2023 Track & Field Roster
Garland, Kyle
Kyle Garland
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- High School:
- Germantown Academy
Bio
2020-22 SEC Indoor Champion (Heptathlon)
2021-22 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (Heptathlon)
2021 SEC Outdoor Champion (Decathlon)
Collegiate Record Holder (Decathlon - 8,720, 2022)
2023: Outdoor – Runner-up in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships, posting the No. 3 all-time collegiate score with 8,630 points…Ran a collegiate record time of 13.54 in the 110-meter hurdles as part of the decathlon at the NCAA Championships, also winning the high jump and shot put…His 110m hurdles time ranks No. 2 all-time in UGA history…Set the unofficial all-time collegiate decathlon best in the shot put (16.77 meters/55 feet, 0.25 inches) at the Mt. SAC Relays…Placed first in eight of 10 events to win the decathlon at the SEC Championships with a meet-record 8,589 points, the No. 4 all-time collegiate score…Ran a time of 13.65 (W) to finish 15th in the 100m hurdles prelims at the Texas Relays.
Indoor – Set the collegiate record with a facility record score of 6,639 points to win the NCAA heptathlon title and move to No. 2 on the world’s all-time performer list…Also finished the year No. 4 on the all-time collegiate performance list with his 6,415 points to win the Texas Tech Multis…Named the USTFCCCA National and South Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year…Shot to No. 2 in the school record books with his 7.74 to finish second in the hep 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet…Surged to second in the school record books in the long jump thanks to a winning and meet record effort of 7.96 meters/26 feet, 1 ½ inches in the hep event…Moved into the No. 10 spot on Georgia’s all-time top-10 list in the high jump with a 2.19m/7-2.25 clearance to win the hep high jump at the Texas Tech meet.
2022: Outdoor – Set the collegiate record in the decathlon after exploding for 8,720 points (100-meter dash-10.63; long jump-7.85/25-9.50; shot put-16.44/53-11.25; high jump-21.6/7-1; 400m-49.04; Day 1 all-time collegiate best-4,516; 110mH-13.71; discus-46.16/151-5; pole vault-4.85/15-11; javelin-59.63/195-7; 1500m-4:43.21) to earn silver medal honors at the USATF Combined Events Championship, which made him the No. 8 all-time American performer and qualified for the World Athletics Championships…Finished second in the decathlon (8,133 pts.) at the Tennessee Relays…Won the open hurdles with a 13.87 at the Georgia Tech Invitational…Posted a personal record of 48.56 in the 400m at the Georgia Tech meet…Had a season-best mark of 48.11/157-10 to take 13th in the open discus at the Florida Relays...Collected a bronze medal in the decathlon after posting his second-best point total (8,333 points) thanks in part to dec personal records in the 100m, 400m and 1500m for a First Team All-America certificate.
Indoor – Became the No. 5 all-time collegiate performer and tied the SEC record with his third straight conference heptathlon title after scoring 6,205 points at the SEC Championships…Collected a First Team All-America certificate in the hep with a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships…Placed second at the Razorback Invite in the hep after scoring 6,163 points…Had a hep season best of 6.90 to take second in the 60m at the Razorback Invite…Posted the fourth-best time in UGA history with a 7.86 in the 60m hurdles during the hep at the Razorback meet…Ran his fastest 1000m of the season at the SEC Championships to take fourth in the hep race with a 2:43.68…Reached a top high jump height of 2.18 meters/7 feet, 1 ¾ inches for second place in the hep at the NCAA Championships…Won his other two hep high jumps…Had a season-best mark of 7.46m/24-5.75 to win the hep long jump at the SEC Championships…Posted a top pole vault effort in 2022 of 4.66m/15-3.50 for 14th in the NCAA Championships hep…Won the Razorback Invite hep shot put thanks to a season-best mark of 16.21m/53-2.25.
