2010 Track and Field Roster
Holly Odneal
- Position:
- Combined Events
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Palisade, Colo.
- High School:
- Palisade
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Pentathlon: 3,476 (2013)
60-Meter Hurdles: 9.07 (2013)
High Jump: 5-07/1.70m (2010)
Shot Put: 41-5/12.62m (2013)
Long Jump: 16-04.25/4.98m (2010)
800-Meters: 2:33.88 (2011)
60-Meters: 8.59 (2010)
OUTDOOR
Heptathlon: 4,699 (2011)
100-Meters Hurdles: 14.70 (2011)
High Jump: 5-05.25/1.66m (2011)
Shot Put: 38-8.25/11.79m (2013)
200-Meters: 27.32 (2012)
Long Jump: 17-02.00/5.23m (2011)
Javelin: 113-03/34.53m (2010)
800-Meters: 2:33.16 (2013)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 (2011)
MPSF All-Academic (2012, 13)
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2012, 13)
2013: Indoor: Odneal finished her pentathlon at CU with a lifetime best of 3,476 points at the UW Invite (1/25) and placed 11th overall. She also recorded a PR of 9.07 in the 60-meter hurdles at the same meet. Odneal picked up a pair of season-bests at the UW Invite as well. She cleared 5-4.25 in the high jump and recorded a mark of 16-0.25 in the long jump. Odneal also took 15th at the MPSF Championships with 3,291 points.
Outdoor: Odneal competed in one heptathlon during her final season, recording a 14th-place finish (4,376 points) at the Jim Click Combined Events (4/5-6). At the meet, she recorded a personal record in the 800, clocking in at 2:33.16. Odneal also recorded a personal best in the shot put (38-8.25) at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/27).
2012: Indoor: Odneal competed in one pentathlon for the Buffs, finishing seventh overall at the Potts Invite (3/20) with 3,297 points. At the meet, she recorded the sixth-best shot put mark in CU pentathlon history (38-11), which took first at the meet. Odneal participated at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships in the high jump, clearing 5-02.25.
Outdoor: Odneal recorded 3,672 points in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Shootout (3/27), her only heptathlon of the season (she did not record a height in the high jump). She recorded a toss of 37-11.50 in the shot put, which ranks 11th on CU’s combined events chart and placed sixth at the meet. At the CU Invite (4/14), Odneal set a PR of 27.32 in the 200, which placed 14th overall.
2011: Indoor: Odneal continued to improve for the Buffs, competing in three pentathlons during the indoor season. Her best meet was the Potts Invite (1/22), where she recorded a personal best and fourth-place finish with 3,380 points to rank eighth on the CU performers list. She was sixth at the New Mexico Classic (2/4) with 3,342 points and placed 11th at the Big 12 Championships with 3,364 points, tying for 11th overall. Odneal recorded the fifth and sixth fastest CU times for the pentathlon in the 60-meter hurdles. She finished the conference meet in 9.16 and clocked a time of 9.19 at the Potts Invite. Odneal also ranks in CU’s combined events shot put chart with the seventh and eighth best throws. She tossed the shot put 38-02.75 at the Big 12 meet, which was third, and recorded a throw of 38-00.75 at the Potts Invite.
Outdoor: Odneal took part in three heptathlons for the Buffs, competing at the Jim Click (3/31-4/1), Glenn Morris (4/22-23) and Big 12 (5/13-14) meets. Odneal earned her personal best at the conference championships, picking up a score of 4,699 points for 11th place with six personal bests. She ran to PR’s in the 100-meter hurdles (14.70) and 800 (2:34.30) and recorded season best marks of 5-05.25 in the high jump, 36-10.25 in the shot put, 17-02 in the long jump and 27.55 in the 200.
2010: Indoor: Odneal competed in three pentathlons for the Buffs in her first season. She recorded a season-high (3,258 points) at the New Mexico Classic (2/5). Odneal also set season bests in the shot put (35-07.75) and long jump (16-04.25). Her mark in the shot put was the 10th best in CU combined events history at the time. Odneal also competed at the Big 12 Championship, placing 13th overall (3,223). Odneal also spent time focusing on the high jump. She reached a height of 5-7 at the Don Barrett Duals (1/30).
Outdoor: Odneal participated in two heptathlons during the outdoor season and saved the best for last since she recorded a season-high of 4,277 points at the Big 12 Championship (placing 13th overall). Odneal totaled three season bests at the meet, running the 200 in 27.84, the 800 in 2:34.30 and threw the javelin 113-03. Her mark in the javelin ranked eighth on the CU combined events chart and was the fifth best throw for a Buff in the 2010 season. Odneal recorded a season best in the shot put (35-07.75) at the Glenn Morris Multi-Events meet (4/22-23).
HIGH SCHOOL: Odneal earned four letters in track and field at PHS. She was a two-time regional champion in the high jump and won the region champion in the 100-meter hurdles once. Odneal owns the PHS records in both events. She recorded a jump of 5-4 high jump and a time of 15.2 in the 100-meter hurdles. Odneal was an all-conference selection all four years and was all-state as a sophomore. She also competed at a meet in Brisbane, Australia and took first in the high jump, clearing the bar at 5-04.50. Odneal was also a four-year letterwinner for the basketball team and was all-conference her senior year. She earned first team academic honors as a junior and senior in high school.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: High Jump: 5-04.50; 100-Meter Hurdles: 15.2; Heptathlon: 3,800.
IN THE CLASSROOM: Odneal is majoring in finance. She earned a 4.0 GPA her first semester and was named to the Dean’s List and the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. She was named MSPF All-Academic and Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention in 2012 and ‘13. Odneal currently owns a GPA greater than 3.60.
PERSONAL: Holly Rae Odneal was born on December 22, 1990 in Palisade, Colo. and is the daughter of Wes and Linda Odneal. Linda played basketball at Otero Junior College and Wes was on the rodeo team at Sterling Junior College and then rode bare-back broncos professionally. She has one sister, Hannah, and one brother, Joey. Odneal lists her hobbies as snowboarding, shopping and playing solitaire. She volunteered at the YMCA for a service learning class through AmeriCorps in 2008.
