Sydney Conley
2017 OUTDOOR (RSr.)
Contributed to a second place finish in the 4×100-meter relay at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-8) in the with a time of 44.73 … A part of the 4×100 relay team that took first place at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) timing in at 44.97 … Took first in the long jump at the Rock Chalk Classic with a jump of 6.52 meters (21-4.75 ft.) … Placed first in two events at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6) including the long jump with a mark of 6.62 meters (21-8.75 ft.) and the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.49 … Took first in the long jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/12-14) with a mark of 6.76 meters (22-2.25 ft.) … Placed second in the 100-meters at Big 12s with a time of 11.24 and contributed to a seventh-place finish for the 4×100 relay with a time of 45.49 … Finished third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7-10) in the long jump, with a jump of 6.56 meters (21-6.25ft.).
2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Took first in both the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.44) and the long jump with a mark of 6.02 meters (19-9 ft.) at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) … Recorded a season-best time in the 60 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) of 7.42 to earn first place … Placed second at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/17) in the long jump with a mark of 6.22 meters (20-5 ft.) … Recorded a second place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/24-25) in the long jump with a distance of 6.49 meters (21-3.5 ft.) … Competed in the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/10-11) and placed 11th in the long jump with a 6.24 meter (20-5.75 ft.) mark.
2016 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt after injury sidelined her for the season.
2016 INDOOR (Sr.)
Competed in just two meets before she missed the rest of the season due to injury … Claimed the long jump title at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) with a leap of 6.02 meters (19-9.0 ft.) … Runner-up in the 60 meters with a time of 7.44 at the Bill Easton Classic … Took second place in the 60 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) after a clocking of 7.47.
2015 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Had another stellar outdoor campaign, establishing herself as one of the top long jumpers in the nation … Leaped to All-America First Team honors for the third time in her career after she finished fifth at the NCAA Championships (6/13) with a wind-aided mark of 6.60 meters (21-8 ft.) … Picked up her first-career league long jump title at the Big 12 Championship after she hit a wind-aided mark of 6.48 meters (21-3.25 ft.) … Added a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters at the Big 12 Championship with the help of her wind-aided time of 11.31 … Hit a wind-legal personal-record mark of 6.48 meters (21-3.25 ft.) en route to a third-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30) … Tallied a pair of wins in the 100 meters, the first coming at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a wind-legal personal best of 11.54, and the second coming at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) by way of her wind-aided clocking of 11.28.
2015 INDOOR (Jr.)
Once again had a standout indoor campaign as the team’s top long jumper and one of the Jayhawks’ top short sprinters … Finished as the conference runner-up in the long jump for the second-straight season after she posted a mark of 6.24 meters (20-5.75 ft.) at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) … Top long jump mark of the year came at the Tyson Invitational (2/14) with her leap of 6.26 meters (20-6.50 ft.), which earned her a third-place finish … Sprinted to a career-best 7.44 clocking in the 60-meter prelims at the Big 12 Championship (2/27) and went on to take sixth overall in the final with her time of 7.47.
2014 OUTDOOR (So.)
Earned First Team All-America accolades after her seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships (6/11) with a leap of 6.30 meters (20-8 ft.) … Settled for a runner-up finish in the long jump at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) by just one centimeter, hitting a mark of 6.29 meters (20-7.75 ft.) … Claimed victory at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/3) in the long jump with a distance of 6.04 meters … Earned another victory at the Kansas Relays (4/19) with a wind-aided mark of 6.50 meters, her longest jump of the season … Fastest 100-meter dash time of the year came in the event prelims at the Big 12 Championship (5/17), finishing ninth overall in 11.63.
2014 INDOOR (So.)
Competed in three events for the Jayhawks on the season, running in the 60 and 200-meter dashes and the long jump … Placed in the top-five in five of six long jump events on the season … Earned First Team All-America accolades for the first time after she posted an indoor personal best with her mark or 6.29 meters (20-7.75 ft.) while finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships (3/14) … Claimed a second-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (2/28), hitting a mark of 6.18 meters (20-3.50 ft.) … Finished seventh in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championship (3/1) posting a time of 7.60… Recorded a personal-best time of 7.51 three times on the season; finishing sixth in the prelims at the Big 12 Championship (2/28), 16th at the Tyson Invitational (2/14) and fourth at the Jayhawk Classic (1/24) … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, Fall Athletic Director’s and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls.
2013 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Leaped to Honorable Mention All-America honors in the long jump after finishing 17th at the NCAA Championships (6/8) with a mark of 6.02 meters (19-9 ft.) … Named KU’s Newcomer of the Year … Posted four long jump top-10 finishes on the season … Claimed a personal-best long jump at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/13) with a leap of 6.35 meters (20-10 ft.) and earned the overall victory … Finished in first place in her division at the Texas Relays (3/30) with a wind-aided jump of 6.20 meters (20-4.25 ft.) … Recorded a second-place long jump finish at the Kansas Relays (4/20) after hitting a mark of 6.06 meters (19-10.75 ft.) … Placed 16th in the long jump at the Big 12 Championship (5/5).
2013 INDOOR (Fr.)
Finished in the top-five in five of six long jump events on the season … Recorded two top-three finishes in the 60 meters … Competed in both the long jump and 60 meters at the Big 12 Championship (2/24), placing 13th in the 60 meters with a personal-best time of 7.59 and fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.13 meters (20-1.5 ft.) … Posted an indoor personal best in the long jump at the Alex Wilson Last Chance meet (3/1) with a leap of 6.17 meters (20-3 ft.) … Claimed a second-place long jump finish at the Bill Easton Classic (1/5) with a jump of 5.79 meters (19-0 ft.).
HIGH SCHOOL
No. 1-ranked long jumper in the nation after winning the 2012 indoor national championship and three state titles in the event … Holds outdoor state records in the 100 meters (11.68), long jump (20-03 ft.) and triple jump (39-0 ft.) … Won three state championships in the 100 meters … Three-time state champion in the triple jump from 2010-12 … Earned MVP honors after winning the long jump at the Great Southwest Classic with her meet-record mark of 21-02 ft. … Broke four state indoor records her senior year: the 60 meters (7.58), the 200 meters (24.84), the long jump (19-9 ft.) and the triple jump (38-3 ft.) … Won the long jump and triple jump state titles her senior year … Inducted into the Arkansas High School Athletic Hall of Fame … Named a First Team All-American in the long jump in 2012.
PERSONAL
Full name is Sydney Alexandra Conley … Daughter of Mike and Regina Conley … Has three siblings: Mike Jr. (29), Jordan (26) and Jon (17) … Father, Mike, won a gold medal in the triple jump at the 1992 Olympics while also breaking the world record in the event … Father, Mike, still holds the indoor American record in the triple jump (58-3.75 ft.) … Brother, Mike Jr., is the starting point guard for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies … Niece of KU track & field head coach Stanley Redwine.
