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2021 Women's Outdoor Track Roster

Kaitlyn Lander

  • Event Pole Vault
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Irwin, Pa.
  • High School Hempfield

Biography

Career Highlights
• One-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier
Personal: Daughter of Len and Sally Lander ... Majoring in Exercise Science. 

2021 (Outdoor): Competed at six events … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the heptathlon, placing 16th with a personal-best 3,066 points … Opened season by running a personal-best time of 31.74 seconds in the 200-meters at the Dave Labor Invitational … Posted top 100-meter hurdle time of year of 17.97 seconds at the IUP Invitational … Totaled 2,792 points to finish 11th in the heptathlon at the Bill Lennox Invitational … Posted a pair of top-10 finishes at the SRU Invitational, placing fifth in the javelin (27.28 meters) and ninth in the shot put (8.23 meters) … In final prep for the PSAC Championships, placed fifth in the pole vault (2.90 meters) and eighth in the 100-meter hurdles (17.38w seconds) at the Penn State Behrend Invitational ... PSAC Scholar Athlete. 

2019-20 (Indoor): Competed at six meets … Served as one of The Rock’s multi-event athletes … Recorded a season-high 1,939 points to place 18th at the YSU Mid-Major Invite … Opened season with 1,780 points to place 15th in the pentathlon at the Mike Kowel Multi Meet … Posted a season-best clearance of 3.07 meters in the pole vault at the Youngstown State Invitational to take 19th place … Registered top-10 finishes at the Edinboro Last Chance Meet in the pole vault (fourth / 3.00 meters) and the long jump (seventh / 4.41 meters) while tallying a season-best mark of 6.99 meters in the shot put to finish in 23rd place ... PSAC Scholar Athlete. 

2019 (Outdoor): Competed in eight meets … Compiled two new PR’s in the long jump 4.70-meters and the pole vault at 3.16-meters … Had seven top-ten finishes (three of them being top-five) ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2019 (Indoor): Placed sixth while hitting a career-high mark in the pole vault with a clearance of 2.90 meters at the Edinboro Open … Finished eighth in the pole vault with a clearance of 2.60 meters at the Al Hall Freedom Games.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    Pole Vault
  • 2020Sophomore

    Pole Vault
  • 2021Sophomore

    Pole Vault