2023 Track & Field Roster
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Kelby, MaKayla
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MaKayla Kelby
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
- High School:
- Lee's Summit West
Bio
2023: Standout in the shot put and discus once again, making NCAA Prelims in both events and finishing top-17 in the West in both โฆ placed 16th at West Prelims in the discus with a throw of 173-11, and was 17th in the shot put with a mark of 54-6 ยพ โฆ went over 55-feet three times in the shot put โฆ took fifth in the shot put at the Pac-12 Championships with a throw of 53-9 ยพ โฆ season-best discus throw of 174-2 at the Triton Invitational, and also had outdoor season-best shot put of 55-7 ยฝ โฆ second in the shot put at the Aztec Invitational going 55-2 ยพ and was seventh in the discus at 171-7 โฆ indoors, improved her shot put School Record at the Husky Classic to 55-10 ยฝ โฆ that PR ranked 26th nationally at the end of the indoor season โฆ named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
2022: Broke the long-standing Washington shot put record outdoors and broke her own indoor shot put record, as well as improving on her discus PR โฆ broke the 34-year-old outdoor shot put record at the Fresno State Invitational where she went 55-10 ยฝ to win โฆ was fifth at the Pac-12 Championships in the shot put, going 54-4 ยพ and was eighth in the discus at 174-0 โฆ placed 16th in both the shot put and the discus at NCAA West Prelims โฆ set a new discus PR of 185-4 at the Fresno State Invitational, improving her No. 2 mark in school history โฆ also threw 185-1 at the Beach Invitational โฆ won the shot at the UW-WSU Dual at 54-5 ยฝ and was second in the discus at 170-4 โฆ indoors, broke her own school record at the Pac-12 Invitational, throwing 55-3 ยฝ โฆ that mark ranked 24th nationally indoors โฆ won the UW Invitational shot put at 53-7 ยฝ.
2021: Took fifth at the Pac-12 Championships in both the shot put and the discus, and posted the No. 2 marks in school history in both events outdoors, while breaking the indoor shot put School Record in a great season โฆ launched a discus PR of 183-3 to win the UW-WSU Dual and go to second in school history with the best mark by a Husky since 1998 โฆ set a shot put PR of 53-8 ยฝ at the Pac-12 Championships to take fifth and go to No. 2 in school history, and was fifth in the discus at 170-7 โฆ at NCAA West Preliminaries, was top-20 in both events, taking 14th in the shot put at 53-7 ยพ and 18th in the discus at 173-1 โฆ at the Jim Click Shootout, fourth in the discus at 165-5 and fourth in the shot put at 51-9 โฆ second in both the shot and discus at the Jim Bush Legends Invite, going 51-3 ยฝ and 161-3 โฆ indoors, broke the shot put School Record that had stood for 33 years with a throw of 53-7 ยพ at the Husky Classic โฆ that mark ranked 26th in the NCAA for the season โฆ first at the UW Invitational going 51-11.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A strong redshirt freshman season indoors, moving all the way to No. 4 in school history in the shot put โฆ improved her shot put best at each of the first four meets, making a big jump at the Don Kirby Invite where she threw 51-2 3/4 to take sixth โฆ had her season- and personal-best of 51-4 1/4 at the UW Last Chance Meet, getting the win โฆ was 11th at the MPSF Championships with a best of 48-0.
2019: Redshirted her first season, competing unattached indoors and out โฆ competed at the USATF U20 Championships in June, taking fourth in the discus with a toss of 166-2 and seventh in the shot put at 47-1 3/4 โฆ took second in the discus unattached at the Ken Shannon Invite with a season-best of 169-3 โฆ indoors, threw the weight four times, with a best of 54-10 1/4 at the Last Chance Elite Meet โฆ won the shot put at the Last Chance Elite Meet with a toss of 49-9 3/4 that would rank sixth in school history if done in uniform โฆ first in the UW Invitational open section shot put at 49-1 3/4 โฆ third in the shot put at the Husky Classic at 48-9 1/2.
High School and Personal: Born in Kansas City, Missouri โฆ parents are Carmalita and Dwayne Kelby โฆ has one younger brother, Vincent โฆ one of the top discus throwers in the nation over her prep career โฆ was named the 2017-18 Gatorade Girlโs Track & Field Athlete of the Year for Missouri โฆ four-time Missouri 5A State Champion in the discus and a two-time State Champion in the shot put โฆ holds the Missouri state record in the discus โฆ ranked seventh nationally in 2018 with her discus toss of 168-6 set in a win at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational โฆ competed at the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships, taking 11th โฆ eighth at the 2017 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the discus โฆ fifth at the 2017 National Junior Olympics meet at 155-3 โฆ a three-time Kansas Relays discus champ and meet record-holder and was the 2018 female MVP of the meet โฆ won eight conference titles, four straight in the discus and shot โฆ also lettered two years in basketball โฆ a two-time Academic All-State selection.
