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One of Oregon's most decorated women's hurdlers in recent history, Kayla Mellott returns in 2006-07 as a second-year volunteer coach for the Duck sprints and hurdles crews.
Mellott worked with the talented UO men's sprint, hurdle and relay corps in 2006 and helped them to another record-breaking season. The men's 4x100m relay scored its first ever Pac-10 win at home, then added a third-place regional effort and seventh-place NCAA finish (39.48). The 4x400m relay also added its third straight NCAA outdoor honor (sixth), and added top-three placings in the Pac-10 Championships (second) and West Regional (third). On the individual front, Matt Scherer claimed UO's third Pac-10 title in the 400m (45.19), while Richard Del Rincon finished top-three in the 100m (second, 10.41) and 200m (third, 10.55). Scherer and Eric Mitchum were later tabbed All-Americans in the 400m (fifth, 45.41) and 110m hurdles (fifth, 13.58), while Mitchum also scored another All-America plaque indoors in the 60m hurdles (third, 7.68) to help UO to a sixth-place NCAA indoor team finish.
A decorated 400m hurdler for the Ducks from 2002-05, she was a two-time Pac-10 scorer and still ranks eighth all-time for the Ducks with her personal best of 60.13 that placed her fouth as a senior in the 2005 Pac-10 Championships. She wrapped up her career as an NCAA qualifier in 2005 (61.23) after she placed fifth in the West Regional Championships (60.38) in Eugene. She also competed in the Pac-10 and West Regional Championships as a junior in 2004 (seventh/15th).
As a prep, she was a Washington state championship qualifier all four seasons for Sehome High School in Bellingham, and scored invididually in the 300 hurdles as a senior (seventh, 46.58).
Off the track, she graduated from the University of Oregon after the 2005 spring season with a degree in Human Physiology, and was an Pac-10 All-Academic pick.
Currently, she also works part-time in various sales and product management and ordering areas at the Eugene Running Company.
Personal Bests
400 Hurdles - 60.13, Pac-10 Championships, March 15, 2005 (#7 all-time at UO)
400 meters (Indoors) - 57.06, Mountain Pacific Championships, February 25, 2005
800 meters (Indoors) - 2:21.76, Holiday Inn Invite, February 12, 2005
NCAA Championships Performances
2005 - 400 Hurdles, 24th, 61.23-prelims
NCAA West Regional Performances
2005 - 400 Hurdles - 5th, 60.38; 60.45-prelims
2004 - 400 Hurdles, 15th-prelims, 62.02
2003 - 400 Hurdles, 21st-prelims (4th-heat), 61.90
Pac-10 Championships Performances
2005 - 400 Hurdles - 4th, 60.13; 60.24-prelims
2004 - 400 Hurdles, 7th-final, 61.27; 60.72-prelims
2003 - 400 Hurdles, 10th-p, (6th-heat), 61.76
Mellott’s Top Oregon Performances
400-meter Hurdles
60.13, 4th, (60.24-p) Pac-10 Championships 5/15 (PR, #7 all-time at UO)
60.15, 2nd, Oregon Invitational, 4/23/05
60.24-prelims, Pac-10 Champs 5/15/05
60.38, 5th, NCAA West Regional, 5/28/05
60.45-prelims, 4th, NCAA West Regional, 5/27/05
60.72, 3rd-heat, 6th-overall prelims, Pac-10 Championships, 5/14/04
60.8h,2nd, Oregon Twilight, 5/1/04
61.27, 7th-final, Pac-10 Championships, 5/15/04
61.30, 2nd, Long Beach State Invitational, 4/18
61.43, 3rd, Pepsi Invite, 4/10/04
61.57, 2nd, Golden Bear Invite, 4/16/05
61.66, 2nd, Pepsi Invite, 4/9/05
