Kalei Matthews

University of Louisiana Track and Field Friday Aug. 31, 2018 in Lafayette, La. Photo by Brad Kemp

Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Independence, Kan.
High School:
Independence
Prev School:
Arizona State

2018-19: Indoor - Ran a season-best 24.48 in the 200 meters to finish third during the preliminaries at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships ... clocked time of 24.54 in the finals to finish fifth overall ... clocked a time of 56.89 in the preliminaries of the 400 meters at the SBC Indoor before setting personal-best (55.98) in the finals to finish fourth overall. Outdoor - Ran unattached in the Louisiana Classics, finishing first in the 200 meters (24.43) and second in the 400 meters (54.90).

2017-18 (at Arizona State): Outdoor - Posted top times in her lone season at Arizona State in both the 100-meters (11.97) and 200-meters (24.18) at the Baldy Castillo Invitational … clocked a time of 54.99 in the 400-meters to finish 10th at the Desert Heat Classic … ran leg of 4x100-meter relay team (45.12) and 4x400-meter relay team (3:39.57) that posted season-best times at the 39th Sun Angel Classic … was fifth in the 200-meters (24.57) at the Sun Angel Classic … posted time of 24.74 in the 200-meters at the Mt. SAC Relays … ran a leg of 4x100-meter relay (45.91) and 4x400-meter relay (3:44.42) that finished fifth and eighth respectively at the Pac-12 Championships. Indoor – Posted times in the 60-meter dash (7.84) and 200-meters (24.82) at the Texas Tech Shootout … posted top time in the 400-meters (57.06) at the Husker Invitational … placed 10th in the 400-meters (57.14) at the Texas A&M Quadrangular … member of the 4x400-meter relay team that produced a top time (3:47.24) at the Texas A&M Quadrangular … ran a leg of Arizona State’s distance medley relay team that placed ninth overall (11:35.55) at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships.

2016-17 (At Coffeyville CC): Outdoor – A NJCAA/USTFCCCA All-American in the 400-meters (55.38) and 4x400-meter relay (school-record 3:46.19) at Coffeyville Community College … finished second overall in the 200-meters (24.37) and 400-meters (54.01) at the 2017 Region VI Outdoor Championships … placed seventh overall in the 200-meters (24.32) at the John McDonnell Invitational. Indoor – Earned All-America honors in both the 200-meters (24.47) and 4x400-meter relay (school-record 3:44.78) at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships … helped Coffeyville to second-place finishes in both the 200-meters (24.63) and 4x400-meters (3:46.43) at the 2017 NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships.

2015-16 (At Coffeyville CC): Outdoor – Earned NJCAA All-America honors in the both the 4x100-meter relay (46.35) and 4x400-meter relay (3:50.37) … helped Coffeyville to a sixth-place finish in the 4x100 at the Kansas Relays. Indoor – Earned All-America in the 4x400-meters at the NJCAA Indoor Championships after helping the Red Ravens to a seventh-place finish (3:53.33) … ran leg of CCC’s second-place 4x400-meter squad at the NJCAA Region VI Championships (3:50.71) … ran time of 25.77 in the 200-meters at the Gorilla Classic.

High School: State champion in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 4x100-meters and 4x400-meters at the 2016 KSHAA Class 4A meet … helped IHS to a second-place finish in the 4x100 and fourth-place finish in the 200-meters at the state meet as a junior … A 10-time letterwinner in tennis, basketball and track at Independence High School.

Personal: Born March 26 1997 in Wichita, Kan. ... legal guardians are Linda and Charles Matthews ... has two sisters and one brother ... twin sister, Shalei, is on the Ragin' Cajuns track and field team.