2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Jenna Statz
Mark Moore

Kyla Saleh

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Waunakee, Wis.
  • Highschool Waunakee High School
  • Instagram kylasaleh

Biography

Honors: 2025 NCAA West First Round appearance

2025 Outdoor Track: Finished tied for 36th place in the high jump at the NCAA West First Round, leaping a mark of 5-7 1/4 (1.71m) (May 31)... Placed 17th in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a season best of 5002 points (14.62, 5-10 (1.78m), 37-11 1/2 (11.57m), 26.55, 17-2 (5.23m), 83-0 (25.30m), 2:24.56) (May 18)... Earned bronze in both the high jump and the long jump at the Badger Challenge, turning in marks of 5-6 1/2 (1.69m) and 18-2 1/2 (5.55m), respectively (May 2)... Placed sixth in the heptathlon with 4830 points at the Drake Relays (14.69, 5-6 1/2 (1.69m), 36-9 (11.20m), 26.43, 16-9 3/4 (5.12m), 78-0 (23.77m), 2:22.77) (Apr. 26)... Finished in 19th in the high jump at the 44 Farms Team Invitational, earning a mark of 5-3 3/4 (1.62m) (Apr. 12)... Placed seventh in the 100 meter hurdles at the Mangrum Invite with a time of 14.74 seconds, while also taking eighth in the long jump with a leap of 17-6 3/4 (5.35m) (March 29). 


2025 Indoor Track: Earned 12th in the pentathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, highlighted by a second-place finish in the high jump with a leap of 5-9 1/4 (1.76m). Finished 12th with a shot put heave of 37-2 1/4 (11.33m) (March 1)... Placed 11th in the long jump at the Wisconsin Windy City Invite with a mark of 18-1 3/4 (5.53m). Also finished in 33rd in the 60 meter hurdles 9.03 seconds (Feb. 14)... Finished in ninth at the Fighting Illini Invite in the pentathlon with 3,544 points. Took third in the high jump with a leap of 5-7 (1.70m) (Jan. 25)... Placed fourth in the long jump at the Hawkeye Invite with a leap of 17-8 (5.38m). Earned bronze in the high jump by clearing 5-5 (1.65m). Finished her day with a sixth-place finish in the 60 meters hurdles, turning in a time of 9.16 seconds (Jan. 18)... Kicked off her season with a seventh-place finish in the high jump with a mark of 5-05 (1.65m). Followed it up with an 11th-place finish in the long jump, ending with a 17-03 1/4. Ended her day with an eighth-place finish in the 60 meters hurdles, running a time of 9.24 seconds (Jan. 11).

2024 Outdoor Track: Finished 12th in the heptathlon with a score of 4,374 points with marks of (15.10 / 5-4 ¼ (1.63m) /  33-10 ¾ (10.33m) / 27.30 / 16-3 (4.95m) / 76-5 (23.31m)/ 2:34.33) at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-11)… finished sixth in the 200 meters crossing in 26.70 seconds, finished fifth in the 100 meter hurdles in 15.01 seconds, and finished second in the high jump with a mark of 5-6 ½ (1.69m) at the Badger Challenge (May 3)...  finished 16th in the long jump with a mark of 17-9 ¾ (5.43m), finished 55th in the 200 meters crossing in 26.80 seconds, finished 24th in the 100 meters in 15.09 seconds, and finished 12th in the high jump clearing 5-3 (1.60m) at the Texas Invitational (April 26-27)... finished 12th in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 4,662 points with marks of (15.16 / 4-11 ¾ (1.52m) / 33-5 ¼ (10.19m) / 26.74 / 5-7  (1.70m) /  83-4 (25.41m) / 2:28.77) at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/11-12) ... finished seventh in the high jump clearing 5-7 (1.70m) at the  Battle on the Bayou (March 30)... finished 29th in the 200 meters crossing in 27.27 seconds and 27th in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.36 at the Keyth Talley Invitational (March 23)


2024 Indoor Track: Finished eighth in the pentathlon with a total score of 3,737 points and marks of ( 9.13 / 5-9 ¼ (1.76m) / 34-5 ¾ (10.51m) / 17-2 ¼ (5.24m) / 2:26.56) and finished 20th in the high jump clearing 5-4 ¼ (1.64m)at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)... finished 14th in the 60 meter hurdles in 9.32 seconds, took 15th in the long jump with a distance of 17-3 ¼ (5.26m) and finished seventh in the high jump at 5-6 1/2 (1.69m) at the Badgers Windy City Invitational (Feb. 9-10)... finished third in the pentathlon with a total score of 3,428 points and marks of ( 9.10 / 5-7 ¾ (1.72m) / 32-7 ½ (9.94m) / 15-10 ½ ( 4.84)/ 2:36.10) at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 26)... finished ninth in the pentathlon 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.23, finished seventh in high jump clearing 5-3 ¾ (1.60m), and finished fifth in the shot put with a toss of 35-1 ¼ (10.70m) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 19-20)...  finished fifth in the long jump with a distance of 17-9 1/4 (5.42m) at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational (Jan. 13)


High School:
As a senior finished first in the conference in the high jump, second in the long jump, and third in both the 100m hurdles and 300 hurdles… State champion in the high jump senior year… finished 10th in the 100m hurdles at state… All-conference and all-state in the high jump… junior year finished second in the high jump at the conference meet and third in the 100m hurdles… finished first in sectionals in the high jump as a junior… sophomore year finished first in the high jump and long jump… state champion in the high jump… earned all-conference and all-state honors as a freshman. 

Personal: Parents Tarek and Tara Saleh… has two siblings, Ally and Gigi… father, Tarek played football at UW-Madison, and mother, Tara played Volleyball at Stonehill College… majoring in business

Why Wisconsin?

“I chose Wisconsin because of the opportunity to get a great education while competing in the sport I love for a very competitive program. The coaches and athletes were welcoming in the recruiting process and made it an easy decision. I have always been a Badger fan.”

Historical Player Information

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