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Amanda Caines
Amanda Caines

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Evanston, Ill.

High School:
Evanston Township High School

Height:
5-8

Event:
Multi

05/13/2012

Five Sunday Champions Lead KU Women to Runner-Up Finish at Big 12 Outdoor Championships

Women finish in program-best 2nd place, men 8th in final day of conference meet.

05/04/2012

Jayhawks Successful in Final Tune Up at Arkansas Twilight

Eleven Jayhawks earn personal bests at final meet before postseason

04/27/2012

Geubelle's Nation-Leading Mark Leads Jayhawks at Missouri Southern

Junior records new personal best as 10 other Jayhawks win in Joplin

04/19/2012

Krechyk Sets Record and Turcotte Takes Home Gold for KU on Day Two of Relays

Jayhawks see first-place finishers in both throwing and running events, while records fall

04/18/2012

Vollmer and Caines Set the Tone for KU on Day One of Kansas Relays

Duo earns collegiate best performances in a combined three events during heptathlon

Updated Personal Results

2012 OUTDOOR
Competed in the heptathlon at the Kansas Relays, recording personal bests in six events and finishing with a personal best score of 4,063 to finish seventh... Finished 13th in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championships (5/13), jumping to a mark of 11.35 meters (37-03.00 ft.)... Notched a personal best in the triple jump after her leap of 11.45 meters (37-06.25 ft.) at the Emporia State Relays (4/7), placing fifth... Top javelin mark of the season came at the Baker Relays (3/24) en route to a 15th-place finish, throwing to a distance of 25.50 meters (83-08 ft.).

2012 INDOOR
Finished eighth in the pentathlon at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27) with a score of 2,890 points... Notched a third-place finish in the triple jump at the Kansas vs. Missouri Dual (1/13) where she set a personal best jump of 11.35 meters (37-02.75 ft.)... Competed in the 800 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27) where she set a personal best time of 2:49.47, placing seventh... Set a personal best in the long jump at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7) where she leaped to a mark of 5.21 meters (17-01.25 ft.) to finish ninth.

2011 INDOOR
Finished first in the high jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (1/8), with a mark of 1.55m, a personal best... Also set personal bests in the triple jump with a distance of 11.18m, the long jump (1/14) with a distance of 4.95m and the 60-meter hurdles (1/8) with a time of 10.81.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in gymnastics and track... Named to the all-conference and all-sectional teams all four years... All-state in the triple jump three years... Holds the school record in the triple jump (38-9.00 ft.), 300m hurdles (46.4), long jump (16-3.00 ft.) and the high jump (5-04.00 ft.)... Member of the outdoor track conference championship team in 2008 and 2009... Won the CSL Leadership award... Member of the honor roll.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Kevin and Barb Caines... Parents both ran track collegiately... Majoring in business.

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