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  Kayleen Popp

Kayleen Popp

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Haven, Kansas

High School:
Haven

Event:
Pole Vault

Honors:
2x MVC Champ, 2x All-MVC, Regional Qualifier

Outdoor Best: Pole Vault 12-7 1/2

Indoor Best: Pole Vault 12-5 1/2


2004: Outdoor - Was the women's lone pole vaulter in 2004...Captured fifth place at the John McDonnell Invitational where she cleared 12-3 1/2... Won the UNI Twilight pole vault competition with her 11-5 3/4 height... Followed that performance with the Simpson Twilight, winning another first place by clearing 11-6... Finished third at the MUSCO Invitational, clearing 11-9 3/4... Holds the UNI outdoor school record in the pole vault with her 2003 height of 12-6.

Indoor - Holds the indoor school record in the pole vault, 12-5 1/2, which she set at the ISU Classic... Finished runner-up at the Wisconsin Relays with her 11-3 height... Won the Panther Classic after clearing 11-11 3/4... Just missed an all-conference finish after placing fourth at the MVC meet (11-7 3/4)... Won the pole vault competition at the UNI-Dome Open, clearing 11-5 3/4... Finished ninth at the Minnesota Last Chance meet (11-9 3/4).

2003: Outdoor - Placed fifth at the John McDonnell Invitational with her vault of 12-00... Shattered the UNI school record, 11-11 3/4, set by her in 2002, with her vault of 12-6 at the MVC championships, which earned her first place and qualified her for the NCAA regional meet... Finished in a four-way tie for eighth place at the NCAA Regional meet... Awarded Second Team Verizon Academic All-American... Cleared 11-5 3/4 to earn her sixth place at the MUSCO Invitational.

Indoor - Began her indoor season by taking first place at the UNI Invitational, where she cleared 11-5 3/4... Set a school record at the Panther Classic, earning first place with her leap of 12-0... Captured the only first place at the MVC championships for the UNI team with an 11-11 3/4 clearance... Took home second place at the UNI-Dome Open and fourth place at the Panther Classic... Earned fourth place at the Iowa State Track and Field Classic... Finished fifth at the Minnesota Invitational.

2002: Outdoor - Began the outdoor season at Southern Illinois where she broke the school pole vault record with an 11-5 3/4 leap ... Took first place in the pole vault at the Missouri Relays.

Indoor - Captured second place at both the UNI Invitational and the ISU Holiday Meet in the pole vault ... Tied the school record with a height of 11-9 3/4, which also tied her at the ISU Qualifying Meet for second with teammate Crystal Seamans.

High School: Won the Kansas State 4A Championship as a senior with a height of 11-0, the school's record ... Took fourth at state as a junior ...Sunflower State Games Champion in 2001 ...Earned two letters in track ...Competed in gymnastics and was the state champ in the vault and bars and took second on the floor and the all-around at level nine ...Was a state and regional qualifier in gymnastics in 1996-2001 and a national qualifier in 1999 ...A Kansas Honor Scholar and the Valedictorian ... A member of Kansas Association of Youth, Peer Helpers ... Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the National Honor Society and a DARE Role Model.

Personal: Majoring in marketing/public relations ...Daughter of Hal and Dana Popp ... Born 3/3/83.

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