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Collegiate athletes compete ahead of conference championships

Mon, May 10th 2021, 08:27 AM
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A number of Bahamian collegiate athletes ended their regular seasons this past weekend and will now start preparing for their respective conference championships in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletics.

Beginning next weekend, a number of the athletes will look to compete at a high level, so that they can qualify for the regional level and the ensuing NCAA Championships.
Kyle Alcine saved his best performance of the outdoor career for this past weekend as the junior set an outdoor personal best in the men’s high jump at his school’s meet, the Kansas State University Ward Haylett Meet, in Manhattan, Kansas. The Bahamian was able to clear 2.15 meters (m) – 7’ 0-1/2” – to place second overall.
Alcine was defeated by Olympic high jumper Erik Kynard Jr. who jumps for the Jordan brand. Kynard cleared a height of 2.20m (7’ 2-1/2”). Alcine’s teammate Devon Richardson was third, clearing 2.10m (6’ 10-3/4”).
Alcine’s previous outdoor best was 2.11m (6’ 11”). He achieved that performance at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTEP) Invitational back in March of this year. He now moves into the top 20 at number 18 in the NCAA Division I West outdoor rankings.
Next up for the Wildcats will be the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, which they will host at the R.V. Christian Track and Field Complex from May 14-16 in Manhattan.
Serena Brown launched the discus 57.25m (187’ 10”) to come away with a silver medal at the Wisconsin Big Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes junior has the 13th best throw in NCAA Division I athletics this season – 57.44m (188’ 5”). In addition, she is ranked at number nine in the NCAA Division I West rankings.
Finishing ahead of Brown was Olympian Kelsey Card who threw 62.04m (203’ 6”) to set a facility record. The University of Wisconsin Badgers’ Josie Schaefer finished third with a throw of 55.65m (182’ 7”).
The Bahamian and the Hawkeyes will head to Champaign, Illinois, to compete in the Big Ten Championships next weekend, May 14-16.

Beginning next weekend, a number of the athletes will look to compete at a high level, so that they can qualify for the regional level and the ensuing NCAA Championships.

Kyle Alcine saved his best performance of the outdoor career for this past weekend as the junior set an outdoor personal best in the men’s high jump at his school’s meet, the Kansas State University Ward Haylett Meet, in Manhattan, Kansas. The Bahamian was able to clear 2.15 meters (m) – 7’ 0-1/2” – to place second overall.

Alcine was defeated by Olympic high jumper Erik Kynard Jr. who jumps for the Jordan brand. Kynard cleared a height of 2.20m (7’ 2-1/2”). Alcine’s teammate Devon Richardson was third, clearing 2.10m (6’ 10-3/4”).

Alcine’s previous outdoor best was 2.11m (6’ 11”). He achieved that performance at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTEP) Invitational back in March of this year. He now moves into the top 20 at number 18 in the NCAA Division I West outdoor rankings.
Next up for the Wildcats will be the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, which they will host at the R.V. Christian Track and

Field Complex from May 14-16 in Manhattan.
Serena Brown launched the discus 57.25m (187’ 10”) to come away with a silver medal at the Wisconsin Big Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes junior has the 13th best throw in NCAA Division I athletics this season – 57.44m (188’ 5”). In addition, she is ranked at number nine in the NCAA Division I West rankings.

Finishing ahead of Brown was Olympian Kelsey Card who threw 62.04m (203’ 6”) to set a facility record. The University of Wisconsin Badgers’ Josie Schaefer finished third with a throw of 55.65m (182’ 7”).

The Bahamian and the Hawkeyes will head to Champaign, Illinois, to compete in the Big Ten Championships next weekend, May 14-16.

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