Alena Krechyk

Class: Senior Hometown: Grodno, Belarus Last College: Yanka Kupala State University

Height: 5-11 Event: Throws

Updated Personal Results

2012 OUTDOOR
Claimed the conference title in the hammer throw at the Big 12 Championships (5/11) after throwing a school and meet record 69.02 meters (226-05 ft.)... Earned First Team All-America honors after finishing sixth in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships (6/8), recording a top mark of 64.58 meters (211-10 ft.)... Won the hammer throw at the Kansas Relays (4/19) after throwing a distance of 66.05 meters (216-08 ft.)... Notched a third-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA West Prelims (5/26), collecting a top mark of 68.23 meters (223-10 ft.).

2012 INDOOR
Broke the school record in the weight throw on three separate occasions throughout the season... Garnered Second Team All-America honors in the weight throw with her 13^th-place finish at the NCAA Championships (3/9) after notching a top mark of 18.87 meters (61-11 ft.)... Big 12 runner-up in the weight throw with her school-record distance of 21.01 meters (68-11.25 ft.)... Finished second in the weight throw at the New Balance Invitational (2/4) with a top throw of 20.42 meters (67-00.00 ft.)... Claimed the weight throw title at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27) with her facility record mark of 19.69 meters (64-07.25 ft.).

2011 OUTDOOR
Utilized redshirt season.

2011 INDOOR
Utilized redshirt season.

2010 OUTDOOR
Recorded two first-place finishes in the hammer throw: the first coming at the Triton Invitational (4/24) on a throw of 62.32m (204-05.00 ft.), and the second coming on a throw of 60.29m (197-09.00 ft.) at the Twilight Invitational (5/1)... Set a personal best and KU's best hammer throw of the season with a throw of 64.57m (211-10.00 ft.) at the Texas Relays (4/3).

2010 INDOOR
Recorded three first-place finishes in the weight throw... Won the weight throw at the Big 12 Championships (2/27) with a mark of 19.54m (64-01.25 ft.), a personal best... Took another victory in the weight throw at the Air Force Invitational (2/13) with a throw of 19.37m (63-06.75 ft.)... Won the weight throw at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a throw of 18.59m (60-11.75 ft.)... Best performance in the shot put came at the KU vs. MU Dual (1/15) where she notched a 10^th-place finish on a throw of 10.27m (33-08.50 ft.).

AT YANKA KUPALA STATE UNIVERSITY
Crowned the U-23 Belarus National Champion in the hammer throw... Holds a personal-best mark of 68.61 meters (225-1 ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
Belarus National Junior Champion in the hammer throw in 2006... Finished 12th in the hammer throw at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships... Competed in the 2008 European Winter Throwing Cup.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Aleksey and Tamara Krechyk... Has one brother, VaDim... Majoring in Slavic languages.