Completed Event: Women's Track and Field at NCAA West First Round on May 28, 2025 , , No Team Score
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Women's Track and Field
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at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2020 Women's Track and Field Roster
Neff, Kayla
Kayla Neff
- Hometown:
- Eauclaire, Wis.
- Prev School:
- Regis H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Freshman
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
60M IN: 8.26 (2017 FR, SDSU Holiday - 12/2-3)
100M OUT: 12.71w (2018 - SO, NSU Twilight - 4/20)
200M IN: 27.15 (2017 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/10-11)
200M OUT: 26.31 (2018 - SO, USD Invite - 4/11)
400M IN: 1:02.00 (2018 - SO, SDSU Last Chance - 2/16)
400M OUT: 1:04.22 (2017 - FR, SMSU Mustang - 3/31-4/1)
800M IN: 2:32.16 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 2/23-24)
60H IN: 9.28 (2018 - SO, SDSU Last Chance - 2/16)
100H OUT: 14.86w (2018 - SO, Summit League - 5/10-12)
4x100M OUT: 50.03 (2018 - SO, NSU Twilight - 4/20)
4x400M IN: 4:07.62 (2017 - FR, Dakota Realty - 2/4)
100SH OUT: 59.72 (2018 - SO, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
HJ IN: 5-01.00 (2018 - SO, Jack Jennett - 1/25-26)
HJ OUT: 4-11.75 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 5/10-12)
LJ IN: 16-08.00 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 2/23-24)
LJ OUT: 17-08.75w (2018 - SO, ORU Invite - 3/31)
SP IN: 32-06.50 (2018 - SO, SDSU Holiday - 12/1-2)
Pent IN: 3,156 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 2/23-24)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘18S)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 18 events ... finished 13th (14.86w) in the prelims of the 100m hurdles and 11th (4-11.75) in the high jump at her first Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... both the 100m hurdles mark and high jump are personal-best marks - beating her first career mark in the 100H by 1.76 seconds (16.62, eighth place, 2018 Tulsa Duals - 3/16-17) ... the first leg of the fourth-place (59.72) 100m shuttle hurdle relay team at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), which is the second-best mark all-time at SDSU ... ran her first career 4x100m relay at the NSU Twilight (4/20) as the first leg of the runner-up team (50.03) ... also added a PR in the 100m at the NSU Twilight, placing third (12.71w) ... placed 10th (26.31) in the 200m at the USD Invite (4/11), her second PR reset of the season in the event ... finished with the team’s sixth-best 100m (ranked 30th in the league), seventh-best 200m (37th), fourth-best 100m hurdles (18th), seventh-best 4x100m relay mark, best 100m shuttle hurdle relay mark, fourth-best high jump (21st), and third-best long jump (20th) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 13 events, including three pentathlons ... finished ninth (3,156) in the pentathlon at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24), which is her personal-best mark and ranked 10th on the school’s all-time list ... added PR’s in the 800m (2:32.16, eighth place) and long jump (16-08.00, sixth place) in the league championship multi ... added a PR in the 400m (1:02.00, fifth place) and in the finals of the 60m hurdles (9.28, fifth place) at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16) ... scored 3,057 points in the multi at the Jack Jennett Open (1/25-26), notching a PR in the high jump (5-01.00, seventh place) to finish ninth overall ... recorded her lone 4x400m relay of the season at the Bison Classic (1/13), placing 11th (4:09.13) as the fourth leg ... in her first career multi at the SDSU Holiday Open (12/1-2), she finished 11th (3,003) with a PR in the shot put (32-06.50, seventh place) and her first PR in the ling jump (16-08.00, seventh place) ... finished with the team’s 10th-best 400m (ranked 38th in the league), 13th-best 800m (41st), third-best 60m hurdles (21st), 12th-best 4x400m relay, tied for the third-best high jump (17th), tied for the sixth-best long jump (32nd), 10th-best shot put (37th), and second-best pentathlon (11th) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in eight events … posted a career-best 26.90 in the 200m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), finishing 15th … placed 15th in the 400m (1:04.22) at the SMSU Mustang Open (3/31-4/1) … jumped career-best 17-00.50 long jump at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, finishing third.
INDOOR: Competed in 11 events … posted a career-best 8.26 in the prelims of the 60m at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi (12/2-3), finishing 16th … recorded a season-best 27.15 in the 200m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11) … placed 14th in the 400m (1:02.49) at the SDSU Last Chance (2/17).
