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Strymar Livingston - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Strymar Livingston

Position Middle Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School Columbus HS
Position Middle Distance

Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Earned Second Team All-America honors in the 800-meter run at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (6/7-10) with a time of 1:48.17, good for 16th place … Also finished 16th as a part of the 4×400-meter relay team at NCAA Championships with a time of 3:07.52, good for Second Team All-America honors … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a first-place finish in the 800 meters at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round (5/25-27) recording a time of 1:49.14 … Won the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship (5/12-14) in the 800 meters with a time of 1:48.77.

2017 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished 11th as a member of the 4×400-meter relay team at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/10-11) with a time of 3:07.87, good for Second Team All-America honors … Won the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a time of 1:48.40 … Recorded a first-place finish in the 600-meter run at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) with a time of 1:16.93.

2016 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Member of the 4×400-meter relay team that qualified for the NCAA Championships (6/11) and placed 17th in the preliminary round with a time of 3:07.31 … Placed 30th in the 800 meters in the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/28) with a time of 1:51.11 … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a 10th-place finish (3:05.14) at the NCAA West Preliminary … Runner-up in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 1:48.42 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a first-place win in 3:05.73 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship … Won the 800 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with a time of 1:49.91 … Claimed the 800-meter title in 1:49.93 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 47.53 at the Mesa Classic (4/8) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a first-place finish at the Sun Angel Classic (4/9) with a time of 3:08.12.

2016 INDOOR (Jr.)
Runner-up in the 600 yards at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a personal-best time of 1:08.06 … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a third -place finish (3:08.74) at the Big 12 Indoor Championship … Won the 600 yards in 1:09.56 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) … Claimed the 600 yards title at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a time of 1:10.74 … Member of the victorious 4×400-meter relay team (3:14.83) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular … Assisted the 4×400-meter relay team to a second-place finish at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 3:16.46 … Placed fifth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.59 at the Husker Invitational (2/6) … Finished fifth at the Arkansas Qualifier (2/13) with a 800-meter time of 1:49.86.

AT IOWA WESTERN CC (2014-15)
Ran to a national championship as well as All-America honors seven times in two seasons for the Reivers … Claimed the 2015 NJCAA title in the outdoor 800 meters with his time of 1:50.94 … Fastest 800-meter clocking came en route to a win at the Drake Relays (4/26/15) when he finished in 1:49.52 … The national runner-up in the 600 meters at the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Championships (3/7) with a personal-best time of 1:16.53 … Won the 800 meters at the 2015 Kansas Relays by way of a 1:50.54 clocking … Achieved All-America honors as a member of the Reivers’ 4×400-meter and 4×800-meter relay teams.

HIGH SCHOOL
The national high school record holder for the indoor 500 meters (1:01.68) and the 600 meters (1:17.58) … Claimed the 2011 league title in the 800 meters in a time of 1:52.86 … Fastest 800-meter clocking of high school career came in a fourth-place finish at the 2011 New York State Championships … Won the indoor state title in the 600 meters as a senior, posting a time of 1:20.02 … Also won the city title in the 400 meters in 2012, clocking in at 47.90 … Fastest 400-meter outing as a high schooler came at the 2012 PSAL season opener, winning the event in 47.44.

PERSONAL
Son of Byran Jones and Lurline Livingston … Has five siblings: Stacey, Kady, Poochie, Nicky and Ottivia … Majoring in sociology.