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? Kansas Qualifies Six Individuals, One Relay for NCAA Championships
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Kansas observe and discipline will probably be represented by six people and one relay on the 2022 NCAA Outside Championships, because the Jayhawks completed their weekend on the NCAA West Preliminary in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Saturday.
Kansas punched 4 extra tickets on Saturday, bringing its whole to 12 people throughout six occasions. The Jayhawks will probably be represented by Alexander Jung (decathlon), Zach Bradford (pole vault), Clayton Simms (pole vault), Alexandra Emilianov (discus), Rylee Anderson (excessive leap), Honour Finley (800 meters, 4×400 meter relay), Mariah Kuykendoll (4×400 meter relay), Anna Siemens (4×400 meter relay) and Satanya Wright (4×400 meter relay).
The Jayhawks discovered their groove early on Saturday afternoon when Emilianov certified within the ladies’s discus with the second-farthest throw within the West area of 58.47m (191-10 ft.). Emilianov has competed on the NCAA Outside Championships 3 times, the place she earned All-American honors in every look.
As Emilianov clinched her spot, Anderson certified within the ladies’s excessive leap, popping out of the West Area tied with one of the best clearance of 1.81m (5-11.25 ft.). Anderson was excellent on the day, clearing all three bars on her first makes an attempt.
Within the ladies’s 800 meters, Finley ran her solution to a brand new faculty report with a time of two:03.87. Finley’s time breaks the college report of two:04.43 set by Whitney Adams in 2016, as Finley qualifies for the NCAA Championships for the primary time within the 800 meters.
Kansas closed out the evening with a really spectacular efficiency within the 4×400 meter relay, because the group of Kuykendoll, Siemens, Wright and Finley completed in 3:32.41, inserting them eighth within the West area. Their time was practically 5 seconds quicker 3:37.38 set on the Texas Relays.
Sophomore Lona Latema put collectively a powerful race within the ladies’s 3,000-meter steeplechase by operating a ten:16.90, which positioned her 15th. Her time was simply off her private better of 10:14.78 set on the Drake Relays earlier this 12 months.
Kansas’ will now compete on the 2022 NCAA Outside Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 11-14.