BEFORE SDSU: 16-time state qualifier ... 2016 first-team all-state in long jump, after placing third with a personal-best distance of 17-8.50 at the state meet ... placed second in the 400m at the 2014 state meet ... placed sixth in the 100m at the 2015 state meet ... holds school records in the 200m (25.69), 400m (58.18) and long jump (17-08.50) ... earned 11 varsity letters (four in basketball, four in track and three in tennis) ... two-time WEAU athlete of the week.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
60M IN: 8.26 (2017 FR, SDSU Holiday - 12/2-3)
100M OUT: 12.71w (2018 - SO, NSU Twilight - 4/20)
200M IN: 27.15 (2017 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/10-11)
200M OUT: 26.31 (2018 - SO, USD Invite - 4/11)
400M IN: 1:02.00 (2018 - SO, SDSU Last Chance - 2/16)
400M OUT: 1:04.22 (2017 - FR, SMSU Mustang - 3/31-4/1)
800M IN: 2:32.16 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 2/23-24)
60H IN: 9.28 (2018 - SO, SDSU Last Chance - 2/16)
100H OUT: 14.86w (2018 - SO, Summit League - 5/10-12)
4x100M OUT: 50.03 (2018 - SO, NSU Twilight - 4/20)
4x400M IN: 4:07.62 (2017 - FR, Dakota Realty - 2/4)
100SH OUT: 59.72 (2018 - SO, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
HJ IN: 5-01.00 (2018 - SO, Jack Jennett - 1/25-26)
HJ OUT: 4-11.75 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 5/10-12)
LJ IN: 16-08.00 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 2/23-24)
LJ OUT: 17-08.75w (2018 - SO, ORU Invite - 3/31)
SP IN: 32-06.50 (2018 - SO, SDSU Holiday - 12/1-2)
Pent IN: 3,156 (2018 - SO, Summit League - 2/23-24)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘18S)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 18 events ... finished 13th (14.86w) in the prelims of the 100m hurdles and 11th (4-11.75) in the high jump at her first Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... both the 100m hurdles mark and high jump are personal-best marks - beating her first career mark in the 100H by 1.76 seconds (16.62, eighth place, 2018 Tulsa Duals - 3/16-17) ... the first leg of the fourth-place (59.72) 100m shuttle hurdle relay team at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), which is the second-best mark all-time at SDSU ... ran her first career 4x100m relay at the NSU Twilight (4/20) as the first leg of the runner-up team (50.03) ... also added a PR in the 100m at the NSU Twilight, placing third (12.71w) ... placed 10th (26.31) in the 200m at the USD Invite (4/11), her second PR reset of the season in the event ... finished with the team’s sixth-best 100m (ranked 30th in the league), seventh-best 200m (37th), fourth-best 100m hurdles (18th), seventh-best 4x100m relay mark, best 100m shuttle hurdle relay mark, fourth-best high jump (21st), and third-best long jump (20th) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 13 events, including three pentathlons ... finished ninth (3,156) in the pentathlon at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24), which is her personal-best mark and ranked 10th on the school’s all-time list ... added PR’s in the 800m (2:32.16, eighth place) and long jump (16-08.00, sixth place) in the league championship multi ... added a PR in the 400m (1:02.00, fifth place) and in the finals of the 60m hurdles (9.28, fifth place) at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16) ... scored 3,057 points in the multi at the Jack Jennett Open (1/25-26), notching a PR in the high jump (5-01.00, seventh place) to finish ninth overall ... recorded her lone 4x400m relay of the season at the Bison Classic (1/13), placing 11th (4:09.13) as the fourth leg ... in her first career multi at the SDSU Holiday Open (12/1-2), she finished 11th (3,003) with a PR in the shot put (32-06.50, seventh place) and her first PR in the ling jump (16-08.00, seventh place) ... finished with the team’s 10th-best 400m (ranked 38th in the league), 13th-best 800m (41st), third-best 60m hurdles (21st), 12th-best 4x400m relay, tied for the third-best high jump (17th), tied for the sixth-best long jump (32nd), 10th-best shot put (37th), and second-best pentathlon (11th) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in eight events … posted a career-best 26.90 in the 200m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), finishing 15th … placed 15th in the 400m (1:04.22) at the SMSU Mustang Open (3/31-4/1) … jumped career-best 17-00.50 long jump at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, finishing third.
INDOOR: Competed in 11 events … posted a career-best 8.26 in the prelims of the 60m at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi (12/2-3), finishing 16th … recorded a season-best 27.15 in the 200m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11) … placed 14th in the 400m (1:02.49) at the SDSU Last Chance (2/17).
BEFORE SDSU: 16-time state qualifier ... 2016 first-team all-state in long jump, after placing third with a personal-best distance of 17-8.50 at the state meet ... placed second in the 400m at the 2014 state meet ... placed sixth in the 100m at the 2015 state meet ... holds school records in the 200m (25.69), 400m (58.18) and long jump (17-08.50) ... earned 11 varsity letters (four in basketball, four in track and three in tennis) ... two-time WEAU athlete of the week.
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