SAC's Kindred Heads To U.S. Olympic Trials

St. Aug's Kindred Heads To U.S. Olympic Trials

June 25, 2008
 
High jumper Joe Kindred (Fuquay-Varina, NC) of Saint Augustine's College will compete in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, which will be held June 27-July 6 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
 
Kindred, the 2008 Div. II national indoor and outdoor high jump champion, will participate in the high jump event, which starts July 3. Kindred is tied for the 10th best qualifying mark entering the Olympic Trials with a height of 2.26 meters. In May, Kindred, a rising senior, was named 2008 Div. II national men's field athlete of the year.
 
Six former Saint Augustine's College student-athletes are heading to the Olympic Trials along with Kindred. They are Kendall Stevens (100m), Philippe DeRosier (100m), Jamaal Torrance (400m), Anwar Moore (110H), Bershawn Jackson (400H) and Adriane Sims-Stone (High Jump).
 
Jackson, the 2005 400H world outdoor champion, has the fourth best qualifying time (48.13) in the 400 hurdles, and Moore has the sixth best time (13.12) in the 110 hurdles.