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University of Rhode Island

2013-14 Women's Track & Field

Kelly McCabe

  • Class Senior
  • High School Mansfield
  • Hometown Mansfield, Mass.

Biography

2013-14 (Senior): Outdoor: Finished seventh in the javelin throw (43.76m) in the ECAC Championship... Finished 11th in the shot put (12.07m) and fourth in the javelin throw (40.52m) in the New England Championship... Finished first in the javelin throw (45.52m) and fifth in the hepathlon (4376) in the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship... Finished 18th in the shot put (11.87m) and tenth in the javelin throw (42.30m) in the Penn Relays... Finished sixth in the shot put (12.65m) and first in the javelin throw (42.41m) in the Yale Invitational... Finished fourth in the shot put (12.25m) and first in the javelin throw (43.51m) in the Brown Invitational... Finished second in the javelin throw (43.00m) and fifth in the shot put (12.29m) in the UCF Invitational.

Indoor: Finished seventh in the shot put (12.89m) in the New England Championship... Finished sixth in the shot put (13.26m) in the A-10 Championship... Finished tenth of 16 in the long jump (5.02m) and sixth of 19 in the shot put (12.27m) in the URI Coaches Invitational... Finished seventh in the long jump (5.01m) and fourth in the shot put (12.82m) in the Sorlien Invitational.

2012-13 (Junior): Outdoor: Competed in the javelin (133') at the NCAA East Preliminaries… Threw a distance of 136’10 in the javelin to finish fourth at the New England Championship… Finished second in the javelin (142’7) at the Atlantic 10 Championship… Won the college javelin with a throw of 145’10 at the Penn Relays. Also finished 12th in the Eastern shot put (44’11)… Threw a distance of 134’10 for a fifth place finish in the javelin at the Larry Ellis Invitational… Finished second in the javelin (134’1) at the Brown Invitational… Placed second in javelin (40.48m) and fourth in the shot put (12.14m) at the BSU Bears Invitational… Finished fifth in the shot put (43’2.25) at the Charlotte 49er Classic.

Indoor:
Placed sixth in the shot put (43’0.5) at the New England Championship… Finished fifth in the shot put (13.59m) at the Atlantic 10 Championship… Placed second in the shot put (43’7.25) at the Coaches Tribute Invitational… Finished ninth in the shot put (42’7.5) at the Terrier Invitational… Placed fourth in the shot put (40’11) at the Sorlien Invitational… Finished second in the shot put (42'0.75) at the GoRhody Invitational on Jan. 11.

2011-12 (Junior): Outdoor:
 At the Brown Invitational had a season best and New England qualifying mark in the javelin of 38.38 (125'11).

2010-11 (Sophomore):
Outdoor: Posted a runner-up finish in the javelin with a mark of 39.49m at the UCF Invitational.

Indoor:
Won the pentathlon with 3397 points at the URI Pentathlon... Finished ninth in the shot put with a mark of 11.80m at the URI Sorlien Invitational... Finished runner-up in the pentathlon with 3391 points at the Atlantic 10 Championships. 

2009-10 (Freshman): Outdoor: 
Finished third in the javelin with a mark of 37.35m at the UCF Invitational... Placed second in the javelin and fourth in the shot put at the Bryant Invitational... Finished fifth in the pentathlon with 4638 points at the Mt. Sac Invitational... Placed second in the heptathlon with 4696 points at the A-10 Championships... Finished second in both the javelin and shot put events at the ECAC Championships.

Indoor:
Finished as the top collegiate performer at the URI Pentathlon with 3438 points... Finished third in both the shot put (11.97m) and high jump (1.60m) events at the URI Sorlien Invitational... Placed seventh in the 55m hurdles with a time of 9.11 at the URI Invitational... Finished seventh in the high jump with a mark of 1.57 at the Terrier Classic... Finished in second place at the A-10 Championships in the pentathlon with 3451 points... Placed 10th in the high jump at the IC4A Championships... Won the shot put event with a mark of 11.89m while placing fourth in the pentathlon at the ECAC Championships. 

High School:
Lettered in soccer and track at Mansfield High School... Was named a Nike Nationals All-American and a Junior Olympics All-American... Named a Boston Globe Globe, Sun Chronicle and Hockomock All-Star for track and a Hockomock All-Star for soccer... Captained her track team as a senior.

Personal:
Born July 17, 1991... Daughter of Chris and Linda McCabe... Has one brother, Kevin... Enjoys snowboarding, long boarding, surfing and art... Lists Bryan Clay as her favorite athlete and the Boston Red Sox as her favorite sports team... Majoring in nursing at URI.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Multi-Events
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Multi-Events
  • 2011-12Junior

    Multi-Events
  • 2012-13Junior

    Multi-Events
  • 2013-14Senior

    Multi-Events