(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Three-time NCAA champion Erika Kinsey recently qualified for the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships later this summer.
Kinsey competed this past weekend at the European Athletics Team Championships in Cheboksary, Russia, where she placed fourth in the high jump with a personal-best 1.97 meters (6-5.5), according to a news release.
Kinsey twice broke her personal-record at the meet, first jumping 1.94m, the IAAF qualifying standard, before clearing 1.97m on her third attempt. Kinsey also took an attempt at 1.99m which would have tied her for second-best in the world in 2015. As it stands, her mark of 1.97 currently placed her tied for third this year. The mark also would have set a new NCAA Division II record.
Competing for Central Missouri this past year, Kinsey helped the Jennies to their first NCAA team championships in school history, as UCM won both the indoor and outdoor national titles. Kinsey was three-times crowned a National Champion and won six All-American awards.
The IAAF World Championships will take place Aug. 22-30 in Beijing, China.
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