University of Miami Athletics

Kelsey Balkwill

position

Hurdles

Class

Redshirt Junior

Hometown

Windsor, Ont., Canada

High School

Essex

Kelsey Balkwill - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2015 INDOOR All-AMERICAN, SECOND TEAM (4x400m)
2015 All-ACC SECOND TEAM, INDOOR (400m)
2015 OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICAN, FIRST TEAM (4x400m)
2015 OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICAN, SECOND TEAM (400m HH)
2015 All-ACC SECOND TEAM, OUTDOOR (400m HH)

2015 Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors after helping the women’s 4x400m relay place fifth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:33.90 … Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 400m hurdles … Helped Hurricanes earn a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3.33.00 … Finished sixth in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 58.41 seconds … Member of 4x100m relay team that placed fiftih at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 45.16 seconds … Competed in the 400m hurdles and the 4x400m at the NCAA East Preliminary … Ran a season-best time of 24.12 seconds in the 200m at the Tom Jones Invitational … Posted a season-best time of 54.25 seconds in the 400m at the FSU Relays … Ran her season-best time of 56.80 seconds in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary.

2015 Indoor: Opened the season with third-place finish in the 200m with a time of 24.41 seconds at the Nittany Lion Challenge … Helped win the women’s 4x400m relay at the Nittany Lion Challenge, setting a new meet record with a time of 3:35.93 … Posted a time of 54.67 seconds in the women’s 400m at the McCravy Memorial Meet … Part of women’s 4x400m relay that placed fourth at the McCravy Memorial Meet with a time of 3:34.88 — fourth-fastest in the country at the time … Ran a personal-best time of 54.17 seconds in the women’s 400m at the Tyson Invitational … Placed sixth overall in the women’s 400m final at the ACC Championships with a personal-best time of 54.14 seconds … Represented Miami in the 4x400m relay at the NCAA Championships

2014 ACC INDOOR CHAMPION, 4x400m
2014 All-ACC, INDOOR (4x400m)

2014 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 400m at the Nittany Lion Challenge with a time of 55.24 … Member of first place 4x400m relay team at Nittany Lion Challenge… Competed in the 200m and part of the 4X400 meter relay team that placed third at at the McCravy Memorial Meet, running the fourth-best time in the NCAA this year … Finished second in the women’s 400m at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet with a personal-best time of 54.40 … Placed seventh in the women’s 200m at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet … Placed third in the 4x400m relay at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a time of 3:36.94 … Placed 10th in the 200m with a time of 24.13 seconds at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Member of the first place 4x400m relay team at the ACC Indoor Championships.  

2013 Outdoor: Member of 4x100m relay team that qualified for NCAA East Preliminary (45.67) … Set personal bests in the 200m (24.75 at Hurricane Alumni Invitational) and 400m (54.63 at Georgia Tech Invitational) … Helped 4x400m relay team win at Georgia Tech Invitational (3:39.58)

2013 Indoor: Did not compete

2012 Outdoor: At the Jim Click Shoot Out’s 400 meter run, had a personal best time of 56.51… recorded a team’s best 1:05.24 in the 400 meter hurdles at the Florida Relays… her team finished 2nd at the Hurricane Invitational’s 4×400 meter relay with a time of 3:50.05

2012 Indoor: Did not compete