2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Biography
PRs AT UTA | Outdoor: HJ: 1.60m,
PV: 3.93m
TFRRS Profile
Championships (at UTA)
- 2022 Sun Belt Indoor Champion (Pole Vault)
All-Conference Honors (at UTA)
- 2022 All-SBC Indoor First Team (Gold Medalist - Pole Vault)
- 2021 All-SBC Outdoor Second Team (Silver Medalist - Pole Vault)
- 2019 All-SBC Indoor Second Team (Silver Medalist - Pole Vault)
UTA All-Time Top 10 List
- No. 4: Outdoor Pole Vault (3.93m at 2021 Sun Belt Outdoor Championships)
- No. 5: Indoor Pole Vault (3.86m at 2022 Sun Belt Indoor Championships)
Academic Honors
- 2019-2020 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
2021-22 SEASON
2022 Indoor: Competed in the pole vault at two regular season meets… claimed the pole vault title at the conference championships with a final vault at 3.86m, the fifth best mark in program history.
2022 Outdoor: Competed in the pole vault at six regular season meets… placed second at the UTA vs. UNT Dual (3.75)… placed third at the North Texas Classic and the TCU Invitational… finished first at the UTA Invitational with a season's best mark at 3.85m… finished sixth at the conference championships with a final mark at 3.57m.
2020-21 SEASON
2021 Indoor: Set the fifth-best mark in UTA history in the pole vault with a leap of 3.81m (12-6) at the Sun Belt Championships … competed at two regular-season meets.
2021 Outdoor: Placed second in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Championships, clearing the bar at 3.93m (12-10 ¾) … the jump at the SBC meet was the fourth highest in program history … named to the Second Team All-Sun Belt … finished top four in four of five regular season meets.
2019-20 SEASON
2020 Indoor: Placed seventh in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a clearance of 12-1 1/2 (3.70m) ... had a season-best mark of 12-5 1/2 (3.80m) at the Texas Tech Shootout ... that clearance ranks as the No. 5 mark in school history.
2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
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2018-19 SEASON
2019 Indoor: Was the runner up in the pole vault at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... cleared a season-best 12-2 3/4 (3.73m) at the league meet to earn second-team all-conference honors ... competed in five meets.
2019 Outdoor: Had a personal-best mark of 12-8 3/4 (3.88m) in a fifth-place showing at the Texas A&M Alumni Muster ... ranks fourth in school history in the event with that mark ... won the pole vault at the Bobby Lane Invitational with a clearance of 12-3 1/2 (3.75m).
BEFORE UTA
Was the 2018 Kansas 6A state champion in the pole vault ... was the state runner up in the event in 2017 and placed third in 2016 ... had a personal best mark of 12-6, which ranks among the state's all-time top 10 ... also was a member of the gymnastics team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Abigail Jean Kelly-Salo ... is the daughter of Margie Kelly-Salo and Terry Salo ... is a nursing major ... member of UTA Dean's List ... Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List ... graduated cum laude from Shawnee Mission Northwest ... made the 4.0 honor roll with distinction all four years.
