Erik Kynard
Event: High Jump
Height: 6-4.5
Weight: 188
PR: 2.33m/7-7.75i
Born: 02/03/1991
Current Residence: Manhattan, Kan.
High School: Robert S. Rogers (Ohio) HS ‘09
College: Kansas State University
Coach: Cliff Rovelto
Agent: Self
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Career Highlights: 3rd at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships; 2011 NCAA Outdoors champion; 2012 Big 12 Indoor champion
USA Championships
Third at 2011 USA Outdoors (2.28m/7-5.75)
International Championships
2009 Pan American Junior silver medalist (2.10m/6-10.75)
Collegiate Championships
2011 NCAA Outdoor champion (2.29m/7-6)
3rd at 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships (2.20m/7-2.5)
2012 Big 12 Indoor champion (2.27m/7-5.25)
About Erik
As a high school senior, Kynard won both the 2009 Nike Outdoor and Indoor Championships in the high jump with clearances of 2.22m/7-3.25 and 2.21m/7-3. To go along with those victories, he was also a two-time Ohio state champion in the high jump. After a successful career at Rogers High School in Toledo, Ohio, Kynard went onto Kansas State University to compete under the tutelage of head coach Cliff Rovelto. During his freshman year at Kansas State, Kynard posted a season best of 2.23m/7-3.75 to finish second at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. He improved dramatically as a sophomore – winning the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Kynard then placed third at the USA Outdoor Championships and punched his ticket to the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Kynard has six sisters and two brothers.
Results
2012: 4th at NCAA Indoor (2.20m/7-2.5); Big 12 Indoor champion (2.27m/7-5.25); 1st at Ames Bill Bergan Invitational (2.25m/7-4.5); 1st at Albuquerque New Mexico Classic (2.31m/7-7);
2011: 3rd at USA Outdoors (2.28/7-5.75); NCAA Outdoor champion (2.29m/7-6); 1st at Big 12 Outdoors (2.27m/7-5.25); 1st at Drake Relays (2.31m/7-7); 1st at Texas Relays (2.28m/7-5.75); 3rd at NCAA Indoors (2.20m/7-2.5); 14th at World Outdoors (2.28m/7-5.75).
2010: 6th at NCAA Outdoors (2.17m/7-1.5); 1st at the Jim Click Shootout (2.25m/7-4.5); 3rd at USA Junior Outdoors; 2nd at Big 12 Indoors (2.23m/7-3.75); 1st at NCAA West Regional (2.15m/7-01); 1st at adidas Classic indoor (2.19m/7-02.25); 1st at Tyson Invitational (2.19m/7-02.50)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Indoor bests – 2.33m/7-7.75 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 6 in the world); Outdoor bests – 2.31m/7-7 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 16 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – 2.23m/7-3.75 (No. 13 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 2.25m/7-4.5 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 49 in the world)
2009: Indoor bests – 2.25m/7-4.25 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 42 in the world); Outdoor bests – 2.22m/7-3.25 (No. 18 in the USA)
2008: Indoor bests – 2.23m/7-3.75 (No. 7 in the USA)