Kes' Performance History & Personal Bests
2020-21 SEASON
Indoor: Placed 3rd in the pentathlon, 7th in the 200m dash, 8th in the long jump, and 8th in the triple jump at the Summit League Championships … Ended her indoor career ranked 10th in NDSU history for the pentathlon and 11th for the long jump … Indoor 200m dash PR of 24.99 in the conference prelims … High jump season-best of 5-03.00 (1.60m) … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Outdoor (Junior): Personal-best 400m hurdles time of 1:00.75 to win the event at South Dakota on May 7 … Ended her career ranked 8th all-time at NDSU in the 400m hurdles … Ran on the Bison shuttle hurdle relay that set a school record and took 2nd place at the Drake Relays … Personal-best 100m hurdles time of 14.72 at the NDSU Spring Classic on Apr. 2.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the pentathlon and 6th in the long jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Scored a personal-best 3,554 points in the pentathlon at the conference meet, ranking 10th all-time at NDSU … Long jump personal-best of 19-06.25 (5.95m) at Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge on Feb. 15, barely missing the NDSU all-time Top 10 … Clocked an indoor 200m best of 25.45 at Nebraska’s Mark Colligan Memorial on Jan. 25 … Triple jump season-best of 37-10.75 (11.55m) at the Bison Open.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 5th in the long jump, 5th in the triple jump, and 6th in the pentathlon at the Summit League Championships, posting season-bests in all 3 events … 18-05.75 (5.63m) in the long jump and 38-01.50 (11.62m) in the triple jump at the conference meet … Scored 3,465 points in the pentathlon at the Summit League meet … Season-best 800m time of 2:18.90 in the conference pentathlon.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed 2nd in the 400m hurdles, 4th in the heptathlon, 5th in the triple jump, and 8th in the long jump at the Summit League Championships … Season-best heptathlon score of 4,832 points at the conference meet … Season-best 400m hurdles time of 1:02.12 in the conference final … Season-best triple jump of 38-06.25 (11.74m) at the Summit League Championships … Long jump season-best of 18-09.00 (5.71m) at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Apr. 18.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Posted a triple jump season-best mark of 37-04.50 (11.39m) at the Thundering Herd Classic on Jan. 13, taking 3rd place in the meet … Long jump season-best of 17-07.50 (5.37m) at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 8 … 60m hurdles season-best time of 9.43 seconds at the Dakota Classic.
Outdoor (Freshman): Won the triple jump at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 4, leaping a season-best 38-08.25 (11.79m) … Long jump season-best of 18-02.25 (5.54m) at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic on Mar. 24 … Clocked a 100m hurdles season-best of 15.03 seconds at the NDSU Tune-Up.
High School: Won three straight Minnesota Class A state championships in the triple jump as a sophomore, junior and senior, winning the title as a senior with a mark of 40-3 ... State runner-up in the long jump and 100m hurdles as a senior in 2017 ... Also took 3rd in the long jump at the state meet her junior year ... High school personal bests of 40-3 in the triple jump, 18-1 in the long jump, and 14.64 in the 100m hurdles ... Section champion in both the triple jump and long jump ... Also played basketball, volleyball and soccer.
Personal: Daughter of Lee and Deb Kes ... Has one sister, Madi, and one brother, Zach ... Zach plays football at Augsburg College ... Majoring in nursing.
