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Erik Kynard (Kansas State)

Biographical Information:

Name: Erik Kynard

Date of Birth: February 3, 1991

College: Kansas State (2013)

High School: Robert S. Rogers (Toledo, Ohio 2009)

Current training place: Manhattan, Kansas (Kansas State University)

Height: 6' 4" (1.93m)

Weight: 170lbs

Personal Best Outdoors: 2.28m (7-5.75) San Diego, California 3/19/2011

Personal Best Indoors: 2.33m (7-5.25) Fayettville, Arkansas Tyson Invite 2/12/2011

Coach: Cliff Rovelto (Kansas State Head Coach)

Career Highlights

2011:  Indoors:  Had a great indoor season winning every meet except the NCAA Champs where he finished 3rd with a jump of 2.20m (7-2.5).  He won the Big 12 Champs with a 2.24m (7-4.25) jump.  He also made history by jumping what is tied for the 3rd highest jump indoors ever in the college ranks 2.33m (7-7.75) to win the Tyson Invite. 

2010:  Outdoors: Jumped a personal best outdoors of 2.25m (7-4.5) to win the Jim Click Invite in Tuscon, Arizona.  Placed 2nd in the Big 12 Champs with a 2.14m (7-0.25) jump.  At the NCAA Champs he placed 6th with a 2.17m (7-1.5) jump.  In his final meet of the year he jumped 2.17m (7-1.5) to place 3rd at the USA junior competition.  Indoors:  Jumped for the first time in a college uniform with a win and jump of 2.19m (7-2.25).  Placed 2nd at the Big 12 Conference with a 2.23m (7-3.75) jump.  Also placed 11th at the NCAA indoor champs with a leap of 2.14m (7-0.25).

2009: Senior year in high school......Indoors jumped 2.21m (7-3) to win the Nike High School National Meet dominating the field.  Jumped a season best 2.24m (7-4.25) in Ypsilanti, MI.  Outdoors won the Ohio State meet with a 2.16m (7-1).  Won the Nike High School National Outdoor meet jumping 2.22m (7-3.25) then went on the place 2nd at the USA junior national meet with a 2.15m (7-0.5) jump.  Finished up his season representing the USA junior national team in Port of Spain Pan American junior champs jumping 2.10m (6-10.75) to place 2nd.  Finished the seaosn with best jumps of 2.24m (7-4.25) indoors and 2.22m (7-3.25) outdoors.  Also finishd the season ranked as the #1 high school high jumper for the 2nd year in a row.

2008:  Junior year in high school......Indoors jumped 2.22m (7-3.25) and also won the Nike Indoor Nationals with a 2.14m (7-0.25) jump.  Placed 2nd at the USA junior champs 2.14m (7-0.25) and also just missed the finals of the Olympic Trials jumping 2.15m (7-0.5).  Finally finished the season with a first meet overseas in Poland where he jumped 2.10m (6-10.75) where he failed to make the World Junior Champs finals.

2007: Jumped a season best 2.10m (6-10.75) as a sophmore in high school.

Top 10 jumps of all time

i2.33m (7-7.75) Fayettville, Arkansas         Tyson Invite                  2/12/2011

i2.29m (7-6)     College Station, Texas       SEC vs. Big 12 Challenge 1/29/2011

2.28m (7-5.75)  San Diego, California        Aztec Invite                   3/19/2011

i2.27m (7-5.25) Manhattan, Kansas           KSU All Comers             12/11/10

2.25m (7-4.5) Tuscon, Arizona                 Jim Click Shootout          4/3/2010

i2.24m (7-4.5)   Ypsilanti, MI                     High School                  3/28/2009

2.24m (7-4.25) Manhattan, Kansas           Ward Haylett Invite        5/1/2010

2.24m (7-4.25)  Lincoln, Nebraska             Big 12 Champs              2/26/2011

i2.23m (7-3.75) Ames, Iowa                     Big 12 Champs              2/26/2010

i2.23m (7-3.75)  Manhattan, Kansas                                              1/15/2011