Kayla Mellott Class: Sophomore Hometown: Bellingham, Wash. High School: Sehome Height: 5-6 Event: 200-400-400H Birthdate: 11/15/1982 Experience: 1L

Ranks second among Ducks and 12th among Pac-10 returnees in 400 hurdles based on 2002 season bests. Could add duty in 400 and 4x400 relay. Her preseason best of 63.58 is approximately 1 1/2 seconds away from the conference qualifying standard.

2001-02: Ranked second on team in 400 hurdles (63.58) and 1 1/2 seconds from Pac-10 qualifying mark (62.04). Also turned in season bests in 200 (26.84) and 400 (59.46) in Arizona State Invite. Competed in seven, 400-hurdle contests, and eclipsed 65.00 in five, including the last four of the year. Won day section of Oregon Invitational (63.58), and claimed runner-up honors in Nebraska Quad (64.23) and Montana-Weber State Triangular (64.05). Indoors, ranked fourth on unit in 400 with season best from UW Quad (ninth, 60.02).

Prep: State qualifier all four years in various sprint and hurdle events. As senior, took seventh in Washington state 300 hurdles (46.58), and fourth in 4x100 (49.47) and 4x200 relay (1:43.48). As junior, won 4x400 (3:55.52) and placed in 4x100 (second, 49.02), 4x200 (seventh, 1:46.66), and competed in 200 prelims (sixth-heat, 26.25). Competed in 100 and 200 as a sophomore at state, and on 4x100 and 4x200 relays as a freshman. School record holder in 100 from 1998, and a member of school record 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 quartets. Added a league title in 300 hurdles as a senior. Competed for Bellingham Track Club, and in the Junior Olympic National Championships in the 100 and 200 in 1999. Off the track, lettered in soccer as outside midfielder. High School (Coach): Sehome '01 (Mark Kerr).

Personal: Major: Exercise and Movement Science. Born Kayla M. Mellott on November 15, 1982 in Bellingham, Wash.

Personal Bests: 400H - 63.58 (April 2002); 100 - 12.2 (1998); 200 - 25.7 (1998); 300 Hurdles 45.3 (2001).