Kayla Alexander

Kayla Alexander competes in the long jump

Photo by: Natalie Uhl

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Chapel Hill
Hometown:
Douglasville, Ga.

2020: Competed in 10 events during the indoor season… Picked up her first win of the season at the Gene Edmonds Open in the 60m hurdles … Broke the 60m hurdles school record with a mark of 8.32 for sixth place at the ACC Championships … Won the long jump at the Notre Dame Invitational with a season-best jump of 5.82m/19’01.… Finished 8th in the ACC Indoor Championships in the long jump.

2018-19: Picked up her first collegiate win in the 100mH at the Victor Lopez Classic … Broke the 100mH school record with a time of 13.44 for second place at the Louisville Invitational … Ran a personal best time of 8.54 in the 60mH … Jumped a career best of 6.01m for second place in the long jump at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational … Finished 30^th in the 100mH at the NCAA East Preliminary.

Prep: USATF Junior Olympics National Champion in 100m hurdles ... earned two Georgia state championships in 100m hurdles and 4x100m relay ... was also runner-up in long jump ... set Chapel Hill HS record of 13.69 in 100m, surpassing previous mark of Olympian Kristi Castlin ... personal records: 13.69 (100m hurdles) and 19-4.25 (long jump)