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Marleena Eubanks - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Marleena Eubanks

Position Middle Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Kingston, Jamaica
High School Edwin Allen HS
Position Middle Distance

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2019 Indoor Second Team All-America (800 Meters)
2019 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
2019 Indoor Big 12 Champion (800 Meters)
Indoor School Record (800 Meters) – 2:03.99
Big 12 Indoor Championship Meet Record (800 Meters) – 2:03.99
Indoor School Record (Distance Medley Relay) – 10:58.31
Texas Tech Open Meet Record (4×400 Relay) – 3:38.31
Texas Tech Open Meet Record (800 Meters) – 2:07.94
Outdoor School Record (Sprint Medley Relay) – 3:51.17
2018 Indoor Second Team All-America (DMR)

 

2019 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:09.15 and was a member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:35.79 at the Battle on the Bayou (4/6) … Posted a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 54.64 seconds and anchored the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:39.59 at the 92nd Kansas Relays (4/17-20) … Recorded the No. 3 800-meter run performance in KU history at the National Relay Championships (4/26-4/27), clocking in at 2:05.12 for second place.

2019 INDOOR (Sr.)
Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a victory at the Bob Timmons Challenge (11/30) with a combined time of 3:42.68 … Finished first at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/18) in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.71 … A member of the second place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:46.42 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-1/26) … Won the 800-meter run, setting a meet record with a personal-best time of 2:07.94, becoming the No. 3 performer and posting the No. 8 performance in KU history and was a member of the first-place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:38.31 to set a meet record at the Texas Tech Open (2/1-2/2) … Finished third in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:06.01 at the ISU Classic (2/8-2/9), posting the No. 3 performance and becoming the No. 2 performer in KU history … A member of the first place 4×400-meter relay team that finished with a combined time of 3:37.51 and a member of the distance medley relay team that finished third with a combined time of 10:58.31, posting the school record and the No. 7 time in the NCAA this season at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/16) … Won the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 2:03.99, setting a new school record and a new meet record at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/22-2/23) and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished second with a combined time of 3:34.49 for the No. 7 performance in KU history … Finished 16th in the preliminary round of the 800-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9) to earn Second Team All-America honors.

2018 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished eighth in the women’s 800-meter run invitational section at the Texas Relays (3/28-31) with a time of 2:08.45 to become the No. 6 performer in KU history and was a member of the sprint medley relay team that set the school record with a time of 3:51.17 … Placed ninth in the open 400-meter dash at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a time of 54.67 seconds … Finished second in the quadrangular section of the 800-meter run at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a time of 2:13.56 and helped the 4×400 relay team to a first-place finish with a combined time of 3:38.56 … Moved up to No. 3 on the KU all-time performers list in the 800 meters with the sixth-fastest time in school history of 2:06.05 to place third at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that placed seventh with a time of 3:35.46 … Placed second in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) and became the No. 2 performer in KU history in the event with a time of 2:04.44 … Finished 44th in the first round of the 800-meter run at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a time of 2:15.47.

2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Opened her Jayhawk career with a victory in the 600-yard run at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a time of 1:24.23, and was a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that took second with a time of 3:50.93 … Finished fourth in the 800 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) with a time of 2:13.25 … Became the No. 5 performer in KU women’s indoor history in the 800 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17), finishing third with a time of 2:09.13 … Finished fifth in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with the No. 8 time in KU women’s indoor history of 2:08.23 to make her the No. 3 performer in program history … Earned Second Team All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team that finished ninth at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10) with a time of 11:12.91.

2016 OUTDOOR (At Central Arizona College)
Finished first at the NJCAA Region I Track & Field Championships in the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run, and was a member of the first place 4×400-meter relay team and the second place 4×800-meter relay team to qualify for the national championship meet in all four events … Won the 800 meters at the 2016 NJCAA Outdoor National Championships (5/17-19) with a time of 2:05.34 … Finished second at the national championship meet in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:35.81.

2016 INDOOR (At Central Arizona College)
Won the 800-meter run at the NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/4-5) with a time of 2:08.74 … Finished second in the 1,000-meter run at the national championship meet with a time of 2:57.75 … Member of the distance medley relay team at thenational championships that finished fourth with a time of 12:28.79.

2015 OUTDOOR (At Central Arizona College)
Finished first in the 400-meter dash at the NJCAA Region I Track & Field Championships with a time of 54.80 seconds … Also qualified for the national meet by winning the 800 meters at the regional meet with a time of 2:13.18 … Won the 800 meters at the NJCAA Championships (5/14-16) with a time of 2:08.74 … Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the national championships with a time of 4:40.86.

2015 INDOOR (At Central Arizona College)
Finished third in the 800 meters a the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/6-7) with a time of 2:18.05 … Also finished third in the 1,000 meters at the NJCAA Championships with a time of 3:01.65.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Edwin Allen High School in Kingston, Jamaica.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Deleta and the late James Eubanks … Undecided on a major.