Major Meets
2019 USA U20 Champs - 7th, Shot Put | 4th, Discus
2020 MPSF - 11th, Shot Put
2021 Pac-12 - 5th, Shot Put | 5th, Discus
2021 NCAA Prelims - 14th, Shot Put | 18th, Discus
2022 Pac-12 - 5th, Shot Put | 8th, Discus
2022 NCAA Prelims - 16th, Shot Put | 16th, Discus
2023 Pac-12 - 5th, Shot Put | Foul, Discus
2023 NCAA Prelims - 17th, Shot Put | 16th, Discus
Outdoor Bests
Shot Put.......55-10 1/2
Discus.......185-4
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Indoor Bests
Shot Putโฆโฆ.55-10 1/2
Weight.......54-10 1/4 unatt
Academic Honors
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022: Broke the long-standing Washington shot put record outdoors and broke her own indoor shot put record, as well as improving on her discus PR โฆ broke the 34-year-old outdoor shot put record at the Fresno State Invitational where she went 55-10 ยฝ to win โฆ was fifth at the Pac-12 Championships in the shot put, going 54-4 ยพ and was eighth in the discus at 174-0 โฆ placed 16th in both the shot put and the discus at NCAA West Prelims โฆ set a new discus PR of 185-4 at the Fresno State Invitational, improving her No. 2 mark in school history โฆ also threw 185-1 at the Beach Invitational โฆ won the shot at the UW-WSU Dual at 54-5 ยฝ and was second in the discus at 170-4 โฆ indoors, broke her own school record at the Pac-12 Invitational, throwing 55-3 ยฝ โฆ that mark ranked 24th nationally indoors โฆ won the UW Invitational shot put at 53-7 ยฝ.
2021: Took fifth at the Pac-12 Championships in both the shot put and the discus, and posted the No. 2 marks in school history in both events outdoors, while breaking the indoor shot put School Record in a great season โฆ launched a discus PR of 183-3 to win the UW-WSU Dual and go to second in school history with the best mark by a Husky since 1998 โฆ set a shot put PR of 53-8 ยฝ at the Pac-12 Championships to take fifth and go to No. 2 in school history, and was fifth in the discus at 170-7 โฆ at NCAA West Preliminaries, was top-20 in both events, taking 14th in the shot put at 53-7 ยพ and 18th in the discus at 173-1 โฆ at the Jim Click Shootout, fourth in the discus at 165-5 and fourth in the shot put at 51-9 โฆ second in both the shot and discus at the Jim Bush Legends Invite, going 51-3 ยฝ and 161-3 โฆ indoors, broke the shot put School Record that had stood for 33 years with a throw of 53-7 ยพ at the Husky Classic โฆ that mark ranked 26th in the NCAA for the season โฆ first at the UW Invitational going 51-11.
2020 (Indoor Track; Outdoor Season Canceled): A strong redshirt freshman season indoors, moving all the way to No. 4 in school history in the shot put โฆ improved her shot put best at each of the first four meets, making a big jump at the Don Kirby Invite where she threw 51-2 3/4 to take sixth โฆ had her season- and personal-best of 51-4 1/4 at the UW Last Chance Meet, getting the win โฆ was 11th at the MPSF Championships with a best of 48-0.
2019: Redshirted her first season, competing unattached indoors and out โฆ competed at the USATF U20 Championships in June, taking fourth in the discus with a toss of 166-2 and seventh in the shot put at 47-1 3/4 โฆ took second in the discus unattached at the Ken Shannon Invite with a season-best of 169-3 โฆ indoors, threw the weight four times, with a best of 54-10 1/4 at the Last Chance Elite Meet โฆ won the shot put at the Last Chance Elite Meet with a toss of 49-9 3/4 that would rank sixth in school history if done in uniform โฆ first in the UW Invitational open section shot put at 49-1 3/4 โฆ third in the shot put at the Husky Classic at 48-9 1/2.
High School and Personal: Born in Kansas City, Missouri โฆ parents are Carmalita and Dwayne Kelby โฆ has one younger brother, Vincent โฆ one of the top discus throwers in the nation over her prep career โฆ was named the 2017-18 Gatorade Girlโs Track & Field Athlete of the Year for Missouri โฆ four-time Missouri 5A State Champion in the discus and a two-time State Champion in the shot put โฆ holds the Missouri state record in the discus โฆ ranked seventh nationally in 2018 with her discus toss of 168-6 set in a win at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational โฆ competed at the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships, taking 11th โฆ eighth at the 2017 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the discus โฆ fifth at the 2017 National Junior Olympics meet at 155-3 โฆ a three-time Kansas Relays discus champ and meet record-holder and was the 2018 female MVP of the meet โฆ won eight conference titles, four straight in the discus and shot โฆ also lettered two years in basketball โฆ a two-time Academic All-State selection.
Major Meets
2019 USA U20 Champs - 7th, Shot Put | 4th, Discus
2020 MPSF - 11th, Shot Put
2021 Pac-12 - 5th, Shot Put | 5th, Discus
2021 NCAA Prelims - 14th, Shot Put | 18th, Discus
2022 Pac-12 - 5th, Shot Put | 8th, Discus
2022 NCAA Prelims - 16th, Shot Put | 16th, Discus
2023 Pac-12 - 5th, Shot Put | Foul, Discus
2023 NCAA Prelims - 17th, Shot Put | 16th, Discus
Outdoor Bests
Shot Put.......55-10 1/2
Discus.......185-4
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Indoor Bests
Shot Putโฆโฆ.55-10 1/2
Weight.......54-10 1/4 unatt
Academic Honors
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
