Kelsey Crawford

Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Houston Christian
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

Crawford's Career Performance List & PRs

As a Redshirt Senior in 2016-2017: Outdoor: Earned silver in javelin with a throw of 140 feet, 3 inches and took fifth in shot put with a 47-foot, 2.25-inch toss at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/7)… Won shot put with a mark of 44 feet, 8 inches, came in second place in hammer throw, meeting the New England standard with a mark of 154 feet, five inches, and placed second in javelin at 133-01 at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet (4/29)… Finished third in javelin and qualified for New Englands with a 145-foot, 10-inch toss at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22) and claimed fifth in shot put with a throw measuring 46 feet, 3.5 inches… Threw 46 feet, 0.75 inches to take first in shot put and qualify for the New England Championships at the Minuteman Invitational (4/15), took first in javelin with a 144-foot, 5-inch throw, and second in hammer throw with a 160-foot, 6-inch toss... Captured first in the shot put with a 46-foot, 0.5-inch throw, a New England qualifier, at the UMass Quad Meet (4/7), took first in javelin with a toss of 139 feet, 8 inches to qualify for the New England Championships, and finished fourth in the hammer throw at 143 feet, 6 inches. Indoor: Claimed fourth in shot put with a toss of 47 feet, 9.5 inches to improve upon her previous record at ECAC Championships (3/5)… Won the gold medal in shot put at New England Championships (2/25) with a 47-foot, 8-inch throw to break her own UMass record in the event… Won bronze in shot put at the A10 Championships (2/19) and broke her own school record with a 47-foot, 7.75-inch toss… Captured a fourth place finish in shot put with a 44 foot, 5.25 inch throw and took 19^th place in the weight throw (50 feet, 10 inches) at the Valentine Invitational (2/11), both of which meet the New England qualifying standard… Took home the gold in shot put with a New England and ECAC-qualifying mark of 46 feet, 6 inches and placed fifth in the weight throw (49 feet, 6.5 inches) at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/4) … Took home seventh with a 43-foot, 8.5-inch toss in shot put that met the New England standard at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational (1/27)…Placed second in shot put with a 45 feet, 4.5 inches throw at the Joe Donahue Games (1/21) qualifying for ECAC and New Englands... Threw 44 feet, 6.75 inches to place fourth in shot put at the Beantown Challenge (1/14) and qualified for ECAC and New Englands… Also placed eighth in the weight throw with a toss of 49 feet, 2.25 inches… Broke own school record in shot put at the Dartmouth Relays (1/8) with a throw of 47’0.75”, qualifying for the ECAC and New England Championships and good for second at the meet.

As a Junior in 2015-2016: Outdoor: Won gold for the shot put with a 47 foot 7.75 inch throw at New England’s (5/14) and bronze for a javelin throw of 152 feet and 4 inches… Competed in the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/8) and finished second in shot put (47 feet and one inch) and javelin (146 feet), and placed sixth in the hammer (150 feet and 5 inches)… Came in first place in the javelin (137 feet and 10 inches) and shot put (46 feet and 4.75 inches), and placed fifth in the hammer (156 feet and 4 inches) at the UNH Pre-Conference Meet (4/30)… Placed sixth in the javelin with a 136 foot, 9 inch throw and fourth in the shot put with a throw of 45 feet, 6.25 inches at the Larry Ellis Invite (4/22) ... Qualified for New Englands with wins in the shot put (45 feet, 6.50 inches) and the javelin (141 feet, 10 inches) and placed second in the hammer throw at 147 feet, 8 inches at the Minuteman Invitational (4/16) ...Won the shot put with a 46 foot, 9 inch throw at the UMass Tri-Meet (4/9) ... Placed first in the shot put at 43 feet, 5.25 inches and first in the javelin at 139 feet, 5 inches at the CCSU Invitational (4/2) while qualifying for New Englands in both events. Indoor: Won gold in the shot put at the New England Championship (2/27) with a 46 foot, 6.75 inch throw that improved on her school record ... Earned the silver medal in the shot put at the A-10 Championships (2/21) with a 46 foot, 2 inch throw ... Broke UMass record in the shot put with a 45 foot, 9.75 inch throw at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/29) ... Threw 44 feet, 5.25 inches in the shot put to qualify for New Englands and ECAC at the Joe Donahue Games (1/22) ... Placed third in the weight throw at 47 feet, .25 inch and second in the shot put at 43 feet, 5.75 inches at the Beantown Challenge (1/16) ... Placed sixth in the weight throw with a 48 foot, 6.25 inch throw and qualified for New Englands with a 42 foot, 9 inch shot put in a first place finish at the Yale Invite (1/9)

