Kelly Kern Season 2023-24

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (winter 2023; spring 2022, 2023)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

• Pole vault: 13-4 (4.06m)

As a Junior (2023)
Outdoors

• Reached season-best of 12-10 1/4 (3.92) at the Stanford Invitational
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

• Season-best pole vault of 12-11 1/2 (3.95) came at the Ken Shannon Invitational
• The mark placed her No. 9 on Stanford's all-time indoor list
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

As a Sophomore (2022)
Outdoors

• Won the Payton Jordan Invitational with a season-best 12-9 1/2 (3.90m)
• Second in the Big Meet, also at 12-9 1/2
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll

Indoors

• Did not compete

As a Freshman (2021)
Outdoors

• Did not compete

Indoors

• Did not compete

Prior to Stanford

• Two-time North Coast Section Meet of Champions winner in the pole vault
• Broke the NCS Meet of Champions meet record
• Three-time California state meet qualifier, placing fourth at state in 2019
• The No. 1-ranked sophomore in the nation in 2018 and the No. 2 junior in 2019
• USATF Junior Olympics national champ in the 13-14 age group

Personal

• Parents are Gregory and Kathleen Kern
• Has a sister, Katie, and brother, Jake
• Katie was a pole vaulter at Illinois
• Taught herself how to play the piano and ukulele

Career Results