2017-18 Track & Field Roster

Louisa Grauvogel
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Saarland, Germany
- Hometown:
- Saarbrucken
2018 NCAA First Team Outdoor All-American (Heptathlon)
2018 NCAA First Team Indoor All-American (Pentathlon)
2018: Outdoor - After waiting in the wings beside seven-time NCAA titlist Kendell Williams, she carved her own name into the history books with a silver medalist performance in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, improving her No. 3 spot in program history with a career-best 6,074 points...Opened with the tied-No. 2 heptathlon 100-meter hurdles performance in NCAA outdoor meet history, clocking 12.95 to tie Williams’ mark in 2017 and become No. 2 in school history in the event...Also posted career bests in the high jump (5’8.75”) and the javelin throw (142’8”), as well as an event win in the heptathlon 200 meters (23.72)...Claimed in eighth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles open event at the SEC Outdoor Championships with times of 13.12 (prelims) and 13.21 (finals)...Posted a then-career best score of 6,053 points in the heptathlon at the Halle Combined Events Challenge in Germany...Opened the outdoor heptathlon with a first-place finish at the Bulldog Heptathlon/Decathlon, scoring 5,887 points while winning six of seven events towards the No. 7 NCAA qualifying mark...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Recorded a fifth-place finish in the pentathlon with 4,318 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn First Team All-American honors and increase her mark at the No. 3 spot in school record books...The performance included a new PR (8.23) in the 60-meter hurdles to move her to No. 4 all-time at Georgia, as well as a new personal best in the high jump (5 feet, 8 ¾ inches)...Earned the No. 3 NCAA qualifying mark in the pentathlon (4,312 points)...Soared to new heights in second-place finish in the pentathlon at the SEC Indoor Championships with a previous personal record of 4,312 points to earn All-SEC Second Team honors...Opened her first pentathlon of the year with a previous personal record of 4,253 points at the Razorback Invite...Highlighted her performance with a win in the pentathlon 800m (2:19.56)...Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the 60mH (8.31) at the Orange & Purple Invite; also placed sixth in the shot put (40-7.75) and seventh in the long jump (19-6)...One of 62 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Fall 2017, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher.
2017: Outdoor – Was the runner-up at her first Bulldog Heptathlon after scoring 5,616 points…Took fifth in the heptathlon at the SEC Championships with a final total of 5,595 points.
Indoor – Competed in her first collegiate pentathlon and finished fourth at the Razorback Invite with 4,476 points…Finished fifth at the SEC Championships with a personal-best score of 4,187 points…Had a career-best time of 8.41 to take fourth in the pent’s 60-meter hurdles while also soaring a personal record of 19 feet, 7 ½ inches to take third in the long jump…Earned a 14th-place finish in the pentathlon (4,008) at the NCAA Championships.
High School: Captured two German national titles in the heptathlon and 100-meter hurdles...Won Bronze medals at the 2015 European Junior Championships and the 2013 World Youth Championships...Finalist at the 2014 World Junior Championships after taking fifth in Eugene, Ore....Posted personal-best scores of 5,742 in the heptathlon and 3,860 in the pentathlon...Also played handball in high school...Part of Elite School of Sports.
Personal: Born September 28, 1996...Daughter of Gerd and Katja Grauvogel...Majoring in Biochem and Molecular Biology.