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Jumps Bios
Kenya Culmer
Indoor: Junior
Outdoor: Junior
Nassau, Bahamas
Track:
2011-12:
NCAA Regional Qualifier...Capital One Academic
All-District...MVC Scholar-Athlete...MVC Champion in the high
jump, where she posted a 1.81m to take the title...Broke the SIU
indoor and outdoor records in the high jump, as well as the indoor
and outdoor records for her home country of the Bahamas...Posted
11 top three finishes combined in the indoor and outdoor season,
including five wins, all in the high jump...Named Collegiate
Female Field Athlete of the Year by the Bahamas Association of
Athletic Associations...Qualified for the North American Cen-
tral American and Caribbean Athletics Under-23 Championship
Games held in Mexico.
2010-11:
Earned All-MVC honors for the high jump... Quali-
fied for the NCAA Regional in the high jump...Competed in the
MVC Indoor and Outdoor Championships...Recorded ten top-five
finishes in the 2010-2011 season.
High School/St. Augustine’s College:
Three time Carifta Games
qualifier...Pan American Games qualifier...Central American and
Caribbean Jr. Championships qualifier.
Personal:
Born Nov. 14, 1992...Full name is Kenya Nafeia Cecilia
Culmer...Daughter of Kirkland and Eleanor Culmer...Has two sib-
lings, Kirkland and Kaiwan...Majoring in business management.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
HJ - 1.78m*
HJ - 1.81m*
TJ - 11.87m
LJ - 5.31m
TJ - 12.14m
Kenya Culmer
Christian Ford
Indoor: Freshman
Outdoor: Freshman
Memphis, Tenn.
High School:
Participated in the triple jump, long jump, 400m race and
4x400m relay in high school...Also played football in high school...Won
third place in the junior olympics.
Personal:
Born Aug. 31, 1994...Parents are Cynthia and Terry Rose...
Father is an engineer, and his mother is a nurse.
Kalena Keclik
Indoor: Freshman
Outdoor: Freshman
Barrington, Ill.
High School:
Participated in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m, 4x200m, shot
put, discus and triple jump in high school...Also played basketball her
freshman year.
Personal:
Born July 1, 1993 to Gary and Donna Keclik...Father is an
architect, and her mother is an engineer for the EPA...Has one sibling,
Kris.
Kemar Jones
Indoor: Freshman
Outdoor: Freshman
St. Phillip, Barbados
High School:
Participated in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, jav-
elin, pentathlon and 110m hurdles at Queen’s College...Holds Queen’s
records in the high jump, long jump and triple jump...Won CARIFTA
gold medals in 2009 (high jump), 2011 (heptathlon) and won a CAC
Games gold medal in the high jump in 2012...Also played basketball,
and was named team Most Outstanding Player...Comes from the same
high school as Baltimore Ravens left guard Ramon Harewood.
Personal:
Full name is Kemar Shaquille Jones...Born Feb. 5, 1993,
to Martin Jones and Seilest Bradshaw in Barbados...Father is a police
sergeant and coach, his mother is a social worker...Has five siblings...
Majoring in environmental science.