the long jump portion with a season-best 17-11 1/2. OUTDOOR – Placed 10th in the GNAC heptathlon with 4,111 points. Finished 3rd in the long jump portion at 17-5 1/2, and posted season-best marks of 34-3 in the shot put and 2:37.90 in the 800. ... Did not compete at the rest of the GNAC Championships due to an injury. ... Did two other heptathlons and competed in four other regular-season meets.Â
Freshman (2018): INDOOR – Placed 4th in the GNAC pentathlon with 3,252 points. Best individual event was 2nd in the long jump at 18-1. Ran a PR of 9.43 seconds in the leadoff 60-meter hurdles. ... Placed 4th in the GNAC long jump with a PR leap of 18-3 1/4. ... Placed 6th in the GNAC triple jump with a PR of 37-1 1/4. ... Started her college career with a four-event day at the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 13, doing the 200-meter dash, 60 hurdles long jump, and triple jump. OUTDOOR – Finished 10th in the GNAC heptathlon with 4,185 points. Top individual place was 3rd in the shot put with a PR of 33-3 3/4. Also set PRs in the 100-meter hurdles (15.40) and javelin (89-1) portions of the hep. ... Placed 4th in the long jump (17-7 1/2) and fifth in the triple jump (a personal-best 38-2 1/4) at GNAC. ... Did three heptathlons for the season, posting an NCAA provisional qualifying score of 4,482 points at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., on April 18-19. Point total included 729 for her group-winning and PR long jump of 18-4 1/2. ... When not in multi-event competitions, focused on the long jump and triple jump. ... Won the triple jump at the SPU-hosted Doris Heritage Track Festival with a leap of 37-2 1/4.
Northwood High School: Placed 13th in the triple jump (38-6 1/4) and 14th in the long jump (18-1) at the California State Championship preliminaries as a senior in 2017. ... Won the Pacific Coast League shot put title as a senior with a personal-best mark of 34-3. Also won league titles on 100-meter hurdles and triple jump, and was named the league's field event MVP for the second straight year. ... Scored 4,030 points in the Arcadia Multis heptathlon as a senior. ... Won the PCL long jump title (17-6) as a junior in 2016. ... Won the Orange County Championships triple jump crown as a sophomore, to go along with her second consecutive PCL triple jump title and her first league long jump title. ... Did two indoor pentathlons at the California Winter State Championships, scoring 2,597 points as a junior and 2,643 as a senior. ... Owns Northwood records for long jump, triple jump, 100 hurdles, javelin, heptathlon, and points scored. ... Also has the PCL record for most points scored.
Personal: Kellie Marie May. ... Nursing major.
Fun facts: Graduated in the top 1 percent of her class. ... Also played soccer as a freshman, leading the Pacific Coast League in goals scored. ... Started doing track as a freshman in high school because her mom had done the sport in college "and I wanted to see if I'd like it as much as she did." Her coach guided her toward the hurdles, jumps, and throws. ... Played soccer for 10 years altogether, and did volleyball for two years in high school. ... Favorite track moment was when she popped a personal-best long jump of 18-5 1/4 at the the California Interscholastic Federation SS Masters meet the week before state to beat her mom's personal-best of 18-3. "I remember looking up at her in the stands and she was so excited, she jumpe out of her seat." ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Star Wars Episode 1." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Where's Waldo?" ... Favorite sport to watch is college basketball, "especially March Madness." ... Favorite junk food is a chocolate chip cookie with milk. ... Favorite healthy food is a chocolate chip cookie with low-fat milk. ... Favorite TV program is "Parks and Recreation." ... Favorite sports team is Duke basketball. ... Favorite athlete is U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix. ... Her dream car is a Jeep Wrangler. ... Favorite kind of shopping is for groceries. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be actor Chris Pratt, and would serve "whatever it takes to get him to come back again." ... If she could be any action hero, would be Rey from "Star Wars." ... Her friends call her Kells. ... In 10 years, plans to be working in a hospital as a labor and delivery nurse. ... Her favorite place to be is on the annual family ski trip to Solitude, Utah. ... Loves to bake, and has a 25-year-old desert tortoise.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200:Â 28.00 (1/13/2018)
800:Â 2:36.14 (2/16/2019)
60 hurdles:Â 9.43 (2/16/2018)
High jump:Â 4-11 1/2 / 1.51m (2/16/2018)
Long jump: 18-3 1/4 / 5.57m (2/16/2018)
Triple jump: 38-0 1/4 / 11.59m (2/16/2019)
Shot put: 35-4 / 10.77m (2/15/2019)
Pentathlon: 3,252 (2/16/2018)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
200:Â 27.26 (4/18/2018)
800:Â 2:30.86 (4/19/2018)
100 hurdles:Â 15.40 (4/30/2018)
High jump:Â 5-1 3/4 / 1.57m (4/18/2018)
Long jump: 18-4 1/2 / 5.60m (4/19/2018)
Triple jump:Â 38-2 1/4 / 11.64m (5/12/2018)
Shot put:Â 33-3 1/4 / 10.15m (4/30/2018)
Javelin:Â 89-1 / 27.15m (5/1/2018)
Heptathlon:Â 4,482 (4/18-19/2018)
CAREER RESULTS
