2023-24 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster

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Kayla Walters

  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Bolingbrook
  • Hometown Bolingbrook, Ill.

Biography

2023-24 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Ran a personal-best 8.07 in the 60m at the IUPUI Invitational (indoor)
  • Took eleventh place in the 60m hurdles (8.74) at MAC Indoor Championships
  • Recorded a PR in javelin with a throw of 29.31m and finished first in the 100m hurdles (14.99) at the Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
  • Placed first in the 100m hurdles (14.50) at RedHawk Invitational (outdoor)
  • Finished fifth in the 100m hurdles finals at MAC Outdoor Championships, setting a personal record of 13.81
  • Named Academic All-MAC (indoor and outdoor)

2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Earned career-high score of 4,365 in heptathlon at MAC Outdoor Championships, good for 12th place
  • Set PRs in 100m hurdles (13.96), shot put (10.49m during heptathlon) and 200m (26.17m in heptathlon) at MAC Outdoor Championships
  • Finished first in 100m hurdles (outdoor) at Billy Hayes Invitational (13.98) and RedHawk Invitational (14.34)
  • Placed ninth in heptathlon at Tennessee Invite (outdoor) with 4,086 points
  • Set personal best (12.73) in 100m at Pacific Coast Invitational (outdoor)
  • Named Academic All-MAC (indoor and outdoor)
  • Placed third in pentathon (3,154 points) at Ashland Open (indoor), including winning 60m hurdles portion (8.81)
  • Set PRs in long jump (5.36m) and high jump (1.52m) at Alex Wilson Invitational (indoor)
  • Took 14th in pentathlon at MAC Indoor Championships with a score of 3281 including PR time in 60m hurdles (8.76)
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Finished 100m with a PR time of 13.03 at 2022 Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (outdoor)
  • Set PR in high jump (1.45m) at Cherry Blossom Invitational (outdoor)
  • Posted a career-best javelin throw of 23.11m at 2022 Billy Hayes Invitational (outdoor)
  • Took eighth in heptathlon at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with score of 4192, including long jump of 5.31m
  • Academic All-MAC honoree (indoor track and outdoor track)
2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Set PR in 100m hurdles (14.28) at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Scored in all MAC meets (indoor and outdoor)
  • Named Academic All-MAC (indoor track and outdoor track)
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
  • Set PR in 60m (8.10) at Alex Wilson Invitational (indoor)
  • Finished 60m hurdles with a time of 8.78 at MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships, which ranks her among top 10 in school history
PRIOR TO MIAMI
  • Four-time high school letterwinner in track and field
  • Four-time participant in state championship meet, including three appearances in finals of 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles
  • Three-time All-State in the 100m hurdles, including a first-plcae finish in 2019
  • All-State in 300m hurdles in 2019
PERSONAL
  • Majoring in Kinesiology

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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