2017-18 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kayla Hopkins
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rancho Verde HS
- Hometown:
- Perris, Calif.
Last updated on July 5, 2017
- 2017 USA National Qualifier (Discus)
- 2017 USTFCCCAÂ Second-Team All-American (Discus)
- 2017 MW Outdoor Discus champion
- 2016 MW Outdoor Discus champion
- 2015 USA Junior Nationals Qualifier (Discus)
2016-17
Outdoor (Junior): Second-Team All-American ... finished 11th in the discus at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in her first appearance with a mark of 54.51m ... first discus thrower at Fresno State to qualify for the championships since Becky Elwood in 1997 ... reached the outdoor championships with a person-best throw of 59.38m which ranked in the top 40 in the world and fourth-best in the NCAA in 2017 at the time of the mark ... defended her Mountain West championship in the discus with a mark of 53.53m ... won seven discus competitions on the year ... placed fourth in the shot put at the Mountain West Championships with a mark of 15.10m ... qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Round in the shot put ... recorded top mark in the hammer throw at the UNLV Spring Invitational (49.55m).
Indoor (Junior): Competed in five meets during winter ... recorded top marks of the season in both the shot put (15.35m)Â and the weight throw (17.86m) at the Air Force Holiday Open ...
2015-2016
Outdoor (Sophomore): Threw in the shot put, discus throw, and hammer throw events … competed seven times in the shot put, throwing a season-best 14.27m at the Bulldog Invitational … competed in the Mountain West Championships finals in shot put with a throw of 14.15m … threw discus in nine meets, notching a personal best throw at the Mountain West Championship finals for a distance of 54.08m … qualified for the NCAA West preliminary round in discus throw and recorded a distance of 49.02m … competed in the hammer throw at five meets, posting a career-best throw of 49.11m at the Bulldog Invitational.
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in five meets ... recorded top marks of the season at the Samford Invitational ... landed season bests of 14.22m in the shot put and 17.34m in the weight throw.
2014-2015
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed seventh in the discus at the USA Junior Nationals in Eugene, Oregon ... During the season, she threw the hammer once, but main events were the discus and the shot put ... she was victorious in the discus three times during her first year with the Bulldogs, winning the Fresno State Twilight, Bulldog Invitational and the CSUN Challenge ... had a season-best discus throw of 48.78 meters at the Fresno State Twilight ... her best shot put throw came at the Michael Johnson Classic in Waco, Texas, where she recorded a 14.44m throw to finish seventh.
Indoor (Freshman): Threw the weight seven times and the shot put six times during her first indoor season for the Bulldogs ... posted collegiate-best marks in both events at the 2015 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships ... her throw of 13.95 meters in the shot put was good for a ninth place finish at the conference championships ... in the 13 events she competed in, posted five top ten finishes.
CAREER BESTS
Outdoor:
- Shot Put - 15.10m, Mountain West Track & Field Championships (5/13/17)
- Discus - 59.38m, NCAA Track & Field Preliminary Round (5/26/17)
- Hammer - 49.55m, UNLV Spring Invitational (3/18/17)
Indoor:
- Weight Throw - 17.86m, Air Force Holiday Open (12/9/16)
- Shot Put - 15.35m, Air Force Holiday Open (12/9/16)
