2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kendall Gustafson
- Position:
- Multi
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Palisades Charter
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
2018
Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon ... At NCAAs, finished fourth with a score of 5,800 despite nursing an Achilles injury throughout the competition ... Finished second in the high jump (1.75m, 5-8.75), sixth in the javelin (43.27m, 141-11), seventh in the shot put (12.55m, 41-2.25) and 800m (2:18.27), 10th in the long jump (5.78m, 18-11.75), 16th in the 200m (25.14), and 21stย in the 100m hurdles (14.19) ... Recorded UCLA's best heptathlon finish at NCAAs since 2001 (Michelle Perry, second) and the Bruins' highest NCAA heptathlon score since Jackie Joyner-Kersee notched a 6,390 at the 1983 Championships ... Competed at the 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships ... Was in tenth place through six events, but was unable to start the final event due to injury ... Was the second-place finisher at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championship, setting a PR with a score of 5,886 ... That was the second-best heptathlon score in UCLA history, trailing only Joyner-Kersee's record of 6,718 ...ย In the Pac-12 Multis, won the high jump (1.80m, 5-10.75), shot put (13.08m, 42-11), and javelin (46.56m, 152-9) while finishing top-10 in the other four events ... Overall, competed in eight outdoor meets and three indoor meets as a senior ... Won the pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor Championships and set a school record with a score of 4,084, winning the shot put and finishing no lower than eighth in any event ... Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team ... Honored at the 2018 UCLA student-athlete banquet with the Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award, given to student-athletes who have made the Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or higher GPA in 12 or more graded units) every quarter they were enrolled at UCLA ...ย Women's track & field'sย representative on the UCLA All-Academic Team, comprised of the person from each team with the highest cumulative GPA ...ย Named to the 2018 MPSF Indoor Track All-Academic Team.ย
2017
Competed in seven meets in the multis for the Bruins โฆ NCAA West Prelims qualifier in the high jump and javelin โฆ Finished fifth in the heptathlon at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships with 5,217 points and event victories in the high jump (5-06.50) and shot put (42-0) โฆ Also set personal bests in the 200m (25.54) and 100m hurdles (14.39) โฆ Doubled in the high jump (5-08.00) and javelin throw (127-09) at the USC Dual, finishing second and third in the events, respectively โฆ Competed in four events at the UCLA Legends Invite, winning the long jump with a mark of 18-1.75 and shot put with a personal-best launch of 44-02 โฆ Appeared in three indoor meets for UCLA โฆ Competed in the pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing as the runner-up with 3,958 points, good for fourth all-time in UCLA history โฆ Her MPSF pentathlon performance included event victories in the high jump (5-08.00) and shot put (41-08) โฆ Recorded 3,882 points in the pentathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invitational, where she set an indoor-best shot put mark of 42-10.25 โฆ MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2016
A NCAA West Prelims qualifier in the high jump โฆ Competed in the multis in her first season in Westwood โฆ Placed 24th in the high jump at the NCAA prelims with a mark of 5-7.25 โฆ ย Cleared a personal best 5-8.75 to finish third in the high jump at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Posted a career best score of 5,442 points to place eighth at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ Competed in four indoor meets โฆ Tallied a pentathlon best score of 3,878 to finish third at the Husker Invitational โฆ Recorded a pentathlon score of 3,841 to finish third at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational.
2015 (Duke)
Outdoors, threw a season-best 129-10 (39.59) in the javelin at the Duke Invitational (4/11) to take fourthโฆwon the javelin competition at the Georgia Tech Invite (4/17) with a toss of 129-8 (39.53)โฆused a mark of 128-1 (39.04) to place third at the VertKlasse Meeting (4/3)โฆtook 10thย overall throwing at the ACC Outdoor Championships (5/15)โฆnamed to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2014 (Duke)
Competed in one meetย during the indoor seasonโฆย in the 60m hurdles and long jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational (1/17) to open her college careerโฆdid not compete during the outdoor season.
High School
Four year letterwinner under Perry Jones at Palisades Charter High Schoolโฆplaced second at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the heptathlon and qualified to compete as a member of the United States Junior National Team at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championshipsโฆ2013 Arcadia Multis Championโฆfourth place finisher in the pentathlon at the 2013 New Balance Indoor Nationalsโฆ2012 Junior Olympic heptathlon championโฆled high school team to three CIF LA City Section titles...graduated in top ten percent of her class.
Personal
Daughter of Susan and Randy Gustafsonโฆborn March 30, 1995โฆhas one older sister, Lauren, who played volleyball at Denison University (2010-13)...Majoring in Geography/Environmental Studies.ย
