2025 Track & Field Roster
Elena Kulichenko
- Position:
- High Jump
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- OLG School
- Hometown:
- Odintsovo, Russia
2022 SEC Indoor Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2022 SEC Outdoor Women’s Co-Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
2022-24 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2022-24 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2024 SEC Outdoor High Jump Champion
2024 NCAA Outdoor Champion (High Jump)
2024 USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
Cypriot National Record Holder (High Jump)
2024 Olympian (High Jump – Cyprus)
2025 USTFCCCA South Region Indoor & Outdoor Women’s Field Athlete of the Year
2025 NCAA Indoor High Jump Champion
2025 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2025 NCAA Outdoor High Jump Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (High Jump)
2025: Outdoor – Earned her third-straight NCAA high jump title across indoor and outdoor seasons, clearing 1.96 meters/6 feet, 5 inches to take home the gold medal in Eugene and help the Bulldogs clinch the team national championsnhip…Named First Team All-American for her performance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Silver medalist in the high jump at the SEC Championships, clearing 1.87m/6-1.50 in Lexington…Tied for first at the NCAA East Regional with a clearance of 1.82m/5-11.50…Posted a season-best mark of 1.89m/6-2.25 at the Tiger Track Classic to earn the victory in the high jump…Also won the high jump at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with a 1.83m/6-0…Runner-up at the LSU Invite with a mark of 1.83m/6-0.
Indoor – NCAA champion in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.94m/6-4.25 to tie for gold…SEC runner-up in the high jump with a mark of 1.95m/6-4.75, earning her school record and Cypriot national record honors…With her mark, she became the No. 12 all-time collegiate performer with the No. 19 all-time collegiate performance…Opened her season with a victory at the Ted Nelson Invite with a mark of 1.90m/6-2.75, earning SEC Women’s Co-Field Athlete of the Week honors…Improved her mark to 1.91m/6-3.25 at the Razorback Invite to finish second…Victorious in the high jump invite at the Tiger Paw Invite with a mark of 1.92m/6-3.50.
Outdoor – Named USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year following an outdoor campaign that saw her sweep the Southeastern Conference and NCAA high jump titles…Victorious in six of seven meets during the outdoor season…Opened the season with a win in the high jump at the Hurricane Collegiate Invite, clearing a height of 1.88 meters/6 feet, 2 inches…Earned her second straight win at the Battle on the Bayou, setting a meet and facility record with a personal-best mark of 1.93m/6-4…Victorious for the third consecutive meet at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with a mark of 1.93m/6-4…Runner-up at the LSU Invitational with a top jump of 1.87m/6-1.50…Earned her first conference high jump title with a clearance of 1.95m/6-4.75 at the SEC Championships, setting a school, Cypriot and facility record…Shared the NCAA East Regional title, reaching a mark of 1.84m/6-0.50 to advance to the NCAA Championships…Recorded the No. 4 all-time collegiate performance and set a meet record at the NCAA Championships to share the national title, clearing a height of 1.97m/6-5.50 to break her own school and Cypriot records...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor – Bronze medalist in the high jump at the NCAA Championships and SEC Championships with matching season-best jumps of 1.91 meters/6-3.25…Victorious in the high jump at the Clemson Invite, opening the season with a mark of 1.85m/6-0.75…Improved her jump to 1.86m/6-1.25 at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown to earn her second-straight victory…Claimed victory for the third-straight week at the Razorback Invitational with a mark of 1.86m/6-1.25…Reached a height of 1.88m/6-2 to place third in the high jump invitational at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2023: Outdoor – Won the high jump at the Texas Relays with a season-best time of 1.90 meters/6 feet, 2 ¾ inches to rocket to fifth in the school record books…High jump runner-up at the SEC Championships, reaching a mark of 1.88m/6-2…Victorious in the NCAA East Prelims with a jump of 1.82m/5-11.5…Placed third in the NCAA Championships with a mark of 1.87m/6-1.50...Tied for 13th in the high jump while representing Cyprus at the World Athletics Championships, recording a jump of 1.90m/6-2.75.
Indoor – Cleared a height of 1.92 meters/6 feet, 3.50 inches at the SEC Championships to take second and become the No. 18 all-time collegiate performer in the high jump…That mark also ranks third all-time in UGA history…Took third at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 1.88m/6-2.00…Victorious in the high jump at the Texas Tech Open (1.87m/6-1.50), MLK Invite (1.83m/6.00) and Clemson Invite (1.81m/5-11.25)…Placed third at the Tiger Paw Invite after clearing 1.84m/6-0.50.
2022: Outdoor – Moved to No. 7 on the school’s all-time list in the high jump after clearing 1.87/6-1.50 to win the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Earned runner-up honors at the Tom Jones Memorial with a clearance of 1.86/6-1.25…Also hit 6 feet at the Florida Relays for second (1.84/6-0.50)…Tied for fourth in the high jump at the SEC Championships, registering a clearance of 1.78/5-10…Advanced to her first NCAA outdoor meet after clearing 1.84/6-0.50 to take sixth at the NCAA East Prelims…Finished 11th for Second Team All-America honors in the high jump after clearing 1.80/5-10.75.
Indoor – Named SEC Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year…Won the Samford Invite after clearing 1.83m/6 feet in the high jump…Was fourth at the SEC Championships thanks to a mark of 1.82m/5-11.50…Had three other clearances at 1.78m/5-10 or better, including her eighth-place finish in the high jump at the NCAA Championships for First Team All-America honors (1.78m/5-10).
High School: After climbing to 1.84 meters/6 feet, ½ inches to win the 2017 Russia U-18 National Outdoor Championships, she hit a personal-best mark of 1.87m/6-1.50 for second at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival…Reached an indoor personal best of 1.84m/6-0.50 to earn runner-up honors at the 2019 Russia U-20 National Indoor Championships…Had a season-best mark of 1.82m/5-11.50 at the Russia U-20 National Indoor Championships to take fifth because the COVID-19 pandemic….Personal best of 1.87m (6-1.50).
Personal: Born July 28, 2002…Daughter of Marina Kulichenko and Alexei Kulichenko…Majoring in Human Development and Family Science...Recipient of the Liz Murphey Women's Athletic Scholarship.
