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Deanna Dougherty - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Deanna Dougherty

Position Horizontal Jumps
Class Sophomore
Hometown Olathe, Kan.
High School Olathe Northwest HS
Position Horizontal Jumps

Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Utilized redshirt season.

2017 INDOOR (So.)
Won the triple jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a distance of 11.94 meters (39-2.25 ft.) … Posted a third-place finish at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.68 meters (39-4 ft.) as well as a 19th-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 4.55 meters (14-11.25 ft.) … Had a first-place victory in the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a jump of 11.90 meters (39-0.5 ft.) … Competed at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/24-25) where she posted her career-best result in the triple jump at 11.97 meters (39-3.25 ft.) finishing in 12th.

2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Took 15th in the triple jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a mark of 11.69 meters (38-4.25 ft.) … Finished sixth in the triple jump after her wind-aided leap of 12.14 meters (39-10.0 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Personal-best long jump came at the Mesa Classic (4/8) where she posted a mark of 5.14 meters (16-10.5 ft.), good enough for 15th place … Claimed seventh in the triple jump after leaping 11.54 meters (37-10.5 ft.) at the ESU Relays (4/2).

2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Competed in eight meets in her first season as a Jayhawk … Took 14th in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) after posting a mark of 11.58 meters (38-0.0 ft.) … Runner-up in the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a leap of 11.62 meters (38-1.5 ft.) … Placed third in the triple jump after hitting a mark of 11.64 meters (38-2.25 ft.) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) … Finished 17th in the 60 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 8.59 … Claimed third at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) after her triple jump leap of 11.33 meters (37-2.25 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterwinner for head coach Demetrius Bell at Olathe Northwest … Leaped to the 2015 6A Kansas state triple jump title with a career best and school-record mark of 11.75 meters (38-6.75 ft.) … Earned the triple jump bronze medal at the 2014 Kansas state meet, hitting a mark of 11.10 meters (36-5 ft.) … A three-time Sunflower League Championship runner-up in the triple jump … Named to the 2015 all-metro team in the triple jump … A three-time All-Sunflower League second team selection in the triple jump … Claimed four academic letters and earned the Board of Education award as a senior in 2015.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Phil and Teresa Dougherty … Has an older brother, Bruce (22) … Cousin, Lisa, played for the Kansas women’s basketball team from 1985-88 … Father, Phil, and aunt, Angela Dougherty, also attended KU … Uncle, Alan, played football at Washburn University … Majoring in exercise science.