Florida Atlantic University Athletics
2021-22 Women's XC/Track & Field Roster
Roster

Kaitlyn Kirby
- Position:
- Multi-Events
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- East Lake
- Prev School:
- Wake Forest
- Major:
- Communications/Psychology
- Birthday:
- 11/5
Career Accolades
Indoor
High Jump - 9th, 1.57m (2/19/22)
Shot Put - 5th, 11.59m (2/19/22)
Pentathlon - 3rd, 3500 (2/19/22)
Outdoor
100m Hurdles - 10th, 14.42 (+0.3) (3/26/22)
Shot Put - 5th, 11.62m (4/9/22)
Long Jump - 6th, 5.67m (3/26/22)
FAU Personal Records
Indoor
Long Jump - 5.39m at Clemson Bob Pollock (1/28/22)
Shot Put - 11.59m at C-USA Champ Finals (2/20/22)
Outdoor
Shot Put - 11.62 at Miami Alumni (4/8/22)
Junior (2021-22)
  Indoor:
- 2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Indoor
High Jump - 9th, 1.57m (2/19/22)
Shot Put - 5th, 11.59m (2/19/22)
Pentathlon - 3rd, 3500 (2/19/22)
Outdoor
100m Hurdles - 10th, 14.42 (+0.3) (3/26/22)
Shot Put - 5th, 11.62m (4/9/22)
Long Jump - 6th, 5.67m (3/26/22)
FAU Personal Records
Indoor
Long Jump - 5.39m at Clemson Bob Pollock (1/28/22)
Shot Put - 11.59m at C-USA Champ Finals (2/20/22)
Outdoor
Shot Put - 11.62 at Miami Alumni (4/8/22)
Junior (2021-22)
  Indoor:
- Registered 15th in the 60m hurdles (9.17) at the UAB Blazer Invite
- Rounded up in 10th in the long jump (5.21m) and 16th in the 60m hurdles (9.20) at the UAB Vulcan Invite
- Finished in 25th in the long jump (5.39m) and 28th in the 60m hurdles (9.03) at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invite
- Earned 10th in the 60m hurdles (9.10) at the BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite
- Delivered a fourth-place finish in the pentathlon with a score of 3500, marking the third best in school history after winning the shot put with a personal best 11.59 and finishing in fifth in the high jump (1.57m), sixth in the 60m hurdles (9.02), seventh in the long jump (5.16m) and 12th in the 800m (2:33.03) at the Conference USA Indoor Championship
- Also tallied 16th in the 60m hurdles (9.06) at the championships
- Logged eighth in the 100m hurdles with the 10th fastest time in school history (14.42) and tied for ninth in the long jump for the sixth best mark ever at FAU (5.67m) at the Miami Hurricane Invitational
- Earned fourth place in the long jump (5.58m) and 18th in the 100m hurdles (14.81) at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational
- Was having a great performance in the heptathlon at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational before having to pull out due to injury, winning the shot put (11.62m), as well as placing seventh in the high jump (1.57m), ninth in the long jump (5.33m), 11th in the 100m hurdles (14.94) and 13th in the 200m (26.77)
- Her distance of 11.62m in the shot put is the fifth best mark in school history
- Put on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Competed in multiple events as a sophomore during indoor season
- Ran the 60m and 4x400m relay, while also competing in the long jump during the 2020 indoor slate
- Competed at three meets in her first indoor season with the Demon Deacons, finishing third in the long jump at the Wake Forest Invite in 2019
- Finished sixth in the pentathlon at the Bob Pollock Invitational (indoor, 2019)
- Finished second in the pentathlon at the American Indoor Championships with a personal record score of 3764, which put her at third on the USF Women's Top 10 list
- Logged first in the pentathlon long jump at the American Indoor Championships with a personal best distance of 18-11.25, becoming the eighth best mark in USF history
- Tallied fifth at the Akron Invitational in the pentathlon 60m with a time of 8.66, eighth on the USF Women's Top 10 list
- Received nine varsity letters at East Lake High School, which included four in track & field, three in soccer and two in volleyball
- 2017 New Balance National Heptathlon Champion
- Earned the 2016 AAU Club National Heptathlon Championship
- Received 2017 All-State honors in the long jump, high jump and hurdles
- Born on November 5, 1998 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Majoring in communications/psychology
- Daughter of Jeff and Cheryl Kirby
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