Elena Kelety

Season and Career Results
2023

Indoor

Competed in seven meets during the indoor season, running the 400m, 800m, 4x400m relay and the distance medley relay … Scored at the SEC Indoor Championship, running as the third leg of the DMR team that clocked 11:22.59 to finish sixth overall with the fastest indoor DMR time in program history … Made her Gamecock debut at the Clemson Opener, winning the 400m with a time of 55.20 … Ran a personal-best indoor 400m time of 54.61 at the Gamecock Opener, finishing third … Made her indoor DMR debut at the Columbia Challenge, running the second leg and helping the Gamecocks to a time of 11:42.88 for the sixth best time in program history … Also ran the 4x400m relay at the Columbia Challenge, winning with a time of 3:37.25 as the third leg … Ran her first indoor 800m at the South Carolina Invitational, finishing fifth with a time of 2:08.39 … Turned in her indoor 800m PR at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing 12^th with a time of 2:07.43 for the fifth fastest 800m time in Gamecock history.

Outdoor

Appeared in seven outdoor meets during the season, running the 400-meter hurdle, 4x400m relay and the 4x800m relay … Competed in the NCAA East Regional in both the 400mH and the 4x400m relay … Finished 19^th in the East Regional in the 400mH, while placing 16^th in the relay … Made her outdoor Gamecock debut at the Island Relays Bahamas, running a personal best in the 400mH with a time of 58.19 to finish third … Was also the leadoff leg in the 4x800m in the Bahamas, leading the Gamecocks to a win with a time of 8:56.91 for the seventh fastest 4x800m relay in program history … Also ran the 400mH at the SEC Outdoor Championship, tying her PR with a time of 58.19 to finish 14^th … Ran the anchor leg in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Championship, running 3:37.41 … Her best finishes in the 400mH were second at the Weems Baskin Relays (58.71) and second at the USC Open (58.28) … Was a member of the 4x800m relay squad at the Penn Relays that set a new program record with a time of 8:40.20.

Pre-South Carolina
High School

Competed in the heptathlon and open 400m at Friedrich Dessauer Gymnasium in Frankfurt, Germany … Represented Germany in the heptathlon at the World Youth Championships … Was also a European Silver Medalist with the 4×400 at European Junior Championships … German U20 Champion in the heptathlon and was the Senior German Champion in the 4x400m at youth, junior and U23 German Championships.

Personal

Daughter of Bela Kelety and Sylke Bahr, born on Sept. 4, 1999 … Has one sibling, Tibor Kelety … Has already graduated from University of Cologne with a degree in Biochemistry … Plans to get her Master’s degree in Biomedical Science with the goal of performing research in the medical field … Chose South Carolina over New Mexico and Kansas.

Personal Records
Indoor

Outdoor