1x NCAA Championships Qualifier

Second-Team All-Big Ten // Heptathlon (Outdoor '25)

Illinois Record - Pentathlon

2025

Indoor

• NCAA Championships qualifier (Pentathlon)
• Set a new personal best in the 60mH (8.74) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
• At the Fighting Illini Challenge, recorded several standout performances
  • Pentathlon: Total score of 4,405 points is the school record
  • Shot Put: first place, 14.65m (48-0 3/4) — ranks sixth in program history
  • High Jump: second place, 1.70m (5-7)
  • 800m: second place, 2:17.38
• Holds sixth-best long jump in school history, 6.33m (20-9 1/4), at the Fighting Illini Open
• Placed 11th in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships (4,201 points)

Outdoor

• NCAA Championships qualifier (Heptathlon)
• Second-Team All-Big Ten (Heptathlon)
• Big Ten runner-up in the heptathlon with the program's second-best score of 5,851 points
• Threw the program's seventh-best javelin, 40.04m (131-4), at the Tom Jones Invitational

High School

• 2x Champion at the German Championships (pentathlon and long jump)
• 1x Runner-Up at the German Championships (long jump)

Personal

Born January 6, 2001... Daughter of Mario and Antje Kienast... Chose Illinois because "I chose Illinois because when I had my official visit, I felt totally seen and I got the feeling that the people there really care about me and that they want to help me become the best version of myself in all different parts of life. Of course, the fact that Petros will be my future coach is a big part of why I chose Illinois. Also, I love the facilities and the campus."

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