By: By Hunter McKay
ASUN Release
KENNESAW, Ga.
– Jordan Gray, and
Kidan Kidane of the Kennesaw State women's track and field team have been named to the ASUN Conference All-Academic team the conference announced Friday.
"Kidan and Jordan have had storied athletic careers but they get why we're here…to earn an outstanding career," Director of Track and Field and Cross Country
Andy Eggerth said. "Not simply to pass classes working day-to-day, but to excel in the classroom and set ourselves up for an outstanding career. It's great to receive all-academic awards, but their real reward will come as they are trying to enter the work force and how much easier it is to get hired to better positions. "
Gray has a 3.59 GPA majoring in communications. Gray is highest ranked athlete in the ASUN at 11th in the nation in the heptathlon. She won the heptathlon at the ASUN Championships scoring a meet and KSU school record 5641 points winning by almost 900 points. Her point total was 11th-best in the NCAA this season and qualified her for the NCAA National Championships. The sophomore won all seven events in the heptathlon at the ASUN Championships. She set the heptathlon school and ASUN Outdoor Championships heptathlon records in shot put 12.94m (42'2.5) and javelin throw 39.02m (128'0). The Ball Ground, Georgia native set a school heptathlon record in long jump with a leap of 6.11m (20'0.5). She came back later in the day to win open javelin with a career-best toss of 39.45m (129'5). Gray finished third in the high jump with a leap of 1.71m (5'7.25). She was named ASUN Most Outstanding Women's Field Performer for her performance at the ASUN Championships on Thursday.
Kidane owns a 3.59 GPA in exercise science. She competed in six meets during the season. The senior had seven top-10 finishes in 10 races this season. She won a pair of silver medals in the 1500m (4:34.19) and the 5K (17:17.94) at ASUN Outdoor Championships. She won a pair of 1500m races at the UNF Invitational and WCU Invitational. The Addis Ababa, Ethopia ran her season-best time of 2:19.54 in the 800m at the WCU Invitational.
Gray and 13 other Owls will compete at the NCAA Championships May 25-27 in Lexington, Kentucky.
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