--LINK: Landscape architecture grad found her future at ASU (by Deborah Sussman, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts/April 30, 2020)
2019-20 Outdoor*
* Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20 Indoor
| Kaylee Antill Top Marks | |||||||
| INDOOR | MARK | YEAR | |||||
| Shot Put | 12.82m (42-0.75) | 2017 NAU Friday Night Duals | |||||
| Weight Throw | 19.47m (63-10.5) | 2018 Don Kirby Elite | |||||
| OUTDOOR | MARK | YEAR | |||||
| Hammer Throw | 63.89m (209-7) | 2018 West Preliminary Rounds | |||||
| Discus Throw | 49.74m (163-2) | 2018 Pac-12 Championships | |||||
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All-America Honors
2018 Hammer Throw (24th place)
All-conference honors
2019 Pac-12 hammer throw (5th place)
2019 MPSF weight throw (6th place)
2018 Pac-12 discus throw (8th place)
2018 Pac-12 hammer throw (5th place)
2018 MPSF weight throw (8th place)
2017 Pac-12 hammer throw (5th place)
2017 MPSF weight throw (7th place)
Marks in ASU Top-10
Hammer throw – 63.89m/209-7 (6th)
Weight throw – 19.47m/63-10.50 (8th)
2020-21 Outdoor
- Took second in the hammer throw at the Willie Williams Classic/Dave Murray Distance Carnival.
2019-20 Outdoor*
* Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019-20 Indoor
- Competed in three events this season, winning two of them.
- Finished fifth with a throw of 18.81-meters (61-8.5) at the MPSF Championships.
- Best weight throw of the season was 19.42m/63-8.75 feet at the Lumberjack Team Challenge.
- Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the hammer throw for the third-straight season
- Finished fifth in the hammer at the Pac-12 Championships
- Her best hammer throw mark of the season came at the ASU Invitational (60.64m/198-11)
- Threw the discus 48.90m/160-5 feet at the Triton Invitational
- Her sixth-place finish in the weight throw was her third time scoring at the MPSF Championships
- Best weight throw mark of the season was 18.91m/62-0.5 feet at the Don Kirby Elite
- Took second at the MT. T's Invitational in the weight throw
- Finished 24th at her first NCAA Championship appearance in the hammer throw.
- Advanced to the outdoor championships with a personal best throw of 63.89m/209-7 feet at the West Preliminary Rounds that lifted her to fourth place in the competition.
- Was pivotal for the Sun Devil women at the Pac-12 Championships as she scored in both of her events, taking eighth in the discus throw and fifth in the hammer.
- Threw the discus 49.74m/163-2 feet to set a personal best at the conference meet.
- Had a busy season for the Devils, competing in nine meets.
- Earned her second straight All-MPSF honor in the weight throw when she finished eighth at the conference championships
- Set a personal best in the weight of 19.47m/63-10.5 at the Don Kirby Elite
- Competed five times for the Devils, finishing in the top-eight at each competition and the top-three on three occasions.
- Received her second-straight first-team All-MPSF academic honor
- As just a redshirt freshman, has moved up to the 7th-best hammer throw mark in ASU history after hitting 60.45m (198-4) at the Duel in the Desert
- Enters her first-ever Pac-12 Championships with the fifth-best mark in the conference
- Threw the 10th best hammer throw mark in ASU history at the Baldy Castillo Invite at 58.38m (191-6)
- MPSF All-Academic with a 4.07 GPA
- Finished 7th in the weight throw in her first-ever MPSF Championships
- Placed top-10 with a 12.82m -- a new personal best -- in the women's shot put during the 2017 NAU Friday Night Duels
- Also tossed a new personal best in the weight throw at the Friday Night Duels with toss of 18.87m, which ranks 7th on the ASU all-time indoor list
- Antill redshirted her freshman season.
- New Balance Nationals Outdoor Discus champion in 2015 (4th best mark all-time)
- New balance Nationals Indoor 2nd place in the weight throw
- 2x High School All-American
- Discus champion at 2015 Midwest Meet of Champions
- 2015 OHSAA Ohio State discus champion
- 4x all-Ohioan discus, 3x discus Academic All-Ohioan, 2x Academic All-Ohioan in shot put
- USATF State hammer champion in 2014 & 2015
- OATCC Indoor State weight throw & shot-put champion in 2015 (new meet record in weight throw)
- 4x district discus champion, 3x district shot put champion, and 3x district field athlete of the year
- Has the school records in both discus (169'-3") and shot put (45'-10") - broke each year
- Highest field points award all four years in track
| If you could have dinner with anyone from any era, who would it be and where? |
My grandmas they died when I was young I miss them I would cook for them at my house.
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| One word to describe the feeling of putting on the ASU uniform for the first time: |
Some nerves but good emotions. Finally getting an opportunity to represent your college and all those who helped you get to where you are now.
