Kalynn Meyer Season 2022-23

Career Performance List

Honors
USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (Discus - 2024 Outdoor)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023, 2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2022, 2023, 2024)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2021, 2022, 2024)

2024
Indoor: Finished fifth in the shot put at the Big Ten Championships with a 54-6 1/2 (16.62m)…climbed to eighth on the all-time list with a distance of 55-0 3/4 (16.78m) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational…placed third at the Graduate Classic and fourth at the Tyson Invitational in the shot put.

Outdoor: Made her NCAA Championship debut and finished as a Second-Team All-American in the discus after placing 15th (    179-3, 54.63m)...threw the third-best discus mark in school history at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a 190-0 (57.92m)...finished fourth in the discus (179-2, 54.60m) and 13th in the shot put (50-6 ¼, 15.40m) at the Big Ten Championships…captured a pair of third-place finishes at the Drake Relays with a 188-11 (57.58m) in the discus and a 52-11 ½ (16.14m) in the shot put…added runner-up up finishes in the shot put and discus at the Michael Johnson Invitational…posted top-eight finishes in the discus and shot put at the Jim Click Shootout and Florida Relays.

2023
Indoor: Competed in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, recording a 15.22m/49-11.25 mark, finishing 14th...took home runner-up honors in the shot put at the Mark Colligan Memorial and Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Recorded a pair of season-best marks at the Big Ten Championships with a 53-6 1/2 (16.32m) in the shot put to finish ninth and a 180-10 (55.12m) in the discus to place fourth…captured the KSU Ward Haylett shot put title with a 53-1 (16.18m)… finished second in the discus at the Michael Johnson Invite (175-9, 53.58m), followed by a pair of third-place finishes at the Drake Relays (168-5, 51.33m) and the KSU Ward Haylett (174-6, 53.19).

2022 
Indoor: Recorded an 18th place finish in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, throwing 14.77m (48' 5.5")...threw a season-best of 15.96m (52' 4.5") in the shot put at the Nebraska Tune-Up, finishing in second place...won the shot put at the Nebraska Mark Colligan Memorial, throwing a distance of 15.33m (50' 3.5").

Outdoor: Recorded a discus throw of 49.37m (162' 0") at the NCAA West Preliminaries, finishing in 30th place... Finished 13th in the shot put with a throw of 15.20m (49' 10.5") and was 17th in the discus with a throw of 46.88m (153' 10") at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...Threw a season-best of 51.94m (170' 5") in the discus at the Drake Relays, earning a fifth place finish... Won the discus throw at the John McDonnell Invitational with a throw of 51.09m (167' 7").

Before Nebraska
• Was a two-time Lincoln Journal Star Girls Athlete of the Year and first-team Super-State selection
• Was the 2018 and 2019 Nebraska Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year after winning state titles in the discus and shot put
• Broke the Nebraska all-class state meet record in the discus (176-8) and set a shot put Class C state meet record of 49-5
• Was a three-time state discus champion and two-time state shot put champion
• Ranked the No. 21 overall volleyball prospect and the No. 4 middle blocker by PrepVolleyball.com 
• Named an Under Armour First-Team All-American as a senior in 2019
• As a senior, led Superior High School with 5.6 kills per set and a .389 hitting percentage while adding 77 blocks and 59 service aces
• Won the Nebraska Class C2 state title with Superior as a sophomore in 2017
• Also won a Class C2 state championship in basketball as a sophomore in 2018