Columbia University Athletics

2022-23 (Senior): (ITF) Clocked ninth with a personal best weight throw mark of 45-9.75/13.96m at Dartmouth v. Columbia v. Yale (Jan. 21) … (OTF): Placed 8th in women’s hammer at the Ivy League Outdoor TF Championships, earning a PR mark of 172-0/52.44m (May 6-7) … Took 2nd in the shot put with a PR mark of 30-10.25/9.40m at Yale’s Last Chance Meet (May 13)

2019-20 (First-Year): (Indoor) Opened collegiate account with a 14th place finish in the weight throw, tossing a mark of 36-1.50/11.01m at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Set a personal record in the weight throw with a mark of 42-8.00/13.00m for best finish of the season (ninth) at the 14th Giegengack Invitational (Feb. 15). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Threw the shot put, discus, hammer and weight for four years at Pembroke Pines Charter High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida ... Currently owns the St. Lucia National Women's record in the Hammer Throw (48.67), set in 2018 ... 2017 USATF Florida Association Youth Thrower Athlete of the Year ... 2017 USATF Junior Olympics All-American (Hammer Throw) ... Placed ninth in the Discus Throw at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics ... Team captain for both junior and senior years ... Spent time competing for the Broward Elite Athletic Club ... Member of the National Honors Society ... Named to the NSHSS National Society of High School Scholars.

Personal: Born, Kayla-Rae Gordon, on June 29, 2001 in St. Lucia ... Daughter of Tracey Gordon ... Gordon family name has its own tartan ... Earned the nickname "Hammer Time" from high school coach ... Has played the Oboe for seven years ... Has had an opportunity to train with United States Olympian Kibwe Johnson ... Recruited by fellow Ivy League program Dartmouth, along with Vanderbilt, Navy and Army ... Went with Columbia because "it felt like home and it made me strongly believe that this is a place where I will experience the best of both athletics and academic excellence" ... Currently enrolled in Barnard College ... Plans on majoring in Neuroscience and Behavior.

Career Bests

Weight Throw (Indoor) - 13.00m
14th Giegengack Invitational - Feb. 15, 2020