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Ezekiel Welch - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Ezekiel Welch

Position Horizontal Jumps
Class Senior
Hometown Wichita, Kan.
High School Maize HS
Position Horizontal Jumps

CAREER RESULTS

Career Highlights
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2014 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

 

2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Recorded a career-best mark in the long jump at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) at 7.00 meters (22-11.75 ft.) to finish fourth … Placed third in the triple jump at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a mark of 15.25 meters (50-0.5 ft.) … Finished fourth in the quadrangular long jump at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) by tying his personal-best mark of 7.00 meters (22-11.75 ft.) and placed third in the triple jump with a mark of 15.07 meters (49-5.5 ft.) … Placed seventh in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a mark of 15.25 meters (50-0.5 ft.) … Finished 18th in the triple jump with a mark of 15.42 meters (50-7.25 ft.) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/24-26).

2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Finished third in the long jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a mark of 6.63 meters (21-9 ft.) … Placed fourth in the triple jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular with a mark of 15.10 meters (49-6.5 ft.) … Placed sixth in the long jump at the triangular with a personal-best mark of 6.87 meters (22-6.5 ft.) … Finished fifth in the long jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a mark of 6.91 meters (22-8 ft.) … Notched a third-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 15.00 meters (49-2.5 ft.) at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) … Finished ninth in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with a mark of 15.02 meters (49-3.5 ft.).

2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Recorded a personal-best mark of 15.67 meters (51-5 ft.) in the triple jump at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round (5/25-27), good for 15th place … Finished seventh in the triple jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) with a wind-aided mark of 15.27 meters (50-1.25 ft.) … Won the triple jump at the Ward Haylett Invite (5/6) with a leap measuring 14.97 meters (49-1.5 ft.).

2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Posted an eighth-place finish in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/24-25) with a mark of 14.76 meters (48-5.25 ft.) … Recorded a season-best in the triple jump of 15.14 meters (49-8.25 ft.) at the Iowa State Classic (2/10-11), good for first-place … Won the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/26-27) with a leap of 15.08 meters (49-5.75 ft.).

2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Took eighth in the triple jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) after posting a personal-best mark of 14.71 meters (48-3.25 ft.) … Won the triple jump at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) with a wind-aided mark of 14.60 meters (47-11.0 ft.) … Claimed sixth in the 400 meters with a time of 48.07 at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish in 3:17.10 at the Rock Chalk Classic … Finished fifth in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 14.37 meters (47-1.75 ft.) at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Placed fourth at the ESU Relays (4/2) after a wind-aided triple jump mark of 14.46 meters (47-5.25 ft.).

2016 INDOOR (So.)
Placed 10th in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/27) with a mark of 13.65 meters (44-9.5 ft.) … Won the triple jump by way of a 14.30 meter (46-11.0 ft.) jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) … Took third in the triple jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) after hitting a mark of 14.44 meters (47-4.5 ft.) … Finished fifth in the long jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge where he posted a mark of 6.52 meters (21-4.75 ft.) … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a fourth-place finish in 3:30.09 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) … Claimed third in the triple jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/15) with a mark of 14.12 meters (46-4.0 ft.).

2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Best wind-legal triple jump mark of the season measured out to 14.47 meters (47-5.75 ft.) and earned him a sixth-place finish at the ESU Spring Open (3/28) … Topped the 49-foot mark for the first time with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/17), leaping to a wind-aided distance of 14.97 meters (49-1.5 ft.) … Finished fourth in the triple jump at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) by way of a 14.40 meter (47-3 ft.) jump … Named to the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team.

2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Helped the KU scoring effort with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championship (2/28), hitting a mark of 14.04 meters (46-0.75 ft.) … Opened the season with a runner-up finish and a season best in the triple jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/6/14), posting a leap of 14.11 meters (46-3.5 ft.) … Won the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) with a mark of 13.74 meters (45-1 ft.) … Best long jump of the season came at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/17) when he posted a mark of 6.50 meters (21-4 ft.), good for a seventh-place finish.

HIGH SCHOOL
State runner-up in the triple jump in 2014 … Holds school record in the triple jump with leap of 49-0 ft., which ranked as the 11th-best leap in the nation in 2014 … Helped 4×100-meter relay team to school record of 43.44 in 2014 … Posted a third-place finish in the triple jump at the 2013 Kansas state meet … Recipient of U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award in 2014.

PERSONAL
Son of Alix Welch and Kobi Maddox … Majoring in community health.