2025-26 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Adel, Katelyn
Katelyn Adel
- Position:
- Multi
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Zurich, Switzerland
- High School:
- Allgemeine Berufsschule Zurich
Bio
Accolades
- 2025 USTFCCCA First Team All-American - heptathlon
- 2025 SEC Outdoor silver medalist - heptathlon
- 2025 Second Team All-SEC - heptathlon
- 2025 SEC Women's Freshman of the Week - April 1
- UA heptathlon school-record holder (5,834 points)
- 2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member
2024-25
Outdoor
- Earned First Team All-America honors after her eighth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships
- Captured silver during her first-career outdoor conference meet
- Awarded SEC Women's Freshman of the Week honors (April 1) following her first-place finish at the Texas Relays
- Became the first UA student-athlete to earn All-America honors (first team) in the heptathlon since Kaylon Eppinger in 2012 (honorable mention)
- Bettered her UA-career-heptathlon point-total in consecutive meets and set the school record at the national meet
- Texas Relays - 1st place - 5,587 points
- SEC Championships - 2nd place - 5,619 points
- NCAA Championships - 8th place - 5,834 points
- Set new PRs in all seven events throughout her rookie season
- 100m hurdles - 14.12 - NCAA Championships
- High jump - 1.77m (5-9.75) - Texas Relays
- Shot put - 12.92m (42-4.75) - SEC Championships
- 200m - 24.65 - NCAA Championships
- Long jump - 6.18m (20-3.50) - NCAA Championships
- Javelin - 36.57m (119-11) - NCAA Championships
- 800m - 2:16.85 - NCAA Championships
- Competed for the Crimson Tide in eight total meets during the outdoor campaign
Indoor
- Represented Alabama in the pentathlon at the SEC Championships, setting a PR in the 60m hurdles (8.70)
- Captured second-(high jump, 1.66m | 5-5.25)-and-third-place (long jump, 5.85m | 19-2.50) finishes in her UA career-debut at the Samford Invite (Jan. 17-18)
- Competed in five total meets for the Crimson Tide during the indoor campaign
Prep Highlights
- Personal bests: 6,092 points in the heptathlon; 4,328 points in the pentathlon
- 2024 Combined Events champion
- 2023 seventh-place finisher in the heptathlon at the European U23 Championships
Personal
- Born Oct. 23, 2002
- Daughter of Suzanne and Andries Adel
- Has two siblings, Isabelle and Victoria
- Majoring in kinesiology
SEC Cross Country Championships:
Friday, November 01
Harvey Glance Tide and Tigers Dual Meet: Coach Waters
Friday, January 12
SEC Cross Country Championships Recap: Coach Waters
Saturday, October 28
Southern Showcase Recap: Coach Waters
Friday, September 15