Kelley Carden Season 2016-17

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Pesonal Bests
Indoor
60m: 8.71 (1/22/16)
200m: 28.69 (1/16/16)
60m Hurdles: 11.46 (1/22/16)
High Jump: 5-6 (1.68m) (2/7/15)
Long Jump: 16-6 1/2 (5.04m) (1/22/16)
Outdoor
100m Hurdles: 16.69 (5/7/16)
High Jump: 5-7 1/4 (1.70m) (5/3/14)
Long Jump: 16-0 1/2 (4.89m) (5/7/16); 16-10 3/4 (5.15m)w (5/7/16)
Shot Put: 30-8 1/4 (9.35m) (4/28/16)
Javelin: 100-11 (30.75m) (5/7/16)

Honors
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2014, 2015, 2016; Spring 2015, 2017)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2016, 2017)

2017 (Junior)
Indoor: Did not compete.

Outdoor: Did not compete.

2016 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Competed in four indoor meets while transitioning to a multi-event athlete after focusing on the high jump in her first year at Nebraska...set personal bests in the 60m (8.71), 200m (28.69), 60m hurdles (11.46) and long jump (16-6 1/2, 5.04m).

Outdoor: Competed in three meets...set outdoor personal bests in the 100m hurdles (16.69), long jump (wind-aided 16-10 3/4, 5.15m), shot put (30-8 1/4, 9.35m) and javelin (100-11, 30.75m). 

2015 (Redshirt)
Indoor: Redshirted...competing unattached, set a PR in the high jump of 5-6 (1.68m) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite...took high jump runner-up honors at the Prairie Wolf Invite.

Outdoor: Redshirted...participating unattached at the Nebraska Invite, finished third in the high jump with a mark of 5-5 (1.65m).

Before Nebraska
After a standout career at Neligh-Oakdale, signed to play basketball and compete in track and field at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa...spent one year at Grand View before coming to Nebraska to focus on track and field...placed eighth in the high jump at the NAIA Outdoor Championships in 2014 with a mark of 5-6 (1.67m) to earn All-America status...named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week after breaking the Grand View school record and eclipsing the NAIA's automatic-qualifying standard...won the high jump and long jump at the Midwest Collegiate Conference Outdoor Championships with a meet record in the high jump of 5-7 1/4 (1.70m) and a long jump of 17-11 3/4 (5.48m)...won the gold medal in the 2013 Class C high jump with a mark of 5-4 (1.62m)...also medaled in the long jump...became the first Neligh-Oakdale track and field athlete to win a gold medal since 2005...tied for second place in the high jump in 2012 and fourth in 2011...competed in volleyball, basketball and track and field at Neligh-Oakdale...was an honor roll member and academic all-state selection.

Personal
Born June 18, 1995...parents are Kerry and Deb...major is biological sciences.