Completed Event: Women's Track and Field at NCAA West First Round on May 28, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Women's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster
McDonald, Kayla
Kayla McDonald
- Hometown:
- Hill City, S.D.
- Prev School:
- Hill City H.S.
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
Honors and Awards:
- All-Summit League (Indoor T&F 2013-14, 2016-17, Outdoor T&F 2016, 2017)
- Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2014-15, 2015-16)
- Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2014-15)
Records:
- School Record: Indoor 4x400m Relay, 3:44.56, Fastest Time (Summit League Indoor Championships, 2/24/2017)
- School Record: Outdoor 4x400m Relay, 3:44.91, Fastest Time (Bryan Clay, 4/13/2017)
- School Record: Outdoor 4x200m Relay, 1:39.51, Second Fastest (Drake Relays, 4/26/2017)
- School Record: Outdoor 400m, 56.04, Third Fastest (Howard Wood Dakota Relays, 5/5/2017)
- School Record: Outdoor 200m, 24.34, Fifth Fastest (Summit League Outdoor Championships, 5/11/2017)
- School Record: Indoor 200m, 25.13, Sixth Fastest (Summit League Championships, 2/24/2017)
- School Record: Outdoor 100m, 11.99 (wind-aided), Seventh Fastest (Summit League Outdoor Championships, 5/11/2017)
2016-17:
Indoor: Competed in 17 events … career-best 7.90 in the 60m at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi (12/2-3), finishing fifth … placed sixth (25.13) in the 200m at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25) … recorded a season-best 57.66 in the 400m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11), placing ninth ... recorded second (3:44.56) as part of the 4x400m at The Summit League Championships.
Outdoor: Competed in 28 events … posted a career-best 12.16 in the 100m at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13), placing eighth ... ran a wind-aided 11.99 in the 100m at The Summit League Championships … set a career-best 24.34 in the prelims of the 200m at The Summit League Championships, finishing fourth (24.70) in the finals … posted a career-best 56.04 in the 400m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), finishing second ... placed fifth (1:39.51) in the 4x200m relay at the Drake Relays (4/26-29) ... set the school record (3:44.91) as part of the 4x400m relay competed at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/13-14).
2015-16:
Indoor: Member of third-place 4x400 relay team that placed third at The Summit League Indoor Championships, posting a time of 3:49.98 ... placed third in the 200-meter run at the Mark Messersmith Invitational, finishing in 25.70 ... part of third-place 4x400 relay team at the Jim Emmerich Invitational, finishing in 3:52.29 ... ran a season-best 200-meter run at The Summit League Championships prelims, finishing in 25.60.
Outdoor: member of second-place 4x100 relay (46.08) and 4x400 relay (3:47.07) teams at The Summit League Outdoor Championships ... member of 4x400 relay that placed third at the Bryan Clay Invitational, posting a time of 3:46.76 ... member of first-place 4x100 relay at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, posting a time of 45.79 ... placed fifth in the 200-meter run at The Summit League Outdoor Championships ... placed second in the 200-meter run at the Vance Butler Invitational ... member of first-place 4x100 relay team at the Husker Spring Invitational, recording a time of 46.55.
2014-15:
Indoor: Placed fourth in the 300-meter dash at the SDSU Open with a time of 41.67 ... clocked fastest 400-meter dash (1:00.82) of the indoor season at the Jim Emmerich/Alumni Invitational.
Outdoor: posted top 400-meter dash (58.92) time of the outdoor season at the Dakota Duals, placing seventh ... was part of the first-place 4x200 relay team at the Sioux City Relays, which clocked in at 1:45.18 ... claimed a second-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Drake Alternative with a time of 59.42 ... part of the first-place 4x400 relay team at the Drake Alternative, posting a time of 4:04.35.
2013-14:
Indoor: Posted an indoor season team-best time of 59.11 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the Nebraska Tune-Up ... placed 12th in the 400-meter dash at The Summit League Indoor Championships with her time of 1:00.51 ... member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed second at The Summit League Indoor Championships with their indoor season team-best time of 3:54.67.
Outdoor: Ran an outdoor season-best time of 27.10 in the 200-meter dash at the WSC Classic ... clocked in at 59.71 in the 400-meter dash for an outdoor season-best time at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays.
Before SDSU: At the 2013 South Dakota Class ‘A’ Track and Field State meet, McDonald won the 400-meter dash (59.82) and placed third in the 200-meter dash (26.92).
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