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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Kenli Nettles

  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Arthur, Ill.
  • High School Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond
  • Major Recreation, Sport and Tourism
  • Position Multi-Event
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Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023

Indoor

  • Ran a personal-best 60mH (8.96) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational
  • Placed 11th in the pentathlon on a personal-best point total (3,666) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships

Outdoor

  • Placed second in the high jump with a personal-best height 1.75m (5-8 3/4) at the Fighting Illini Challenge
  • Won the highjump at the Mt. SAC Relays, 1.70m (5-7)

2022

Indoor

  • Won the Pentathlon at the Illini Invite and Multi
  • Personal-best in the 60mH (9.06) at the Music City Challenge
  • Personal-best in the Pentathlon (3,446) at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships

Outdoor

  • Finished fifth in the 100m H at the Illini Invite
  • Personal-best and finished third in the 400mH (1:02.09) at the Illini Invite
  • Finished fourth in the HJ at the Illini Invite
  • Personal-best and finished fourth in the Javelin (31.98m) at the Illini Invite
  • Personal-best and finished fourth in the Heptathlon (5,216) at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships

High School

Won state titles in 100-meter hurdles (14.29), 300-meter hurdles (43.68) and high jump (5-7) junior year… nine-time conference champion, helping team to 2019 conference title… 10-time all-state, three-time first-team all-conference, News Gazette first-team all-area, and JC-TC Athlete of the Week, two-time Herald & Review and JC-TC female track & field Athlete of the Year, and WCIA Athlete of the Week… set school records in high jump (5-8), triple jump (35-9), 60-meter hurdles (8.90), 100-meter hurdles (14.23), 200 meters (25.39), and 300-meter hurdles (43.68)… placed sixth in heptathlon (4,510 points) and fifth in 400-meter hurdles (1:01.73) at 2019 USATF Hershey Junior Olympic Championships… two-time team MVP… coached by Marques Lowe and Michaela Ponstein… also participated in basketball, volleyball and cheerleading… four-year high honor roll student.

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Multi-Event
    6'0"
  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    Multi-Event