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  Gayle Hunter

Gayle Hunter

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Riverside, Calif.

High School:
J.W. North

Position:
Multi-Events

Experience:
5th Yr.

Personal Bests

Indoors
200m: 24.56
800m: 2:20.18
55mH: 7.96
60mH: 8.56
High Jump: 5-6.5 (1.69)
Long Jump: 20-1.50 (6.13)
Triple Jump: 41-4.50 (12.60)
4x400: 3:35.90
Pentathlon: 4059 (PSU Record)

Outdoors
200m: 24.00
800m: 2:17.20
100mH: 13.74
4x400: 3:31.75 (PSU Record)
High Jump: 5-5.25 (1.66)
Long Jump: 20-6.25 (6.25)
Triple Jump: 41-2.50 (12.56)
Shot Put: 37-0.50 (11.29)
Javelin: 118-10 (36.23)
Heptathlon: 5711 (PSU Record)

On the National Scene ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Earned All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships ... also set the school record at 5711 ... Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the USATF Championships ... Participated in three events at the NCAA East Regional, posting an eighth-place finish in the long jump ... Ran on the school-record 4x400 that ran 3:31.75 to place second at the regional and qualify for the national meet. || 2007 Indoors || Finished 10th in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships. || 2005 Outdoors || Took second in the long jump at the Pan Am Junior Track and Field Championships ... Finished 16th in both the long jump and 4x400 at the NCAA Championships ... placed 18th in the heptathlon ... Place third in the long jump at the East Regional, and fifth in the 4x400. || 2005 Indoors || Posted a 14th-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Championships.

At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Scored in four events, including a third-place finish in the heptathlon, a seventh-place effort in the triple jump, and sixth-place standing in the long jump ... also ran a leg of the first-place 4x400 that set a new Nittany Lion Track record (3:34.93). || 2007 Indoors || Placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 41-4.25 (12.60), and scored a fourth-place finish in the pentathlon. || 2005 Outdoors || Took second in the heptathlon and notched fifth place finishes in the long jump, triple jump, and 4x400. || 2005 Indoors || Finished eighth in the triple jump and ninth in the pentathlon.

Around the Track ...
|| 2007 Outdoors || Won the heptathlon title at the prestigious Penn Relays, posting an automatic-qualifying 5606 ... Also won the multi at the Auburn Tiger Classic with a score of 5419 ... Won the long jump at the Bucknell Team Challenge and the George Mason Spring Classic. || 2007 Indoors || Won the pentathlon at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup with a season-best a provisional-qualifying score of 4033 ... Took first in the long jump at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup and placed second at the Penn State Open and Penn State National ...Ran on the Lions' provisional-qualifying 4x400 at the Penn State National (3:38.13) ... Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Penn State Open. || 2006 Outdoors || Medical Redshirt. || 2006 Indoors || Posted a provisional-qualifying long jump of 20-1 (6.12) before her season was cut short due to injury. || 2005 Outdoors || Placed third in the heptathlon at the Ole Miss Invitational ... Finished fifth in the Olympic Development 100-meter hurdles at Penn Relays. || 2005 Indoors || Set facility and school records in the pentathlon with a score of 4059 ... Finished second in the long jump at the Penn State Relays, Open, and Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. || High School || 2004 US Junior heptathlon champion ... placed sixth in the heptathlon in the 2004 World Junior Championships ... Number-one ranked high school long jumper in 2004 (20-7.50) ... Riverside County Athlete of the Year ... 2004 Nike Outdoor National long jump champion. || Personal || Daughter of Gail and Fred Kunz ... born April 8, 1986 ... Journalism major.



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