2021: Outdoor – Won the SEC Championships with the sixth-best decathlon score (8,196) in UGA history…Ran the ninth-best time in school history of 13.94 to take third in the 110-meter hurdles at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Competed in the open 110mH at the NCAA East Prelims and was 41st (14.28) while also taking 25th in the open long jump with a mark of 23 feet, 10 ¾ inches...Had a top effort of 7-1 to win the decathlon’s high jump at SECs.
Indoor – Earned runner-up honors behind Karel Tilga (first time in history teammates have gone 1—2) in the heptathlon after scoring 6,200 points at the NCAA Championships…Became the No. 4 all-time collegiate performer with the No. 5 all-time collegiate performance…Won his second straight SEC heptathlon title and extended Georgia’s streak to nine straight thanks to his 6,012 points at the SEC Championships…Had a season-best hep 60m time of 7.06 for ninth at the NCAA Championships…Posted a season best of 8.07 to take third in the hep 60m hurdles at the NCAA Championships…Registered a season-best time of 2:45.53 to take fourth in the hep 1000m at the NCAA Championships…Reached a personal record of 7-0.50 to win the hep high jump at the NCAA Championships...Was fifth in the hep high jump at the SEC Championships with a mark of 6-11…Took fourth in the hep long jump thanks to a top mark of 24-1.50 at the NCAA Championships…Had a personal record of 15-11.25 to finish fourth in the hep pole vault at the NCAA Championships…Uncorked a career best of 50-6.75 to take third in the hep shot put at the NCAA Championships….Won the SEC Championships hep shot put after nailing down a then personal best of 50-4.
2020: Indoor – Voted the SEC Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year...Finished third during his first collegiate heptathlon with 5,994 points (No. 7 on UGA’s all-time top-10 list, No. 3 on 2020 national performance list) at the Razorback Invitational…Won Georgia its eighth straight SEC heptathlon title after scoring 5,836 points…Had a season-best 8.03 in the 60-meter hurdles to win the hep event at the Razorback Invitational…Hit the 7 foot, ¼ inches mark in the high jump during the Razorback meet to finish first in the hep event…Traveled 25-2.75 to earn runner-up honors in the open long jump at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
2019: Outdoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
Indoor - Exploded in his collegiate debut at the UAB Blazer Invitational, clocking 8.02 in the 60-meter hurdle prelims to move to No. 9 in school history in the event...Finished fourth in the finals with a time of 8.16 and notched 13th place in the pole vault with a clearing of 13 feet, 11.25 inches.
High School: Seventh in the decathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Junior Championships…Captured 2018 USATF Junior Championships decathlon title…Two-time New Balance Nationals Indoor pentathlon champion as a junior and senior…Five-time New Balance Nationals All-American…2018 USA TodayAll-American…Silver medalist in the decathlon at the 2017 Pan-American Junior Championships…Pennsylvania state outdoor high jump record holder at 7 feet, 2 inches…State indoor high jump record holder at 6-10.75…10-time Germantown Academy school record holder….New Balance Nationals Indoor runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles, Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISSA) four-time outdoor state champion (110mH, 300mH, long jump, javelin) as a senior…Pennsylvania Track and Field and Coaches Association (PTFCA) two-time indoor state champion (60mH, high jump), PTFCA indoor state runner-up in the long jump, New Balance Nationals Indoor 60mH semifinalist, PAISSA two-time outdoor state champion (110mH, long jump), PAISSA outdoor 400m state runner-up as a junior…PTFCA indoor state 60mH semifinalist, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) indoor state high jump sixth-place finish, New Balance Nationals Indoor pentathlon runner-up, PAISAA state champion in 110mH, 300mH and high jump and New Balance Nationals Outdoor decathlon sixth-place finisher as a sophomore…Personal-best marks of 7,562 (decathlon with junior implements), 4,169 (pentathlon, fourth all-time high school mark), 13.69 (110mH), 6-11 (indoor high jump) and 7-2 outdoor high jump).
