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Odalis Hernandez

Position Horizontal Jumps
Class Freshman
Hometown Emporia, Kan.
High School Emporia HS
Position Horizontal Jumps
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Career Results

2017 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Notched a 20th place finish at the Emporia State Relays (4/1) where she had a mark of 10.47 meters (34-8.75 ft.) in the triple jump … Placed sixth at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) in the triple jump with a clearance of 11.50 meters (37-8.75 ft.) … Finished third in the triple jump at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28) with a mark of 10.93 meters (35-10.5 ft.).

2017 INDOOR (Fr.)
Competed in the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) where she recorded a seventh-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 10.58 meters (34-8.5 ft.) … Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6) with a career-best result of 11.18 meters (36-8.25) … Placed sixth in the triple jump with a clearance of 10.88 meters (35-8.5 ft.)

HIGH SCHOOL
Won 10 letters in gymnastics, powerlifting and track & field at Emporia HS … Finished fifth in the triple jump at the 2016 5A state meet with a mark of 36-8½ … Posted the state’s top triple jump mark in 2016 with a personal-best leap of 39-1½ in a first-place finish at the Barrier Breakers Invitational … Member of school-record breaking 4×100-meter relay team that posted a time of 49.85 … Named her team’s most valuable newcomer in 2013 … A three-time state champion powerlifter … Senior class president … Graduated in top-five percent of her class with a 4.2 GPA.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Ruben and Lori Hernandez … Has an older sister, Oasis (20) … Sister, Oasis, is member of track team at Liberty University … Majoring in mathematics and Spanish … Aspires to obtain a doctorate in mathematics or biomedicine.