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Kayla McKeirnan
Kayla McKeirnan
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Richland, Wash.

High School:
Richland

Height:
5-7

Event:
Sprints/Combined

Birthdate:
05/14/1988

In 2010-11: Indoor: Finished fifth in the high jump at the Clemson Invitational (1/7) with a distance of 1.60 meters and 13th in the 800 meter run 2:36.05...Earned a 11th place finish at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet (2/4) in the high jump with a distance of 1.64 meters...Ran on the 4x4 relay team at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/11) that placed 11th with a time of 4:00.90. Finished the ACC Indoor Championships (2/24) with a fourth-place finish in the pentathlon earning 3,691 points. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the javelin throw at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational (3/18) with a distance of 32.28 meters...Earned fifth in the high jump at the FSU Seminole Invitational (4/8) with a distance of 1.65 meters...Finished the ACC Track & Field Outdoor Championships (4/21) with a fourth-place showing in the heptathlon earning 5133 points.

In 2009-10: Indoor: Placed fourth in the 4x800 relay with a time of 10:17.91 at the Roaring Tiger Invitational (12/4) ... Finished 12th with a shot put throw of 9.17 meters at Roaring Tiger ... Came across in eighth place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:35.06 and finished 10th with a throw of 9.60 meters in the shot put in the Clemson Invitational (1/8-9) ... At the Kentucky Invitational (1/15-16), finished in 45th in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.89 ... A throw of 8.95 meters in the shot put was good for 27th place at the Rod McCravy Invitational (1/29-30) ... Finished in 21st place in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.44 and finished in 27th place in the long jump with 4.81 meters at the Virginia Tech Elite Invitational (2/5) ... A time of 9.35 in the 60 meter hurdles was good for 19th place, and shot put throw of 9.50 meters was good for 25th place at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/12-13)Outdoor: Competed in four events at the Georgia Dual Meet (3/19) taking fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:05.76), fifth in both the 100 hurdles (15.65) and javelin (31.14 meters) and eighth in the long jump (5.01 meters) ... Took seventh in the javelin (29.75 meters) and 11th in the shot put (9.43 meters) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/26) ... Finished the ACC Championships (4/15) with a ninth-place showing in the heptathlon earning 4,703 points.

in 2008-09: Indoor: Took part in the pentathlon, posting a season best mark at the ACC Indoor Championships at 3433 to finish 14th overall ... finished fifth in the event at the Razorback Invitational with a final point total of 3266 ... Outdoor: Posted a team season best mark in the heptathlon with a 4716 point total at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

In 2007-08: Finished with a season-best time of 25.05 in the 200-meter dash at the Orange & Purple Classic ... Ran a leg of the NCAA East Region Championships qualifying 4x400-meter relay team that placed fourth at the ACC Outdoor Championships with an outdoor season-best time of 3:41.45 ... Tallied a season-best time of 56.98 in the 400-meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Ran the fourth leg of the 4x400m relay team that placed seventh at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:47.87 ... Finished the 400m with a time of 57.37 at the Rod McCravy Invitational ... Crossed the line in a time of 25.70 in the 200m at the Kentucky Invitational.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field under coach Slack at Richland High School ... Served one season as team captain ... Won 400m State Championship in 2006 ... Named Big 9 League 2006 Track Athlete of the Year ... Tri-City Herald All-Area Track Athlete of the Year (2006-07) ... 2006 Pasco Invite Most Outstanding Female Track Athlete ... Earned invite to the Golden West Invite to compete in the 100m, 200m and 400m ... Holds school records in the 200m, 400m and the heptathlon ... Earned 12 letters in four different sports at high school ... Played four years on the basketball team ... Participated in the Washington All-State West vs. East basketball game (2007) ... Four-year honor roll ... Named class vice-president for junior and senior years.

Personal: Born Kayla McKenzie McKeirnan on May 14, 1988 in Pullman, Wash. ... Daughter of Eric and Pam Missett ... Has one younger brother, Matt ... Majoring in management.

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