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Braden Kleinschmidt - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Braden Kleinschmidt

Position Horizontal Jumps
Class Senior
Hometown Lincoln, Neb.
High School Lincoln East HS
Position Horizontal Jumps
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CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2015-16 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

 

2019 INDOOR (Sr.)
Recorded his season-best mark in the long jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) with a jump of 6.73 meters (22-1 ft.).

2018 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished ninth in the long jump at the season-opening Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) with a mark of 6.78 meters (22-3 ft.) … Finished fifth in the quadrangular long jump at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) by tying his personal-best of 6.83 meters (22-5 ft.) … Placed eighth in the long jump a the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) with a personal-best mark of 6.95 meters (22-9.75 ft.) … Finished third in the long jump at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/5) with a mark of 6.64 meters (21-9.5 ft.).

2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Posted a 10th-place finish in the long jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a mark of 6.58 meters (21-7.25 ft.) … Notched a career-best mark in the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20), hitting 6.90 meters (22-7.75 ft.) to finish seventh.

2017 OUTDOOR (R-Fr.)
Posted a third-place finish at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6) in the long jump with a leap of 6.77 meters (22-2.5 ft.) … Recorded a wind-aided mark of 7.01 meters (23 ft.) in the long jump at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), good for fourth place.

2017 INDOOR (So.)
Finished in third-place at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) in the long jump with a leap measuring 6.62 meters (21-8.75 ft.) … Recorded a personal-best in the long jump with a mark of 6.86 meters (22-6.25 ft.) at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4), good for 13th place … Placed third in the long jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2/16) with a mark of 6.43 meters (21-1.25 ft.).

2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Posted top-10 finishes in his first collegiate meet at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) in the long jump and 60 meters, placing sixth in the long jump with a mark of 6.43 meters (21-1.25 ft.) and 10th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.34 … Best long jump of the season came at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) where he posted a mark of 6.77 meters (22-2.5 ft.), good enough for fourth … Claimed fourth in the long jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) after his leap of 6.64 meters (21-9.5 ft.) … Placed seventh in the 60 meters with a personal-best time of 7.28 at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular … Finished third in the long jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a mark of 6.71 meters (20-0.2 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
A five-time letterwinner in track and football at Lincoln East HS … Tallied a runner-up finish in the long jump at the 2015 Class A State Championships with a leap of 6.85 meters (22-6 ft.), a career best … As a junior, finished fourth in the long jump at the state meet after turning in a top leap of 6.71 meters (22-0.25 ft.) … Won the Heartland Athletic Conference long jump title in 2014 with his mark of 6.59 meters (21-7.5 ft.) … Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters at the 2014 state championship meet by way of his 10.97 clocking … Career-best 100-meter time of 10.94 came en route to a runner-up finish at the 2014 District Championships.

PERSONAL
Son of Steven and Carrie Kleinschmidt … Undecided on major.