Kira Kopec

Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
St. Joseph's Collegiate
Hometown:
Alberta, Canada

2021-22: Outdoor: Took fourth place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.81 ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that won gold in 3:43.06, good for No. 1 all-time in school history, at the New England Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/13-14) … Won silver in the heptathlon with a final score of 5,058 and took seventh place in the long jump with an 18’ 0.5” mark at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Placed second in the 400-meter hurdles, took fourth in shot put with a 41’ 3.75” throw, took eighth in the javelin with a 111’ 11” mark, and helped set the No. 3 all-time 4x400-meter relay mark in program history in 3:48.03 minutes at the UMass Outdoor Invitational (4/30) … Took third in the 200-meter dash in 25.43 seconds at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/23) … Won the heptathlon with a score of 5,156, good for No. 2 all-time at UMass at the UConn Northeast Challenge (4/15-16) … Captured eighth place in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.88 seconds at the Ocean State Invitational (4/09) … Was fifth place in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.79 at the Friar Invitational (4/08) … Finished in third place in the 200-meter dash in 25.62 seconds at the UMass Invitational (4/03) … Took 28^th place in the long jump with a 17’ 9” leap at the Raleigh Relays (3/24-26) … Placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.27, good for No. 4 all-time at UMass, 26^th in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.85 seconds, and 30^th in long jump with a 16’ 11.5” leap at the Black and Gold Invitational (3/18-19). Indoor: Won gold in the pentathlon with a score of 3,962 to break the UMass school record and A-10 record with a long jump mark of 19’1 ½ tying her for fourth in program history, earned fifth place as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team with a time of 3:51.93, and competed in the shot put at A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/26-27) …Won the pentathlon with a score of 3,773, took fifth place in the shot put with a mark of 41’ 6”, bronze as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team with a time of 3:52.92 at New England Championships (2/4-5) … Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.97 seconds at the Battle in Beantown (1/22) … Earned eighth in shot put with a throw of 40’ 1.25” at the Beantown Challenge (1/08) … Earned second place in the pentathlon at the URI Multi Meet (12/10) … Placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.08 seconds and took fifth in the shot put with a throw of 41’ 8” at the Alden Invitational (12/04).

2020-21: Outdoor: Earned silver in heptathlon with a score of 4,694 points at New England Championships (5/15) … Placed fifth in the heptathlon with a score of 4,672 at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship (5/01-02) … Set the second all-time best heptathlon mark in program history with a score of 4,954 at UMass Multi Meet (4/13-14) … Placed second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.12 and in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.01 at tri-meet against Northeastern and UMass Lowell (4/03) … Claimed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.89, placed fourth in high jump at 5’1.25”, claimed first in long jump with a distance of 18’11.75”, placed third as a member of the 4x400 relay team with a combined time of 4:06.04 at tri-meet against Holy Cross and Merrimack (3/26).

2019-20: Indoor: Won gold in pentathlon at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/29) with a career best score of 3,722, good for second all-time in program history … Cleared 5 feet, 0.5 inches in high jump to take seventh at the Dartmouth Indoor Invitational (2/8) … Claimed fourth in shot put with a 41-foot, 1.5-inch throw and placed fourth (9.08) in 60 meter hurdles at the Sorlein Invitational (1/18) … Took second in pentathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet (1/10) with 3,495 points … Was the runner-up to Harris in 60 meter hurdles (9.15) and picked up points in long jump, as well, in seventh with a mark of 17 feet, 3.25 inches at the Alden Invitational (12/7).

2018-19: Outdoor: Competed in the 100m Hurdles, long jump, and shot put at the New England Outdoor Championships (05/04-05) … Scored a personal best of 4873 in the heptathlon, good for a second place finish and landing her second all-time in program history at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships (05/04-05) … Set a personal best in the long jump, leaping 17 feet, 10.25 inches at the UNH Pre-Conference Invitational (04/27) … Placed second in the heptathlon with a score of 4678, good for fourth all-time in program history at the SCSU Northeast Combined Events Challenge (04/11-12) … Raced to a fifth place in the 100m hurdles at the Minuteman Invitational (04/06) … Claimed a second place finish in the 100m hurdles and a third place finish in the 4x400m relay at the Black and Gold Invitational (03/29-30). Indoor: Grabbed third in the pentathlon with a score of 3,495 at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/23) ... Set a personal best and fifth all-time in program history in the pentathlon with a score of 3507, claiming third at the New England Outdoor Championships (02/1-2) … Ran the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.24, good for second at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/25) … Claimed second in the pentathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet (01/11-12) … Finished fourth in the 500m with a time of 1:20.06 at the Alden Invitational (12/01)..

2017-18: Outdoor: Took sixth in the heptathlon at the A-10 Championships (05/05-06) ... Placed fourth in the 100 meter hurdles and sixth in javelin at the UMass Pre-Conference meet (04/28) ... Was third with 4,407 points in the heptathlon at Holy Cross Multi-Event meet (04/18-20) ... Finished fourth in javelin at the Ocean State Invitational (04/14). Indoor: Was 14^th in the pentathlon scoring 3,039 points at the A-10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (02/17-18) ... Competed in shot put, long jump, the 60 meter hurdles, and the 4x400 relay at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (01/19) ... Competed in shot put at the Beantown Challenge (01/13), placing 11^th ... Finished second in shot put with a throw of 37 feet, 0.25 inches at the Harvard Multi Meet, took second in the 800 meter with a time of 2:25.09, and claimed third in 60 meter hurdles at 9.21 seconds, completing the day with a score of 3,368 to place third overall (01/12) ... Competed in the 60 meter hurdles at the Dartmouth Relays (01/07).

Before UMass: Competed for St. Joseph’s Collegiate in Brooks, Alberta … Contributed to teams that won four-consecutive zone championships, and back-to-back Provincial championships during sophomore and junior seasons … Won Athlete of the Year for freshman, junior and senior seasons, while being named Track and Field Team MVP sophomore year … Set record for pentathlon for Zone and Regional competitions … Multi-sport athlete also won MVP for volleyball, basketball, ringette, and badminton … Winner of the Legion Ron Rivard Award, and was also named an All-Around Academic Student in 2015 and 2016.

Personal: Born Kira Jane Kopec in Brooks, Alberta … Daughter of Brent and Jane Kopec, and sister of Alyssa … Intends to major in microbiology.