2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Crawford, Kaitlen

Kaitlen Crawford
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Ladue Horton Watkins
Bio
2019-20 (Senior)
Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 (Junior)
Indoor: Saw action in three meets… Took fourth place in the finals of the 60m hurdles at the Blue and Gold Invitational… also qualified for (9.58) the finals of the 60m hurdles at the Badger Icebreaker finishing eighth overall with a time of 9.66… Competed in the 300m dash at the SPIRE Division I Classic and marked a time of 41.72 for her first time running the event.
Outdoor: Saw action in the 100m and 400m hurdles… Marked a time of 15-flat in the 100m hurdles at the Lenny Lyles/Clarke Wood Invitational… Recorded a season-best 14.68 time in the event at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships… Finished first at the DePaul Invitational in the 400m hurdles… set a new personal best in the event with a time of 1:02.75 at the Lenny Lyles/Clarke Wood Invitational.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Competed in four meets specializing in the 60m hurdles… Recorded a season-high fifth place finish at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a time of 9.26… Set a personal best at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a time of 9.12 in the prelims.
Outdoor: Competed in the 100m and 400m hurdles… Marked first sub-15 performance in the 100m hurdles at the DePaul Invitational with a time of 14.90 to take home silver… set a personal best in the event clocking in a time of 14.36 during the prelims of the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, finished seventh overall (14.81)… Earned gold at the DePaul Invitational in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.92 to set a season and personal best… competed at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (1:05.74).
2016-17 (Freshman)
Indoor: Competed in five meets… Took eighth in 60m Hurdles (9.49) at the Indiana Relays (1/27)… Took 24th in 400m Dash (1:00.09) at the Indiana Relays (1/28)… Took 32nd in 60m Dash (8.345) at the Illini Classic (1/14)… A member of the 4x400 relay team that took fourth (3:57.55) at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/2)… A member of the 4x400 relay team that won (3:54.36) the Chicagoland Championships (2/10)… A member of the Distance Medley Relay team that took seventh (12:24.19) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (2/24).
Outdoor: Competed in six meets… Took sixth in 100m Hurdles (14.90) at the preliminaries for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/12)… Took eighth in 100m Hurdles (15.18) at the finals for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/13)… Took 14th in the 400m Dash (1:01.27) at the Illinois Twilight (4/22)… Took fifth in the 400m Hurdles (1:04.03) at the preliminaries for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship (5/12)… Took sixth in the 400m Hurdles (1:06.00) at the finals for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/13).
High School
Made All-State all four years at Ladue Watkins High School and All-Metro Team in hurdles ... Holds the school record for the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.92 ... Also named Rookie of the Year and MVP.
Personal
Daughter of Mark and Leah Crawford ... Father Mark ran track at Southeast Missouri State ... Has two siblings, Mark II and Kiara ... Majoring in Communications - Journalism
Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 (Junior)
Indoor: Saw action in three meets… Took fourth place in the finals of the 60m hurdles at the Blue and Gold Invitational… also qualified for (9.58) the finals of the 60m hurdles at the Badger Icebreaker finishing eighth overall with a time of 9.66… Competed in the 300m dash at the SPIRE Division I Classic and marked a time of 41.72 for her first time running the event.
Outdoor: Saw action in the 100m and 400m hurdles… Marked a time of 15-flat in the 100m hurdles at the Lenny Lyles/Clarke Wood Invitational… Recorded a season-best 14.68 time in the event at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships… Finished first at the DePaul Invitational in the 400m hurdles… set a new personal best in the event with a time of 1:02.75 at the Lenny Lyles/Clarke Wood Invitational.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Competed in four meets specializing in the 60m hurdles… Recorded a season-high fifth place finish at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a time of 9.26… Set a personal best at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a time of 9.12 in the prelims.
Outdoor: Competed in the 100m and 400m hurdles… Marked first sub-15 performance in the 100m hurdles at the DePaul Invitational with a time of 14.90 to take home silver… set a personal best in the event clocking in a time of 14.36 during the prelims of the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, finished seventh overall (14.81)… Earned gold at the DePaul Invitational in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.92 to set a season and personal best… competed at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (1:05.74).
2016-17 (Freshman)
Indoor: Competed in five meets… Took eighth in 60m Hurdles (9.49) at the Indiana Relays (1/27)… Took 24th in 400m Dash (1:00.09) at the Indiana Relays (1/28)… Took 32nd in 60m Dash (8.345) at the Illini Classic (1/14)… A member of the 4x400 relay team that took fourth (3:57.55) at the Blue & Gold Invitational (12/2)… A member of the 4x400 relay team that won (3:54.36) the Chicagoland Championships (2/10)… A member of the Distance Medley Relay team that took seventh (12:24.19) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships (2/24).
Outdoor: Competed in six meets… Took sixth in 100m Hurdles (14.90) at the preliminaries for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/12)… Took eighth in 100m Hurdles (15.18) at the finals for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/13)… Took 14th in the 400m Dash (1:01.27) at the Illinois Twilight (4/22)… Took fifth in the 400m Hurdles (1:04.03) at the preliminaries for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship (5/12)… Took sixth in the 400m Hurdles (1:06.00) at the finals for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (5/13).
High School
Made All-State all four years at Ladue Watkins High School and All-Metro Team in hurdles ... Holds the school record for the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.92 ... Also named Rookie of the Year and MVP.
Personal
Daughter of Mark and Leah Crawford ... Father Mark ran track at Southeast Missouri State ... Has two siblings, Mark II and Kiara ... Majoring in Communications - Journalism
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