Kayla Fleskes

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Glencoe HS
Hometown:
Hillsboro, Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS

Discus: 145-0.25
Oregon Twilight
Eugene, Ore., 5/3/13
Hammer: 138-2
OSU High Performance
Monmouth, Ore., 5/1/14
Javelin: 139-9
High Performance Meet
Corvallis, Ore., 4/29/17

Pac-12 Track & Field Championships
2017: Javelin, 18th, 126-6.
2014: Discus, 12th, 135-6
2013: Discus, 16th, 129-5
2013: Javelin, 15th, 124-0

TRACK AND FIELD

2017
Outdoor: Pac-12 Academic First Team member ... established javelin PR twice; throw of 139-9 ranks seventh al-time ... Competed at seven meets. Indoor: Did not compete. Season bests: Outdoor - Javelin, 139-9, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/29/17); discus 137-5.50, Sun Angel Classic, Tempe, Ariz. (4/8/17).
2016
Outdoors: Competed in five meets ... First-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoor: Did not compete. Season bests: Outdoor: Javelin, 131-4.25, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/30/16); discus, 136-8, High Performance Meet, Corvallis, Ore. (4/3016).

2015
Outdoors: Redshirted. Indoors: Redshirted.

2014
Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Competed in the discus, hammer and javelin … Built up in the discus to a season-best 142-2 at the OSU High Performance on May 2, finishing 11th … Improved on her finish and mark in her second Pac-12 Championships appearance, throwing the discus 135-6 in Pullman, Wash. on May 18 to come in 12th … Best throw and place in the javelin came at the Willamette Invitational (March 29) when she posted a mark of 130-11.25 and finished second … Along with Rachel Picknell and Melissa Ausman, was part of OSU’s first-ever group of female hammer throwers … PR’d in that event at the OSU High Performance Meet, throwing 138-2 in the Thursday competition at Western Oregon. Indoors: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor – Discus, 142-2, OSU High Performance, Corvallis, Ore. (5/2/14); hammer, 138-2, OSU High Performance, Monmouth, Ore. (5/1/14); javelin, 130-11.25, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/29/14).

2013
Outdoor: In her collegiate debut at the Willamette Opener on March 2, became the first OSU competitor in the javelin since 1988 and, along with Mary Claire Brenner, the first in the discus since the same year … Threw both the discus and javelin in each of the eight meets she entered in 2013 … PR javelin throw from the John Knight Twilight (April 12) of 132-2 is 14th on OSU's all-time list ... Threw the discus 145-1 at the Oregon Twilight (May 3) to move into seventh on the school's all-time list ... Discus mark was third-best for a Pac-12 freshman this season ... Ranked 19th in the conference overall in both the discus and javelin. Indoor: Did not compete. Season Bests: Outdoor – Discus, 145-1, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/3/13); javelin, 132-2, John Knight Twilight, Monmouth, Ore. (4/12/13).

GLENCOE HIGH SCHOOL

Earned three varsity letters in track & field for coach Dennis Rice competing in the javelin, discus and shot put … Finished third at districts for the javelin in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and third in the discus in 2010 … Came in fifth in the state for the discus her senior year … Earned All-Pacific Conference Second Team honors in the javelin in 2011 and 2012 and in the discus in 2010 and 2012 … Owns PR’s of 118-11 in the javelin, 121-11 in the discus and 34-1 in the shot put … Also was a two-year starter and four-year letterwinner on the basketball team for coaches Dylan Hettrich and Matt Humphreys … Was a 2011-12 co-captain and all-conference honorable mention selection in 2012.

PERSONAL

Civil engineering major ... Daughter of Paula and Bruce Fleskes ... Has a younger sister, Marissa … Member of the National Honor Society and was valedictorian at Glencoe HS … Describes playing with her basketball team in the state tournament at the Rose Garden and throwing at Hayward Field in 2012 as her biggest athletic thrills to date … Chose Oregon State because of “the great engineering program.”