Kelpis Finishes Ninth at UCSB Heptathlon

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Brianna Kelpis finished ninth at the UC Santa Barbara Heptathlon Mar. 9-10.

Kelpis opened the event with a personal best in the 100m hurdles as she ran a time of :15.14 (823 points) to finish second in the race. In the high jump, Kelpis recorded a new personal best as she posted a leap of 4-11 3/4 (644 points) which tied her for second with two others during the event.

Kelpis PR'd in the shot put with a toss of 40-1 1/2 which scored her 676 points and gave her a second place showing in the shot.

Kelpis made if 4-of-4 in personal bests when she ran :27.99 to score 632 points and finish 10th in the race. Kelpis scored 2,775 points on day one and sat in second, trailing UC Santa Barbara's Jessica Swalve by 140 points.

The long jump was the first event of day two. Unfortunately for Kelpis, she fouled and did not score any points.

Kelpis reset her personal best in the javelin as she recorded a toss of 122-6 3/4 to finish second in the event. Her toss was worth 617 points.

Kelpis ran 2:49.95 in the 800m to finish 11th in the race. She scored 464 points in the race to finish the heptathlon with a score of 3,856 points.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JUSTIN JOHNSON
"Bri is the ultimate competitor. She set a personal best in five of the seven events. We had a major setback in the long jump in which were unable to get a legal mark. However, Bri kept her composure and came back with a personal best in the javelin. Bri's got a lot more in the tank and I believe that we will see great things from her this season."

UP NEXT
The Matadors compete in the UCSB Invitational on Friday. The field events are set for 11:30 a.m. with the running events getting underway at 3 p.m. Live stats will be available with the link on GoMatadors.com.

Kelpis Finishes Ninth at UCSB Heptathlon

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