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2012-13 Men's Track & Field Roster

Kolton Kempel

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lena, Ill.
  • High School Lena-Winslow

Biography

Career Performance Lists

Career Honors
- 2012 Second-Team All-Patriot League (4x400m - Outdoor)
- 2011 Patriot League Indoor 4x400m Relay Champion 2011-12 (Junior Season):
- Earned All-Patriot League Second Team honors by placing second at the outdoor league championship with the 4x400m relay team with a season-best time of 3:14.10
- Competed on the 4x400m team at the IC4A Outdoor Championship, placing 14th at 3:15.23
- Placed first in the 4x400m at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet
- Clocked a personal-record time of 49.06 in the 400m at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship, placing ninth
- Turned in a 49.30 in the 400m at the UNC Invitational to place 10th
- Ran an indoor-season best 400m time of 50.20 at the Navy Invite
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2010-11 (Sophomore Season):
- Ran second leg of Navy's 4x400m relay team that won the final event at the Patriot League Indoor Championship to clinch the team title for Navy
- 4x400m relay team ran a 3:17.40 at the PL Championship and a season-best 3:16.21 at the Iowa State Classic
- Placed 14th in the prelims of the 4x400m at the IC4A Indoor Championship
- Member of 4x400m relay team that placed fourth at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship and 16th at the IC4A Outdoor Meet
- Outdoor 4x400m relay team ran a season-best time of 3:15.28 at Tom Jones Memorial
- Placed third at the Patriot League Indoor Championship in the 400m dash with an indoor season-best time of 49.33
- Ran a 49.67 in the 400m at the Iowa State Classic
- Clocked a season-best time of 22.41 to place 10th in the prelims of the 200m at the indoor league meet
- Ran an outdoor 400m season-best time of 49.39 to place third at the Army-Navy Star Meet
- Won the 400m at the Navy Quad Meet with a time of 49.82
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll 2009-10 (Freshman Season):
- Competed on Navy's 4x400m relay team at the IC4A Outdoor Championship, placing 29th
- Competed in the 200m at the indoor Navy Five-Team Meet
- Ran a 50.54 in the 400m at the Navy Three-Team Meet
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll High School / Personal:
- A 2009 graduate of Lena-Winslow High School, where he earned four letters in football, four letters in wrestling and three letters in track and field
- Served as a team captain for the track and field team
- Earned all-conference honors in track and field
- Runner-up in the 4x400m at the 2008 state championship
- Placed fifth at state in the 4x200 and seventh in the 4x400 in 2009
- Played quarterback and linebacker on the football team
- Member of the National Honor Society and student council
- Son of Timothy and Denise Kempel
- Majoring in history (honors)
- Has been named to the Superintendent's List four times and the Commandant's List six times

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'"
  • 2011-12Junior

    Sprints
    6'"
  • 2012-13Senior

    Sprints
    6'"