2025-26 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Katelyn Adel
- Position:
 - Multi
 
- Height:
 - 5-10
 
- Class:
 - Sophomore
 
- Hometown:
 - Zurich, Switzerland
 
- High School:
 - Allgemeine Berufsschule Zurich
 
Accolades
- 2025 USTFCCCA First Team All-American - heptathlon
 - 2025 SEC Outdoor silver medalist - heptathlon
 - 2025 Second Team All-SEC - heptathlon
 - 2025 SEC Women's Freshman of the Week - April 1
 - UA heptathlon school-record holder (5,834 points)
 - 2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member
 
2024-25
OutdoorÂ
- Earned First Team All-America honors after her eighth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships
 - Captured silver during her first-career outdoor conference meet
 - Awarded SEC Women's Freshman of the Week honors (April 1) following her first-place finish at the Texas Relays
 - Became the first UA student-athlete to earn All-America honors (first team) in the heptathlon since Kaylon Eppinger in 2012 (honorable mention)
 - Bettered her UA-career-heptathlon point-total in consecutive meets and set the school record at the national meet 
	
- Texas Relays - 1st place - 5,587 points
 - SEC Championships - 2nd place - 5,619 points
 - NCAA Championships - 8th place - 5,834 points
 
 - Set new PRs in all seven events throughout her rookie season
	
- 100m hurdles - 14.12 - NCAA Championships
 - High jump - 1.77m (5-9.75) - Texas Relays
 - Shot put - 12.92m (42-4.75) - SEC Championships
 - 200m - 24.65 - NCAA Championships
 - Long jump - 6.18m (20-3.50) - NCAA Championships
 - Javelin - 36.57m (119-11) - NCAA Championships
 - 800m - 2:16.85Â - NCAA Championships
 
 - Competed for the Crimson Tide in eight total meets during the outdoor campaign
 
IndoorÂ
- Represented Alabama in the pentathlon at the SEC Championships, setting a PR in the 60m hurdles (8.70)
 - Captured second-(high jump, 1.66m | 5-5.25)-and-third-place (long jump, 5.85m | 19-2.50) finishes in her UA career-debut at the Samford Invite (Jan. 17-18)
 - Competed in five total meets for the Crimson Tide during the indoor campaign
 
Prep Highlights
- Personal bests: 6,092 points in the heptathlon; 4,328 points in the pentathlon
 - 2024 Combined Events champion
 - 2023 seventh-place finisher in the heptathlon at the European U23 Championships
 
Personal
- Born Oct. 23, 2002
 - Daughter of Suzanne and Andries Adel
 - Has two siblings, Isabelle and Victoria
 - Majoring in kinesiology
 
SEC Cross Country Championships Preview
Thursday, October 30
SEC Cross Country Championships:
Friday, November 01
Harvey Glance Tide and Tigers Dual Meet: Coach Waters
Friday, January 12
SEC Cross Country Championships Recap: Coach Waters
Saturday, October 28









