Track & Field

JuliaGunnell

  • position Jumps
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Fayetteville, Arkansas
  • High school Fayetteville
  • Major Chemical Engineering

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Personal Bests

Indoor:

60H – 9.47

800 – 2:29.36

HJ – 4’10.5″/1.49m

LJ – 16’5.75″/5.02m

SP – 32’1.5″/9.79m

PENT – 3186

Outdoor:

200 – 26.55 (1.0)

800 – 2:24.00

100mH – 15.16 (1.9)

HJ – 4’10.25″/1.48m

SP – 34’4.25″/10.47m

LJ – 15’11″/4.85m

JT – 96’9″/29.50m

Hep – 4486

300H – 44.76

Academic Accolades 

  • SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2024

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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