Track & Field

JuliaGunnell

  • position Multis
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Fayetteville, Arkansas
  • High school Fayetteville
  • Major Chemical Engineering

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Personal Bests

Indoor:

60H – 8.64

800 – 2:16.28

HJ – 1.60m

LJ – 5.464m

SP – 11.70m

PENT – 3908

Outdoor:

200 – 24.84 (-0.3)

800 – 2:17.96

100H – 14.21 (-0.4)

HJ – 5’3.75″/1.62m

SP – 40’3.25″/12.27m

LJ – 18’2.5″/5.55m

JT – 120’3″/36.65m

Hep – 5415

300H – 44.76

In the Record Book

  • Ranks sixth on the UK all-time performance list in the Pentathlon with a score of 3678

Academic Accolades 

  • USTFCCCA Academic All-American – 2025
  • SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll – 2025
  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2024

2024-25 (Sophomore)

Outdoor

  • Posted a lifetime best mark of 5,415 points in the heptathlon final at the SEC Championships, also posting personal best in the long jump (5.55m), 200m (24.84) and 100m hurdles (14.21) events.
  • Posted personal best marks in the shot put (12.27m) and high jump (1.62m) events at the Jim Green Invitational
  • Placed third in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout, posting a personal best mark of 36.65m in the javelin throw
  • Made her outdoor season debut at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge, placing 16t in the 100m hurdles event

Indoor

  • Placed ninth at the SEC Championships in the pentathlon, posting a personal best mark of 3,908 points
  • Finished fifth in the pentathlon at the Razorback Invite, posting a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:16.28
  • Placed fifth in the 800m event at the Rod McCravy Memorial
  • Made season debut at Louisville Opener, placing third in the pentathlon with a personal best score of 3,678

2023-24 (Freshman)

Outdoor

  • Placed 3rd in the javelin throw with a mark of 117’3″/35.75m at the EKU Spring Meet
  • Placed 3rd in the long jump with a mark of 15’9″/4.80m (1.0) at the EKU Spring Meet
  • Placed 6th in the heptathlon with a score of 4,486 points after placing 3rd in the 100mH (15.16), 5th in the javelin throw (96’9″/29.50m) and 800m (2:24.00), sixth in the shot put (34’4.25″/10.47m) and 200m (26.55), 7th in the long jump (15’11″/4.85m) and 8th in the high jump (4’10.25″/1.48m) at the Jim Green Invitational

Indoor

  • Won the pentathlon with a score of 3,186 points after winning the 800m (2:29.36) and Long Jump (16’5.75″/5.02m) and placed 2nd in the 60H (9.57), High Jump (4’10.5″/1.49m) and Shot Put (32’1.5″/9.79m) at the Indiana Early Bird meet
  • Set a personal best time of 9.47 in the 60-meter hurdles prelims at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
  • Member of the 4×400 relay team that placed 17th with a time of 4:06.34 at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet
  • Placed 29th with a mark of 15’9.5″/4.81m in the long jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet

High School  

  • Four year member of the track & field program at Fayetteville HS 
  • Won a state championship in 2022 and state runner up in 2023
  • Won an individual state championship in the 300H in 2021
  • State runner up in the 60H in 2022 and heptathlon in 2023
  • National Honor Society member
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