JuliaGunnell
- position Multis
- class Junior
- Hometown Fayetteville, Arkansas
- High school Fayetteville
- Major Chemical Engineering
https://tfrrs.org/athletes/8680446/Kentucky/Julia_Gunnell.html
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
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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