Kellie Lind

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fox Island, Wash.
High School:
Gig Harbor

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Weight Throw: 50-08/15.44m (2011)
OUTDOOR
Hammer Throw: 172-10/52.67m (2015)

2015: Indoor: Lind competed in the weight throw at seven meets during her final season and recorded four top-10 finishes. Her best performance came at the Rocky Mountain Classic where she took ninth with a season best mark of 50-2.50.
Outdoor: Lind finished her final season on a high note, focusing on the hammer throw. She tallied seven top 10 finishes in her nine meets. Lind’s highest finish was third at the Air Force Twilight (5/8) with a throw of 162-4. Lind threw her personal best of 175-10 at the Cowpoke Open (5/1) for sixth place. Her final meet was the Pac-12 Championships and she took 15^th overall (160-5).

2014: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.

2013: Indoor: Lind competed at a trio of meets for CU. She recorded a season-best toss of 48-04.75 in the weight throw at the Air Force All-Comers Meet, placing seventh in the process.
Outdoor: Lind continued to focus on the hammer throw and recorded a PR in her first meet of the season, the Jerry Quiller Classic (3/15). She threw the hammer 169-10, which was good for third-place.

2012: Indoor: Lind threw the weight at four meets during her sophomore campaign. She had her best showing at the Potts Invite (1/21), placing fourth with a toss of 46-02. Lind had one other throw over 45 feet during that season; that came at the Air Force Team Challenge (1/28). She was 15^th with a mark of 45-01.50.
Outdoor: Lind competed in seven meets for the Buffs. She launched a personal best of 157-02 at the Potts Invite (3/17), which was good for eighth. She also competed at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 144-01 to place 15^th.

2011: Indoor: Lind focused on the weight throw during the indoor season. She had the third-best throw by a Buffalo at the Potts Invite (1/22), tossing the weight throw 55-08 for sixth-place.
Outdoor: Lind threw the hammer during the outdoor season. Her season best of 148-00 at the Front Range Classic (5/1) was the sixth best throw of the season for the Buffs and earned her 12^thplace at the meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lind earned four letters as a member of the Tides’ track and field team. She placed 10^th at the state championship in 2010 in the discus. That same year, she was seventh in the hammer at the state competition.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Hammer: 136-11.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Lind majored in integrative physiology.

PERSONAL: Kellie Anne Lind was born on June 6, 1992 in Tacoma, Wash. She is the daughter of Chris Lind of Gig Harbor and Wendy Lind of Fox Island. Lind is the youngest of five children. She has two sisters, Katie and Amy, and two brothers, Michael and Kevin. Katie played soccer at Concordia University (Portland, Ore.). She enjoys skiing, hiking, rock climbing and camping.