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2024 Track & Field Roster

Gloria Kalt

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Torrey Pines HS
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Major Political Science

Biography

MEDIA
Mother-Daughter Connection: Two Generations, One Triton Family (2/4/2021)


AS A SENIOR IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022
Big West All-Academic ... Opened the season with second-place finishes in the 400 hurdles (1:03.35) and 4x100 relay (47.50) at the Rossi Relays (2/26) ... Helped the 4x400 relay team to a first-place finish (3:52.96) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/11) ... Set a personal best in the 100 (12.82) at the Triton Invite (4/9) ... Recorded her personal best long jump (17' 8") at the APU Last Chance meet (5/14), the longest leap by a Triton on the season ... Named to the All-Triton Academic Scholar-Athlete Team at the 2023 Triton Awards.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... Set a personal best mark in the long jump with a leap of 17' 0" at the Long Beach Throws/Jumps Fest (5/1) ... Took first place in the 400 hurdles (1:02.84) at the Matador Invite (4/23) ... Recorded a personal best in the 400 hurdles (1:02.80) at the Triton Quadrangular (4/10) ... Placed first in both the 400 hurdles (1:03.41) and as a member of the 4x400 (3:59.66) at the Chris Rinne Twilight (4/2). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
CCAA All-Academic ... Was part of the 4x400 unit that placed first (3:52.48) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/7) ... Finished eighth overall in the 400 (58.58) at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/7) ... Crossed the finish line in 1:06.11 for a fourth-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the Pomona-Pitzer Collegiate All-Comers (2/15). 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Torrey Pines High School in San Diego ... All-CIF honoree ... Two-time CIF-State Qualifier ... School's Most Outstanding Athlete in 2019 ... Led the Falcons to a CIF Team Championship in 2016 ... Personal best marks in the 100 (12.53), 200 (25.94), 300 hurdles (45.06) and long jump (18' 1.5"). 

PERSONAL
Born Jan. 9 in San Diego ... Daughter of Michael and Renee Kalt ... Mother ran track at UC San Diego ('95) and was the 1995 NCAA Division III National Champion in long jump ... Has two younger brothers names Jonathan and Trevor ... Political science major at Roosevelt College ... Intends to work in international relations after graduation ... Top track memories include anytime running the 4x400 relay with her team cheering ... Favorite UC San Diego moments are calzone nights with teammates Mattie, Elyse, Chris and Kyle ... Enjoys reading, cooking and going to concerts ... Favorite athlete is American sprinter, Allyson Felix ... Listens to Queensryche, Iron Maiden, and DJ Erp ... Loves tortellini ... Most people do not know that her favorite book series is A Song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones) by George R. R. Martin. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'3"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'3"
  • 2022Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'3"
  • 2023Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'3"
  • 2024Graduate Student

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'3"

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