TRACK AND FIELD 2013 Outdoors: Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic ... Kicked off the outdoor campaign with a jump of 4-11.50 at the Willamette Opener (March 2) ... Backed that up with a season-best mark of 4-11.75 at the first-ever meet at the Whyte Track and Field Center on March 23 ... Pulled double duty at the Willamette Invitational, finishing 20th in the high jump (4-9.75) and ninth in the 400m hurdles (1:15.03) ... Also competed in the same pair at the John Knight Twilight on April 12, coming in 13th in the high jump (4-9.50) and fifth in the hurdles (1:16.50) ... Cleared 4-10 for the final time during the outdoor season at the OSU High Performance Meet when she jumped 4-10.25 to claim ninth (April 26) ... Tied for 11th at the Pacific Twilight with a mark of 4-9.50 (May 4) ... Wrapped up her season at the West Coast Invitational with a fifth-place clearance of 4-8.25 (May 11). 2013 Indoors: Posted an indoor PR of 4-11.75 in the season's first meet at the UW Invite, which tied for 19th overall ... Followed up that performance with a leap of 4-10.25 at the Husky Classic on Feb. 9 to tie for 30th overall. Season Bests: Outdoors - High Jump - 4-11.75/1.51m, OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13); 400m Hurdles - 1:15.03 (PR), Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (4/6/13). Indoors - High Jump - 4-11.75/1.51m (PR), UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/20/13).
2012 Outdoors: Made her collegiate debut at the John Knight Twilight on April 13, finishing tied for eighth after clearing 4-9 ... Jumped 4-7 at the Pacific Twilight on April 27 to come in seventh ... Wrapped up her season at the Linfield Twilight with a PR of 5-1 (May 4) to tie for first. Season Bests: Outdoors - High Jump - 5-1/1.55m (PR), Linfield Twilight, McMinnville, Ore. (5/4/12).
WESTVIEW HS: Earned four varsity letters as a high jumper and hurdler for coaches Robert Casteel, Jim Vella and Ana Dillard ... Finished 10th in 6A state finals in the high jump in 2010 and ninth in 2011 ... Also came in 13th at nationals in 2010 ... Served as a two-time team captain ... Personal bests include 19.94 in the 100m hurdles, 48.79 in the 300m hurdles, 5'3" in the high jump and 28'9.75 in the triple jump ... Also earned two letters in cheerleading for coach Melissa Hoekert ... Cheer team won a state title in 2011 and finishing second in 2010 ... Also came in seventh at nationals in 2007.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Susan Kendrick and Brad Bird ... Has a twin sister, Kayla, who attends OSU, and a younger brother, Jacob ... Father is a civil engineer and mother works for the Oregon Department of Agriculture... Both parents attended Oregon State ... Grandfather, Robert Cooke, played football and ran track and North Carolina State University in the 1950's ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Westview Scholar ... Engineering Career Pathway ... Architectural Department Award ... Lists OSU alum and Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury as her favorite athlete growing up ... Describes qualifying for junior Olympic nationals in 2010 and competing in Sacramento as her biggest athletic thrill to date ... Chose Oregon State because of her major and "it has a great campus atmosphere and student body."
