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2018 Women's Track and Field Roster

Sun Belt Conference

Kriszti Szabo

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Kazinczy Rerenc Gimnàzium
  • Hometown Gyor, Hungary

Biography

2017: Outdoor — Earned a regional qualifying mark during the outdoor season, but was unable to compete due to injury … Finished ninth in the women’s triple jump at the Florida Relays (12.58m) … Earned a sixth-place finish at the Samford Track Challenge with a long jump mark of 5.43m … At the Jaguar Classic placed fifth in the long jump (5.32m), second in the women’s triple jump (11.91m), and third in the women’s javelin (39.20m) ... Placed fourth in the Jaguar Opener women's javelin with a 39.41-meter mark. Indoor — Had an indoor season-best mark at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a 12.29-meter jump, placing seventh in the triple jump ... Placed 16th in the SBC's long jump (5.58m) ... Placed 12th in the Music City Challenge triple jump (12.25m) and 31st in the long jump (5.46m) ... In the South Alabama Invitational, placed ninth in long jump (5.45m) and third in the triple jump (12.08m) ... Placed 11th in the Vanderbilt Invitational women's triple jump with a 12.04-meter mark ... Placed seventh in the women's long jump at the UAB Blazer Invitational with a mark of 5.51m.

2016: Outdoor — Placed sixth in the women’s long jump (5.87), fifth in the women’s triple jump (12.27m) and earned all-conference honors placing third in the javelin (40.78m) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... Jumped a season-best 12.60m to place third in the women’s triple jump at the Mississippi State Invitational … Placed sixth in the Tiger Track Classic’s women’s long jump (5.62m). Indoor — At the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships, placed fifth in the triple jump (12.09m) … Won the South Alabama Invitational’s long jump with a leap of 5.62m, a season-best.  

2015: Outdoor — Had a season-best mark of 11.96m in the triple jump to finish sixth at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, adding a 5.47m leap in the long jump ... Recorded a season-long 5.58 meter-long jump for a fourth-place performance at Auburn's War Eagle Invitational ... Placed third in the triple jump (11.44m) and fourth in the long jump (5.46m) at the South Alabama Invitational ... Best mark at the Tiger Track Classic in the triple jump was 11.82m ... Posted top-five finishes in the long jump and javelin at the Jaguar Challenge. Indoor — Finished second in the triple jump (12.16m) and fourth in the long jump (5.61m) at the BSC Panther Indoor Invitational ... Competed in the long jump at the Samford Invitational.

High School: Was a national high school champion … Competed with the Gyovi Athletikai Club in Gyor for eight years … Was also a Hungarian Youth and Junior Champion.

Personal: Full name is Krisztina Szabo … Born Dec. 1, 1995, in Gyor, Hungary … Daughter of Istvau Szabo and Izabella Imre … Has a younger sibling, Nora … Favorite movie is “Inception” … Favorite sports team is Gyori ETO … Favorite athlete is Phillips Idowu … Favorite musical artist is Coldplay.

Major: Psychology

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'7"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'7"
  • 2017Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'7"
  • 2018Senior

    Javelin/Jumps
    5'8"