Kenzie Shell

Position:
Pole Vault
Class:
Senior
High School:
Port Huron Northern HS
Hometown:
Port Huron, Mich.

2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (Pole Vault)
Oklahoma Program Record Holder -- Outdoor Pole Vault (14-05.50 (4.41m)
Oklahoma Program Record Holder -- Indoor Pole Vault (14-1.25 (4.30m))
2017 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Pole Vault)
2017 Big 12 Indoor Scorer (Pole Vault)
2016 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Pole Vault)
2016 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (Pole Vault)
2016 Big 12 Indoor Scorer (Pole Vault)

OU INDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS
Pole Vault: 14-1.25 (4.30m), 2016

OU OUTDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS
Pole Vault: 14-05.50 (4.41m), 2016

2019

(Outdoor) Scored for the Sooners in pole vault, clearing 12-10.25 (3.92m) at the 2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championships… Earned second place at the National Relay Championship, following a vault of 13-7.25 (4.15m)… Finished third with a vault of 12-11.5 (3.95m) at the John Jacobs Invitational. (Indoor) Competed at the Tyson Invitational, earning seventh place following a pole vault of 13-2.5 (4.03m)… Scored for the Sooners at the Texas Tech Classic after completing a height of 13-4.25 (4.07m) on pole vault… Notched a second place finish at the Sonner Challenge after clearing a height of 13-3.5 (4.05m).

2018
(Outdoor) Finished 14th in the pole vault competition at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, clearing a height of 13-3.25 (3.74 meters)… (Indoor) Competed at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the pole vault…. Participated in the pole vault competition at the J.D. Martin Invite and the Vanderbilt Invitational… Took second in the pole vault at the Leonard Hilton Invite, clearing 12-7.5 (3.85 meters).

2017
(Outdoor)Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the pole vault and finished tied for 24th with a height of 13-05.25 (4.10m)... Finished sixth in the pole vault at the Big 12 Championship with a height of 13-03.75 (4.06m)... Competed in the pole vault at the John Jacobs Invitational, but did not record a height... Finished second (first among college competitors) in the pole vault at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational with a height of 12-11.50 (3.95m)... Competed in the pole vault A section at the Texas Relays, but did not record a height... Competed in the pole vault at the Bobby Lane Invitational, but did not record a height... Won the pole vault at the Baldy Castillo Invitational with a height of 13-05.25 (4.10m). (Indoor) Finished second in the pole vault at the Big 12 Indoor Championship with a height of 13-08.50 (4.18m)... Competed in the pole vault invitational at the Tyson Invitational but did not record a height... Competed in the pole vault at the Armory Track Invitational but did not record a height... Finished third in the pole vault at the J.D. Martin Invitational with a height of 13-01.50 (4.00m)... Won the pole vault at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a height of 13-04.50 (4.08m)... Won the pole vault at the Sooner Opener with a mark of 13-07.25 (4.15m).

2016
(Outdoor) Finished 18th in the pole vault at the NCAA West Prelim after clearing 13-6.25 (4.12m)... Placed third in the pole vault at the Big 12 Championship with a clearance of 13-9.75... Finished second in the pole vault at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a mark of 13-10.00 (4.22m)... Won the pole vault at the John Jacobs Invitational with a height of 14-05.50 (4.41m), setting an Oklahoma program record... Won the pole vault at the Battle on the Bayou with a mark of 13-08.25(4.17m)... Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Texas Relays with a mark of 14-01.25(4.30m)... Won the pole vault at the Baldy Castillo Invitational in her outdoor collegiate debut with a 14-1.25 effort. (Indoor) Came in seventh in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships with a personal best mark of 14-1.25... Finished sixth in the pole vault at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 13-00.75 (3.98m)... Placed third in the pole vault at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a 14-00.00 (4.27m)... Finished third in the pole vault at the Razorback Invitational with a mark of 13-08.50 (4.18m)... Won the pole vault at the Texas A&M Quadrangular with a mark of 13-09.25 (4.20 m)... Won the pole vault at the J.D. Martin Invitational to set a program and meet record of 14-00.50 (4.28m).

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned All-America honors in the pole vault in 2014 indoor and 2015 indoor and outdoor at the USATF Junior Olympics... Michigan Division 1 state champion in 2015 outdoor season... Also state champion for indoor and outdoor seasons in 2014... All-state selection in 2013 after finishing third at the state high school meet... Set state record in pole vault for indoor (13-6.00) and outdoor (13-9.00)... Served as Port Huron Northern track and field team captain for 2014 and 2015... Earned all-area academic honors freshman through senior years in high school... Participated in gymnastics until she was 15.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Jim and Kim Shell... Has four siblings, Austin, Alex, twins Halle and Avery... Brother, Austin, played basketball at West Virginia Wesleyan College... Majoring in health and exercise science.