2023-24 Track & Field Roster
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Smith, Kiara
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Kiara Smith
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Lancaster, Texas
- High School:
- Lancaster
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- 60m: 7.63 (2023)
- 200m: 23.99 (2023)
- 60mH: 8.10 (2025)
Outdoor Track
- 100m: 11.73 (2022)
- 200m: 24.13 (2024)
- 100mH: 13.16 (2024)
HONORS
- 2025 Indoor USTFCCCA First Team All-American
- 2023 Outdoor USTFCCCA NCAA Div. II All-American - 100m Hurdles
- 2023 Outdoor NCAA Div. II Championships Silver Medalist - 100m Hurdles
- 2023 Outdoor MIAA Champion - 100m Hurdles
- 2023 Outdoor MIAA Bronze Medalist - 4x100m Relay
- 2023 Indoor USTFCCCA NCAA Div. II All-American - 200m, 60m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay
- 2023 Indoor NCAA Div. II Championships Silver Medalist - 60m Hurdles
- 2023 Indoor MIAA Champion - 200m, 60m Hurdles
- 2022 Outdoor USTFCCCA NCAA Div. II All-American - 100m Hurdles
- 2022 Outdoor MIAA Silver Medalist - 100m Hurdles
- 2022 Indoor USTFCCCA NCAA Div. II All-American - 60m Hurdles
- 2022 Indoor NCAA Div. II Championships Silver Medalist - 60m Hurdles
- 2022 Indoor MIAA Champion - 60m Hurdles
- 2020 Indoor USTFCCCA NCAA Div. II All-American - 60m Hurdles
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Achieved first team All-American honors with a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships (3/14)
- Shattered her personal-best with a time of 8.10 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/14), ranking fifth on the all-time Lady Vol charts
- Clocked a personal record of 8.18 in the 60mH final at the Razorback Invitational (2/1)
- Won the 60mH final at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/17), clocking a time of 8.26
- Opened up the season with a third place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.42 at the McFerrin 12 Degree Invite (1/10)
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims (5/25) in the 100-meter hurdles and finished 19th at the regional meet with a mark of 13.45
- Placed 11th in the 100-meter hurdles prelims at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/10) with a personal-best time of 13.16 (+1.6) — ranking seventh on the all-time Lady Vol charts
- Rounded out the regular season at the Desert Heat Classic (4/27) in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13:38, finishing fourth
- At the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (4/13), clocked in at 13.29 to finish 16th in the 100-meter hurdles
- Clocked her outdoor 200-meter PR at the Tennessee Invite (4/5) with a time of 24.13
- At her first home meet, finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.74 in the final at the Tennessee Invite (4/5)
- Opened her outdoor season at the UCF Black & Gold Invite (3/16), placing 10th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.26
- Rounded out her first indoor season with the Lady Vols placing 13th in the 60-meter hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23)
- Turned in a time of 8.27 in the 60mH semifinals at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/9)
- Ran a season-best of 8.25 in prelims at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic (2/3), ranking ninth in school history
- Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational (1/26), clocking in at 8.32
- Made her Tennessee debut at the Ted Nelson Invite (1/20) where she ran a time of 24.64 in the 200-meter and 8.41 in the 60-meter hurdles
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Six-time NCAA Division II All-American hurdler for Missouri Southern State University who earned three national runner-up finishes from 2022-23
- Five-time MIAA conference champion for the MSSU Lions, capturing titles in the outdoor 100-meter hurdles (2023), indoor 200-meter (2023) and indoor 60-meter hurdles (2021, 22, 23)
- Capped the 2023 outdoor season with a runner-up finish at the NCAA DII National Championships in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking in at 13.13 (+4.9 m/s wind)
- Won her fifth conference title at the 2023 MIAA Championships with a mark of 13.48 in the 100m hurdles
- Set her 100m hurdles PR at the 2023 John McDonnell Invitational with a mark of 13.22 (+2.0 m/s) to place second at the meet
- Finished second at the 2023 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in the 60m hurdles, clocking in at 8.21
- Set her indoor PRs in the 60-meter hurdles (8.20) and 200-meter dash (23.99) at the 2023 MIAA Championships, winning conference titles in both events
- Earned her first of two-straight runner-up finishes in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2022 NCAA DII Indoor Championships with a mark of 8.41 in the final
HIGH SCHOOL
- Competed for Lancaster High School in Lancaster, Texas
- Rounded out her high school career winning the 2019 UIL 5A Texas State Meet title in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.26
- Finished third in the 5A UIL State Championship 100-meter hurdles competition as a junior in 2018
- Competed at the 2018 Texas Relays and turned in a PR of 43.67 in the 300-meter hurdles
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