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Georgia Southern University Athletics

2016-17 Track & Field/Cross Country Roster

Kelsey Arnold

  • Position Throws
  • Ht./Wt. 0-0 / 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jonesboro, Ga.
  • High School Jonesboro

Biography

2016-17: Named to 2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2015-16 (JUNIOR): Indoor: placed in the top 10 in every event during the indoor season including taking seventh place in the weight throw at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23)…threw a season-best 17.69 weight throw at the Samford Open (Feb. 12-13)…also placed fourth in the weight throw and 10th in the shot put at the Wake Forest Invitational (Jan. 16)...Outdoor: Broke her own school record for the second consecutive year at the UNF Spring Break Invitational (Mar. 25) this time in the hammer throw marking a distance of 51.76 meters…placed 10th in the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 13-15) in the discus throw and 12th in the hammer throw…threw for 49.95 meters in the prestigious Penn Relays (Apr. 28-30)…made it in the top 10 nine times in a row, including three top five finishes at the Lowcountry Collegiate (Apr. 16) in the hammer throw (2nd), the shot put (3rd) and the discus (4th)…also placed fourth in the hammer throw in her record-breaking attempt

2014-15 (SOPHOMORE): Indoor: Broke her own school record of 16.97m in weight throw during the Birmingham Southern Icebreaker (Dec. 5) where she scored 17.90m on her third try…Outdoor: competed in the 2015 Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships for Georgia Southern in both shot put and hammer throw…set a new personal record of 48.9m at the Golf Shores Sportsplex…clinched fifth place in hammer throw at the North Florida Twilight meet (April 11)…tallied a career-best shot put throw of 12.14m at the Gamecock Quad Meet (March 14)…threw a career-best indoor shot put of 11.62m at Winston-Salem, N.C. (Jan. 31)

2013- 2014 (FRESHMAN): Indoor: Finished 6th place in the weight throw event with a mark of 14.43 meters at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker... Finished 7th place at the UCS Invitational in the weight throw event... Finished 6th place in the weight throw event with a mark of 16.97 meters at the 2014 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.Outdoor: Finished 4th place at the FSU Relays in the Hammer Throw (39.84 meters)... At the Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, threw a personal best of 48.47 meters in the Hammer Throw... Set personal best at the Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational in shot put (11.68 meters)

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 
* = Career Best 


2013-14: 
Event Indoor Outdoor
Shot Put 11.24m 11.68m
Discuss 34.20m
Hammer 48.47
Weight Throw 16.97m

2014-15: 
Event Indoor Outdoor
Shot Put 11.62m 12.14m*
Discuss 40.54m
Hammer 48.49m
Weight Throw 17.90m*

2015-16: 
Event Indoor Outdoor
Shot Put 11.90m 12.08m
Discuss 44.01m*
Hammer 51.76m*
Weight Throw 17.69m

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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  • 2015-16Junior

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  • 2016-17Senior

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