2018-19 W Track&Field Outdoor Roster

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Kyley Foster

Kyley Foster

  • Position:
    Jumps
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Detroit Lakes, Minn.
  • Major:
    Commercial Aviation
  • Highschool:
    Detroit Lakes High School

Summary

Biography

Graduated as the only woman in University of North Dakota history to clear 14-feet in the pole vault in the indoor and outdoor seasons.

2018-19
Indoor (Senior):
Second Team All-America at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships ... Finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championship in Birmingham, Ala. ... Academic All-Summit League ... Qualified for the NCAA Championship after winning the pole vault at The Summit League Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) ... Won the event title with a personal-record clearance of 14-2.75 (4.34m) in Brookings, S.D. ... Became the first woman in University of North Dakota history to clear 14-feet in the event ... Improved her mark at each meet from Jan. 12 to the NCAA Championship on March 9.

Outdoor (Senior): NCAA West Region Preliminary Round qualifier in the pole vault ... Academic All-Summit League ... Became the first woman in UND history to clear 14-feet at an outdoor event, winning the pole vault title at the South Dakota Challenge (April 6); cleared 14-1.25 (4.30m) ... Competed in a jump off for The Summit League pole vault title at Western Illinois, taking runner-up honors (May 10) ... Tied for 24th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, clearing 13-4.25 (4.07m).

2017-18
Named UND’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (all sports).

Indoor (Junior): Named to 2018 Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team … Earned her third straight indoor all-conference honor in the pole vault after finishing third with a leap of 13 feet, 1 inch (3.99 meters) … Broke her own school record at the South Dakota State Indoor Classic with a mark of 13-1.75 (4.01m) … That broke the standard of 13-15 (4.00m) she had set just two weeks earlier at the UND Indoor Open … Was named Big Sky Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week for that performance.

Outdoor (Junior): Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors for the second time in her career … Named to 2018 Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team …Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary for the second straight year as the top-ranked pole vaulter in the Big Sky … Entered ranked 16th in the region … Won the Big Sky Conference title with a leap of 13 feet, ¼ inches (3.97 meters) … Broke her own school record in the pole vault at the Beach Invitational with a clear of 13, 9 ¼ (4.20m), the third-best in Big Sky Conference history … Earned third letter.


2016-17
Indoor (Sophomore):
Broke her own school indoor pole vault record at the Big Sky Championship with a mark of 13 feet, 1 inch (3.99 meters) ... Earned all-conference honors with a third-place finish ... Originally broke the record with a clear of 12-11.50 (3.95) at the SDSU Indoor Classic ... One week earlier tied what had been an eight-year old school record with her jump of 12-09.50 (3.90) at the Thundering Herd Classic.

Outdoor (Sophomore): Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors ... Named to Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team ... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary, UND's first pole vaulter in the Division I era to qualify for regionals ... Broke her own school pole vault record at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Meet ... Cleared 13 feet, 3.75 inches (4.06 meters) ... Earned second letter.

2015-16
Indoor (Freshman): Named to Big Sky Winter All-Academic Team … Earned all-conference honors in the pole vault with a third-place finish at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Her PR of 12 feet, 6.25 inches (3.82 meters) was the No. 2 mark in UND indoor history …  Won the pole vault at the Cobber Duals with a clear of 11-3 (3.43).

Outdoor (Freshman): Finalist for UND's Female Rookie of the Year Award (all sports) ... Set the school record in the pole vault at the Coastal Carolina Invitational after clearing 12-06.25 (3.82) … Eclipsed a record that had stood since 2008 … Earned first letter. 

Before UND
A 2015 graduate of Detroit Lakes High School ... Six-year letterwinner in track & field as a prep and a four-time state qualifier ... Earned all-state honors in the pole vault as a senior with a seventh-place finish ... Was also a three-time academic all-state honoree ... Set school records in the pole vault, 300-meter hurdles, and the 4x200 and 4x400 relays ... Also lettered five times in swimming & diving, four times in basketball and once each in soccer and gymnastics ... Set Detroit Lakes High School's single-game assists record and ranks fourth on the school’s career assists list ... Was a four-time state qualifier in diving and earned all-state honors in 2011 with a fourth-place finish ... Set soccer team's single-season scoring record. 

Personal
Majoring in commercial aviation ... Daughter of Sam and Shelly Foster.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

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  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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