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Kayla Stueckle
Kayla Stueckle

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Puyallup, Wash.

High School:
Emerald Ridge

Position:
Sprints

Experience:
1V

05/24/2012

Brookman Leads Eight Huskies Advancing At NCAAs

All four Husky sprinters advance and three Huskies move on in the 1,500-meters.

05/22/2012

Huskies Start NCAA Run In Texas

Twelve athletes from each event in the West Region will advance on to Iowa for the semis and finals.

05/17/2012

Fields Set For NCAA Prelims

Nine of the 30 Huskies heading for Austin will be making their NCAA Prelim debuts.

05/13/2012

Alaka Defends Pac-12 Sprint Title As Huskies Close Strong

Both Washington track teams place in the top half of the conference standings.

05/12/2012

Freshman Juilfs Wins Pac-12 Pole Vault Title

Four Huskies place in the top-seven in the men's javelin for 19 team points.

2011: Enjoyed a strong freshman season that saw her qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships as Washington's top 400-meter hurdler ... broke the sixty-second mark to win the 400m hurdles in the UW-WSU dual, running a season-best 59.84 ... placed 38th at NCAA prelims in Eugene, running 1:01.34 ... at the Mt. SAC Relays, clocked 1:01.40 in the long hurdles for 19th-place ... sixth at the Pepsi Team Invite in 1:01.93 ... also posted the best 100-meter hurdles time of the year for UW at the Pepsi Team Invite, running 14.74 to finish sixth ... ran on both the 4x1 and 4x4 relays at the Pac-10 Championships, with both placing seventh and was 14th in the 400m hurdles ... also ran the first leg on UW's top 4x100m relay of the year, winning the Beach Invitational in 45.93 seconds, the ninth-best time in school history ... continued her outdoor season to the USA Junior Championships, placing sixth in the 400m hurdles final ... indoors, finished 16th at the MPSF Championships in the 60-meter hurdles in a season-best 8.83 seconds, and ran on the 4x400m relay which took seventh in 3:48.53 ... the 4x4 relay took second at the Husky Classic in 3:46.83, a time that ranks sixth in school history ... named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

High School and Personal: Born in Puyallup, Washington ... parents are Heather and Dan Stueckle ... has two younger sisters, Kimberly and Karlee, and one younger brother, Kyle ... capped her outstanding prep career with three 4A Washington state titles as a senior, winning the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, and the long jump, and taking third in the 200-meters ... won five state titles in her career, including three-straight in the 300-meter hurdles ... captured the 2009 4A Washington state title in the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 42.13 seconds that was more than a full second faster than the next-fastest finisher at any level ... that state-winning time was the meet record and just .01 seconds off the Washington state record ... she was undefeated in the 300m hurdles as a junior, and her time ranked 11th nationally and was the second-best time in the country among the class of 2010 ... also won the Washington state title in the long hurdles as a sophomore in 2008 ... also placed second at state in 2009 and fourth in 2008 in the 100m hurdles ... for good measure, also placed third at the state 2009 meet in the 200-meter dash in a PR of 24.71 seconds and took third in the long jump with a mark of 18-0 1/4, giving her four different top-three finishes at state ... took third in the 300m hurdles at the 2010 Arcadia Invite in a time of 43.7 ... named South Puget Sound League Track Athlete of the Year every year from 2008-10 ... a three-time Tacoma Athletic Commission Athlete of the Month and named WIAA State Athlete of the Week every year of her career ... also lettered all three years in soccer, earning First Team All-League in 2008 and 2009 ... earned Emerald Ridge Academic Top-10 ... graduated with a 3.93 GPA and highest honors.

Major Meets
2011 MPSF - 16th, 60m Hurdles; 7th, 4x400m
2011 Pac-10 - 14th, 400m Hurdles; 7th, 4x100m; 7th, 4x400m
2011 NCAA Prelims - 38th, 400m Hurdles
2011 USA Jr. Champs - 6th, 400m Hurdles
2012 MPSF - 14th, 400m; 8th, 4x400m

Collegiate Best Marks
400m Hurdles.......58.52
400m.......56.11i
60m Hurdles.......8.83
100m Hurdles.......14.74

Go Huskies!