Kaylah Ruff
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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Hometown:
- Conover, N.C.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Major:
- Exercise Science
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- Previous School:
- Hickory High School
Bio
2017-18: Competed in 13 meets during the 2017-18 season...recorded 14 top-ten finishes...won the 100 meters at the South Atlantic Conference Championship (Apr. 19-20) with a time of 14.46 (Coker record)...won the 60-meter hurdles at the South Atlantic Indoor T&F Championships (Feb. 19) with a time of 9.00 (Coker record)...awarded South Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 9)...set the Coker outdoor 4x400 meter-relay record at the South Atlantic Conference Championships (Apr. 20) with a total time of 3:55.28.
2016-17: Collected nine top-ten finishes this season, highlighted by three runner-up showings, all in hurdle events ... The first came at the Braves Track Classic, where she finished second in the 400-meter hurdles and the second came at the LRU Southside Power & Fitness Invitational in the 100-meter hurdles. The final second-place finish came at the South Atlantic Conference Championship in the 100-meter hurdles.
2015-16: Notched 14 top-ten finishes this season for the Navy and Gold, including four wins ... Her first win came at the Winston-Salem DII Invitational in the 60-meter hurdles, the second win came at the Braves Track Classic in the 4 x 400-meter relay, the third at the LRU Powersox Invitational in the 400-meter hurdles, and the fourth came in the 4 x 400-meter relay at the Wingate University Invitational.
High School: Ruff was a two-sport athlete at Hickory High School where she lettered in soccer and track and field ... On the track, she was named the most valuable female track and field athlete from 2011-13 and she was named to the all-conference team during her freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year.
Personal: Daughter of Vickie and Tommy Ruff ... She has one sibling Quin.
News mentions
Several new Coker records set, more to be broken on Saturday
Historical season for Coker's women's program shows success at SAC Championships
Cobras in excellent position for solid showing at South Atlantic Conference Championships
Cobras use Phoenix Invitational as warmup for South Atlantic Conference Championships
McMichael sets hammer throw record at Johnson C. Smith Invitational
Cobras ready to contend in Raleigh March 30-21
Coker finished Saturday's events with an Individual Title and several top-10 finishes
Coker will take the challenge facing Division I competition Friday and Saturday
Snelling takes first in the high jump, nw records in 100-m hurdles, 4x100 and discus
Lott makes another historical mark, Leake, Ruff & Rice qualify for day two finals
The Cobras put solid effort into day two at UNCW Seahawk Invitational
Fast times and long distances improve for Coker in first outdoor event of the spring
Cobras enter a full-month of competition by first visiting Wilmington
Four new records were set, Coker places fourth at SAC Championships
Heading into the fifth event of the season, the Cobras seek more records
Coker women's track and field finishes strong at the JDL College Dual Meet Madness
Consistent efforts on the track and in the field paying off for the Cobras
Coker competed well in their third event of the season
In familiar territory, The Cobras will look for more records to be broken
Setting a new Coker record, Ruff races into school history
Kaylah Ruff sets new program record for 60-meter hurdles, others work up the charts