Personal: Born May 28, 2000…Son of Keith and Joyce Garland…Father, Keith, coached Kyle in high school…Undecided major.
2021-22 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (Heptathlon)
2021 SEC Outdoor Champion (Decathlon)
Collegiate Record Holder (Decathlon - 8,720, 2022)
2023: Outdoor – Runner-up in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships, posting the No. 3 all-time collegiate score with 8,630 points…Ran a collegiate record time of 13.54 in the 110-meter hurdles as part of the decathlon at the NCAA Championships, also winning the high jump and shot put…His 110m hurdles time ranks No. 2 all-time in UGA history…Set the unofficial all-time collegiate decathlon best in the shot put (16.77 meters/55 feet, 0.25 inches) at the Mt. SAC Relays…Placed first in eight of 10 events to win the decathlon at the SEC Championships with a meet-record 8,589 points, the No. 4 all-time collegiate score…Ran a time of 13.65 (W) to finish 15th in the 100m hurdles prelims at the Texas Relays.
Indoor – Set the collegiate record with a facility record score of 6,639 points to win the NCAA heptathlon title and move to No. 2 on the world’s all-time performer list…Also finished the year No. 4 on the all-time collegiate performance list with his 6,415 points to win the Texas Tech Multis…Named the USTFCCCA National and South Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year…Shot to No. 2 in the school record books with his 7.74 to finish second in the hep 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet…Surged to second in the school record books in the long jump thanks to a winning and meet record effort of 7.96 meters/26 feet, 1 ½ inches in the hep event…Moved into the No. 10 spot on Georgia’s all-time top-10 list in the high jump with a 2.19m/7-2.25 clearance to win the hep high jump at the Texas Tech meet.
2022: Outdoor – Set the collegiate record in the decathlon after exploding for 8,720 points (100-meter dash-10.63; long jump-7.85/25-9.50; shot put-16.44/53-11.25; high jump-21.6/7-1; 400m-49.04; Day 1 all-time collegiate best-4,516; 110mH-13.71; discus-46.16/151-5; pole vault-4.85/15-11; javelin-59.63/195-7; 1500m-4:43.21) to earn silver medal honors at the USATF Combined Events Championship, which made him the No. 8 all-time American performer and qualified for the World Athletics Championships…Finished second in the decathlon (8,133 pts.) at the Tennessee Relays…Won the open hurdles with a 13.87 at the Georgia Tech Invitational…Posted a personal record of 48.56 in the 400m at the Georgia Tech meet…Had a season-best mark of 48.11/157-10 to take 13th in the open discus at the Florida Relays...Collected a bronze medal in the decathlon after posting his second-best point total (8,333 points) thanks in part to dec personal records in the 100m, 400m and 1500m for a First Team All-America certificate.
Indoor – Became the No. 5 all-time collegiate performer and tied the SEC record with his third straight conference heptathlon title after scoring 6,205 points at the SEC Championships…Collected a First Team All-America certificate in the hep with a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships…Placed second at the Razorback Invite in the hep after scoring 6,163 points…Had a hep season best of 6.90 to take second in the 60m at the Razorback Invite…Posted the fourth-best time in UGA history with a 7.86 in the 60m hurdles during the hep at the Razorback meet…Ran his fastest 1000m of the season at the SEC Championships to take fourth in the hep race with a 2:43.68…Reached a top high jump height of 2.18 meters/7 feet, 1 ¾ inches for second place in the hep at the NCAA Championships…Won his other two hep high jumps…Had a season-best mark of 7.46m/24-5.75 to win the hep long jump at the SEC Championships…Posted a top pole vault effort in 2022 of 4.66m/15-3.50 for 14th in the NCAA Championships hep…Won the Razorback Invite hep shot put thanks to a season-best mark of 16.21m/53-2.25.
