Further Information 

Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
100m hurdles: 1998 - 5th (U20), 1999 - 2nd (U20)
400m hurdles: 1998 - 2nd (U20), 1999 - 2nd (U20), 2000 - heat
Heptathlon: 1996 - 2nd (U20), 1998 - 4th (U20), 1999 - 1st (U20), 2000 (OT) - 2nd, 2001 - 4th, 2002 - 2nd, 2003 - 1st, 2004 - 1st, 2005 - 1st, 2006 - 1st, 2007 - 1st, 2008 - 1st

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Commonwealth Games: 2002 - heptathlon 2nd (5962pts), 4 x 400m - 2nd heat (3.33.25, split 54.9), 2006 - 2nd (6298pts)
Olympic Games: 2004 - heptathlon 18th (6090pts)
World Championships: 2005 - heptathlon 15th (5919pts), 2007 - heptathlon 12th (6184pts)
World Junior Championships: 1998 - 400m hurdles 6th semi (59.80), 4 x 400m 7th (3.37.60, split 55.1)
World University Games: 2003 - heptathlon 1st (6031pts)
East Asian Games: 2001 - heptathlon 3rd (5702pts)

ANNUAL PROGRESSION:

Heptathlon:
1996 4700pts
1998 4439pts
1999 5069pts
2000 5583pts
2001 5702pts
2002 5962pts
2003 6031pts
2004 6296pts
2005 6231pts
2006 6298pts
2007 6184pts
2008 6087pts

Long jump
2007 6.56m

EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS:
100m hurdles: 13.63 (+2.0) - Melbourne, 20/03/06
200 metres: 23.99 (-1.0) - Sydney, 4/03/05
400 metres: 54.81 - Perth, 19/02/00
400m hurdles: 58.11 - Brisbane, 11/02/00
800 metres: 2.09.98 - Ratingen (GER), 26/06/05
High jump: 1.86m - Brisbane, 26/11/05
Long jump: 6.57m (+0.2) - Daegu (KOR), 21/08/03 / 6.66w
Shot put: 13.41m - Canberra, 16/12/06
Javelin: 41.10m - Arles (FRA), 3/06/07
Heptathlon: 6298pts - Melbourne, 21/03/06

Interesting Facts

Kylie works as a Development Officer with Athletics Western Australia in Perth. Her least favourite event in the heptathlon is the javelin.

She was honoured with joint captaincy (shared with Clinton Hill) of the Australian Commonwealth Games athletics team at Melbourne 2006.

Kylie has won two gold medals in international competition - the first for the 4 x 400m relay in Manchester 2002 when she ran in the heat for the subsequently victorious Australian team. The second came at the 2003 World University Games.

Sporting Career

By 1996, at the age of 16, Kylie had already demonstrated her attributes as an all-rounder by clinching a silver medal in an Australian heptathlon championship.

But soon after she switched to train with Lyn Foreman and concentrated on the 400m hurdles. Within two years she was selected for the 1998 World Junior Championships, where she progressed to the semi-final and ran in the 4 x 400m relay.

Kylie was run out in the heats of the 400m hurdles at the 2000 National championships, but six months later at the Olympic trials she placed a fighting second in the heptathlon though short of the qualifying standard. Sticking with the combined event, Kylie was fourth in a competitive 2001 nationals heptathlon and was selected for the East Asian Games in May - where she placed third with a PB tally of 5702.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she started well in the heptathlon recording three PBs on day one and another two on the second, earning her the silver medal and raising her best by 260 points to 5962. She also ran in the heats of the 4 x 400m relay, which eventually won gold.

In 2003 in her major international victory to date, Kylie won the World University Games heptathlon with a new PB of 6031. During the year she set personal bests in all heptathlon events except the 800m.

2004 brought the second of her five national titles to date as well as a major breakthrough in June when in Ratingen (GER) she lifted her best to 6296, the highest score by an Australian for six years. Selected for the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, she continued her love affair with Ratingen in June 2005, scoring 6231 points - her second best ever, before finishing 15th in Helsinki.

Come the 2006 Nationals she was again at her best, winning her fourth title ahead of a repeat Commonwealth silver in Melbourne - this time with a new PB of 6298.

After a solid 2007 domestic season and earning selection for a second World Championships, Kylie undertook a successful European preparation tour,  placing third and fifth respectively in the World Combined Events Challenge meeting in Arles (FRA) and Ratingen (GER).

She took that form to Osaka and competed gallantly, her efforts on the track over 200m and 800m contributing to her 12th place finish and a total score of 6184 points,  a season’s best.

After another successful domestic season including her sixth consecutive National title in the Heptathlon, Kylie has been nominated to the Australian Olympic Committee for selection into the Australian team for the 2008 Olympic Games.