Kaitlyn Morningstar

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Edwardsville, Ill.
High School:
SIUE
Event:
Throws
Prev School:
SIUE
Height:
5-11

Kaitlyn Morningstar

Class Junior
Hometown Edwardsville, Illinois
High School Edwardsville High School
Event Throws
Prev School SIUE

HONORS

2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2023 USATF All-American – National Junior Olympics

2025

Outdoor

Placed 10^th in the hammer throw and 11^th in the discus at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with respective distances of 48.97m (160-8) and 37.64m (123-6) … 9^th in the hammer with a PR of 50.25m (164-10) at the Battle on the Bayou … also had a PR there in the discus (40.28m, 132-2) … was 5^th in the hammer throw (48.35m, 158-7) and 7^th in the discus (41.13m, 134-11) at the Cougar Classic … finished 13^th in the discus at the Texas A&M Alumni Muster (40.62m, 133-3).

Indoor

Placed fifth with a distance of 15.58m in the weight throw at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational … posted her PR in the event at 15.82m while placing 6^th at the Show-Me Showdown … threw 15.38m in the weight throw at the Bob Teel Invitational … posted a mark of 14.71m in the weight throw at the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational … placed 5^th at the Missouri Invitational at 15.64m (51-3.75).

2024 (SIUE)

Outdoor

8^th in the discus at 41.00m at the Joey Haines Invitational where she was also 15^th in the hammer throw (40.95m) and 13^th in the javelin (29.35m) … placed 20th in the discus at the Indiana State Gibson Invitational (37.53m) and 17^th in the javelin (30.07m) … 9^th in the discus at the Vanderbilt Outdoor Music City Challenge with a throw of 41.95m … 5^th at the Cougar Classic in the discus (39.44m) … took 14^th at the SLU Billiken Invitational in the javelin (26.95m) … placed 10^th in the javelin at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships (30.87m).

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL

Born Oct. 18, 2004 in Edwardsville, Illinois … daughter of Christine and Andrew … has two sisters, Lydia and Alyssa … placed 8^th in the discus at the 2023 National Junior Olympics in Eugene, Oregon to earn USATF All-America recognition … placed in the Illinois state meet three times in the discus, finishing 7^th, 6^th and 3^rd.