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| You have a chance to pick the brain of any coach of any sport for one hour....who is it? |
Lance Deal
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| The most upset you have ever been in a game was: |
At Nationals when my hammer hit the floor on my first two throws.
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| The happiest you have ever been in a game: |
When I pr’d 5 throws out of 6 in one meet.
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| You have a chance to go watch one past sporting event live (any sport)...what are you going to? |
Ohio state beating Oregon in the football national championship
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| You need a walk-up song, what is it? |
Born to be yours imagine dragons and kygo I believe
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| What do you like best about your hometown? |
Everything. The size the changing of the seasons, and the rolling hills and river valley.
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| A movie you have watched more than once and will watch again: |
Any avengers movie
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| Past Sun Devil (any sport) you wish you could have watched compete: |
Ryan whiting
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| Favorite song from your favorite artist? |
I enjoy zac brown band
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| What is one of your favorite quotes? |
All it takes is all you got.
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| What chore do you absolutely hate doing? |
Running the sweeper
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| What is your favorite form of exercise? |
Strength training clean circuits
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| Who has been the biggest influence on your career? |
Athletic career is coach Blu academic career is myself.
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| If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be? |
2019 Track and field world championships where Diana Price from America won’t he hammer throw.
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| If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? |
Play guitar or ukulele
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| If you could meet anyone, past or present, who would it be? |
My mom’s dad who died when she was young.
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| What did you do growing up that got you into trouble? |
Nothing really.
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| What story does your family always tell about you? |
My senior year winning the discus state title, Midwest meet of champions title and then winning new balance nationals and setting Pr’s at all the meets.
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| What's your favorite TV show and why? |
Something HGTV
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| If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be |
I don’t even have a Netflix account don’t watch tv much I have no idea.
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| If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it? |
Believe and persevere
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| Name one thing about yourself that most people don't know: |
I have ulcerative colitis
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| If you had to watch one show for the rest of your life, it would be: |
HGTV
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| A Sun Devil "story" that has put a lump in your throat: |
No idea
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| Game/event where you learned the most from? |
All of them provide a learning experience good or bad.
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| If you could live during any time period when/where would it be and why? |
1803 where you used horses for transportation and there was more wilderness
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| What is the most important thing that a parent/grandparent taught you? |
To believe in yourself
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| What was the single-biggest challenge of your life? |
Too many to count.
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| What is your favorite road trip destination? |
Yellowstone or Colorado Rocky Mountain national park. Or the beach haha
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| What toppings do you get on your pizza? |
Pepperoni, sausage, spinach
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| Favorite pro athlete you have been around... |
Magdalyn Ewen
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| Most underrated coach you have been around... |
My high school throws coach
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| Past Sun Devil game/event you wish you would have been there live to see... |
Michigan state asu football game
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| What you know now that you wish you knew in high school... |
To not get an antibiotic for an ear infection from the sports medicine department. Rewears two years of my eligibility.
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| Typically, I am in bed and lights are out at... |
11:30
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| Last book I read: |
The Art of Strategic leadership
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| Last movie I saw: |
Call if the wild
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| What was the first concert you ever attended? |
Allen Jackson and Martina mcbride
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| The most played song on my phone (spotify, ipod, etc.) is: |
Dance the night away- Shane smith and the saints
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| My favorite month: |
September
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| Something I have not done, but I will... |
Buy a puppy...someday when I have a yard
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| What is your favorite holiday and why? |
Easter because of spring flowers, renewal and the beginning of track season
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| What three words would you use to describe yourself? |
Hardworking, bubbly, shy
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| If you could be on any game show, which show would you choose? |
Wipeout
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| What is the most useful app you have downloaded? |
Honestly that Starbucks app is pretty good. I don’t get it too often but it’s really functional and useful to use points.
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| What is your best childhood memory? |
Summer family parties and swimming at my house
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| You have just won the lottery, what is your first purchase? |
30 acres of land
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| What is your favorite sport to watch? |
Football
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| What is your favorite food? |
A really good salad with fruit chicken or salmon and some great dressing and cheese.
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| What is your favorite restaurant? |
Longhorn or Cheesecake Factory
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| What is your favorite candy? |
Dark chocolate
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| What do you miss the most about being a kid? |
My body not hurting as often haha
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| What is the hardest thing that you have ever done? |
Be the first one to graduate with a Landscape Architecture degree, be a division 1 athlete, complete the Barrett honors thesis, and suffer from an autoimmune condition and not die in the process.
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| One sentence to describe your family... |
My family is busy and fun
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| What is a place that you have always wanted to visit? |
Yosemite
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| My dream job is: |
A residential landscape architect
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| What is the most exciting game you've been a part of: |
Not sure
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| An initiative/movement that means a lot to me is: |
Raising awareness for human trafficking
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