As a Sophomore in 2014: Outdoor: Placed seventh in women's shot put at ECAC Championships (5/18) with a throw of 47-feet, 6.25-inches setting the third all-time record at UMass...Placed first in shot put at the UMass Minuteman Invitational (4/12) (42-4.25)...Took third in shot put at New England Championships (5/10)(45-6.25)...Finished first at the UNH Pre-Conference Meet (4/26) with a mark of 45-5 in shot put...Competed in javelin placing fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/4) with a throw of 141-feet, also setting the second all-time record at UMass and qualifying for ECAC...Placed third at the New England Championships for javelin (5/10)(134-8)...Placed second in javelin at the UNH Pre-Conference Meet with a throw of 129-feet, 10-inches. Saw action in discus and hammer at the UNF Spring Break Invitational (3/8), the 100m at the UConn Invitational (4/5), the 100m hurdles at the Minuteman Invitational (4/12), and long jump at the Minuteman Invitational (4/12)...Also was a part of the 4x100m relay, placing fifth at the Minuteman Invitational (4/12)...Placed third in the heptathlon at the UMass Multi-Meet (4/18) earning 4,016 points. Indoor: Threw the shot put in eight meets, placing fifth or better seven times ... Logged the fourth-best throw in program history, 44-5.25 to finish fourth at the New England Championship (3/1) and qualify for the ECAC Championship ... Placed fourth at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/23) with a throw of 43-11.25 ... Won the event at the Sorlien Invitational (1/18) with a mark of 43-7.25 ... Placed third at both the Northeastern Indoor Games (1/24) (43-6) and the Yale Invitational (1/11) (41-5), qualifying for the New England Championship while at Yale ... Claimed fourth at the Harvard Invitational (2/1) (42-3.25) ... Took fifth at the Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/7) (44-0.5) ... Competed in the weight throw in five meets ... Registered a season-best mark of 41-7 at the Northeastern Indoor Games (1/24).

As a Freshman in 2013: Outdoor: Won the heptathlon at the New England Championship with a score of 4,766, the score stands as the second best in UMass history; also threw the fourth best mark in school history in the shot put with a fifth place mark of 45-feet, 1.75-inches (5/11) ... Won the heptathlon at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship with a score of 4,685 while also placing seventh in the shot put with a distance of 43-feet, 3.75-inches (5/5) ... Placed second in the shot put at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet with a throw of 44-feet, 1.5-inches (4/27) ... Placed second at the Holy Cross Invitational in both, the shot put and the heptathlon (4/20) ... Began the season with a pair of third place throws in the shot put at the Minuteman Invitational (4/13) and the AIC Invitational (4/6); also placed second in the javelin at the AIC Invitational. Indoor: New England qualifier in both, the shot put and pentathlon ... Threw the best mark of her season at the URI Coaches Meet in the shot put with a distance of 40-feet, 2.25-inches (2/2).

Before UMass: Five time letter winner at Houston Christian High School ... Competed in the 100 and 200 meter dash, high and long jump, 100 meter hurdles, javelin and the shot put ... Assisted in three state championships ... Two time Academic All-State ... Holds the school records in the shot put (40-8.5), 100 meter dash (12.54) and the 100 meter hurdles (16.69).

Personal: Kelsey Marie Crawford ... Born July 9, 1994 in Arlington, Texas ... Daughter of Bill and Dana Crawford ... Sister of Christopher, Victoria and Clayton ... Majoring in Kinesiology.