2021: Outdoor – Won the SEC Championships with the sixth-best decathlon score (8,196) in UGA history…Ran the ninth-best time in school history of 13.94 to take third in the 110-meter hurdles at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Competed in the open 110mH at the NCAA East Prelims and was 41st (14.28) while also taking 25th in the open long jump with a mark of 23 feet, 10 ¾ inches...Had a top effort of 7-1 to win the decathlon’s high jump at SECs.
Indoor – Earned runner-up honors behind Karel Tilga (first time in history teammates have gone 1—2) in the heptathlon after scoring 6,200 points at the NCAA Championships…Became the No. 4 all-time collegiate performer with the No. 5 all-time collegiate performance…Won his second straight SEC heptathlon title and extended Georgia’s streak to nine straight thanks to his 6,012 points at the SEC Championships…Had a season-best hep 60m time of 7.06 for ninth at the NCAA Championships…Posted a season best of 8.07 to take third in the hep 60m hurdles at the NCAA Championships…Registered a season-best time of 2:45.53 to take fourth in the hep 1000m at the NCAA Championships…Reached a personal record of 7-0.50 to win the hep high jump at the NCAA Championships...Was fifth in the hep high jump at the SEC Championships with a mark of 6-11…Took fourth in the hep long jump thanks to a top mark of 24-1.50 at the NCAA Championships…Had a personal record of 15-11.25 to finish fourth in the hep pole vault at the NCAA Championships…Uncorked a career best of 50-6.75 to take third in the hep shot put at the NCAA Championships….Won the SEC Championships hep shot put after nailing down a then personal best of 50-4.
2020: Indoor – Voted the SEC Men's Freshman Field Athlete of the Year...Finished third during his first collegiate heptathlon with 5,994 points (No. 7 on UGA’s all-time top-10 list, No. 3 on 2020 national performance list) at the Razorback Invitational…Won Georgia its eighth straight SEC heptathlon title after scoring 5,836 points…Had a season-best 8.03 in the 60-meter hurdles to win the hep event at the Razorback Invitational…Hit the 7 foot, ¼ inches mark in the high jump during the Razorback meet to finish first in the hep event…Traveled 25-2.75 to earn runner-up honors in the open long jump at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
2019: Outdoor - Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
Indoor - Exploded in his collegiate debut at the UAB Blazer Invitational, clocking 8.02 in the 60-meter hurdle prelims to move to No. 9 in school history in the event...Finished fourth in the finals with a time of 8.16 and notched 13th place in the pole vault with a clearing of 13 feet, 11.25 inches.
High School: Seventh in the decathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Junior Championships…Captured 2018 USATF Junior Championships decathlon title…Two-time New Balance Nationals Indoor pentathlon champion as a junior and senior…Five-time New Balance Nationals All-American…2018 USA TodayAll-American…Silver medalist in the decathlon at the 2017 Pan-American Junior Championships…Pennsylvania state outdoor high jump record holder at 7 feet, 2 inches…State indoor high jump record holder at 6-10.75…10-time Germantown Academy school record holder….New Balance Nationals Indoor runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles, Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISSA) four-time outdoor state champion (110mH, 300mH, long jump, javelin) as a senior…Pennsylvania Track and Field and Coaches Association (PTFCA) two-time indoor state champion (60mH, high jump), PTFCA indoor state runner-up in the long jump, New Balance Nationals Indoor 60mH semifinalist, PAISSA two-time outdoor state champion (110mH, long jump), PAISSA outdoor 400m state runner-up as a junior…PTFCA indoor state 60mH semifinalist, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) indoor state high jump sixth-place finish, New Balance Nationals Indoor pentathlon runner-up, PAISAA state champion in 110mH, 300mH and high jump and New Balance Nationals Outdoor decathlon sixth-place finisher as a sophomore…Personal-best marks of 7,562 (decathlon with junior implements), 4,169 (pentathlon, fourth all-time high school mark), 13.69 (110mH), 6-11 (indoor high jump) and 7-2 outdoor high jump).
Personal: Born May 28, 2000…Son of Keith and Joyce Garland…Father, Keith, coached Kyle in high school…Undecided major.
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