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Indoors: High Jump, 7-1 3/4
Outdoors: High Jump, 7-2 1/2
NCAA All-American:
2002 Indoor High Jump
NCAA Championships:
2003 (I): High Jump, 6-10 1/4 (16th)
2003 (O): High Jump, 7-1 3/4 (t12th)
2002 (I): High Jump, 6-11 3/4 (t7th)
2002 (O): High Jump, 6-10 3/4 (t16th)
Big 12 Championships:
2003 (I): High Jump, 7-1 3/4 (2nd)
2002 (I): High Jump, 7-1 3/4 (2nd)
2002 (O): High Jump, 7-0 1/4 (2nd)
2001 (I): High Jump, 6-9 1/2 (4th)
2001 (O): High Jump, 7-0 1/2 (2nd)
2003: Kyle Odvody came on strong at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, winning the title with a leap of 7-2 1/4... tied for 12th place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, clearing 7-1 3/4... tied for 10th at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, only clearing 6-7 1/2 before exiting the competition... won the Concordia Twilight, clearing 7-0... took silver at the Ward Haylett Invitational, leaping 6-11 1/2... captured gold at the K.T. Woodman Classic with a 6-11 3/4... had a successful indoor campaign, matching his personal-best mark of 7-1 3/4 on two occasions... was second on misses at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a leap of 7-1 3/4... finished 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championships, after clearing 6-10 1/4... won the 2003 adidas Classic (7-1 3/4). 2002: Odvody tied for 16th in the high jump at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a height of 6-10 3/4" career-best performance was his winning 7-2 1/2 mark at the Kansas State, Wyoming Triangular... runner-up at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a jump of 7-0 1/4... jumped a personal indoor best and provisional-qualifying height of 7-1 3/4 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships for another second-place finish... earned All-America honors by tying for seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a height of 6-11 3/4. 2001: Finished second in the high jump at the Big 12 outdoor meet with a mark of 7-0 1/2... cleared an outdoor season-best 7-1 at the USATF Junior National Championships... placed fourth in the high jump (6-9 1/2) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships... recorded a season-best indoor high jump of 6-11 at the Northern Iowa Invitational. High School: Set a <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Nebraska state high jump record with a leap of 7-1 1/2 at the Platteview Invitational in 2000... his state record was broken in 2002 by current Husker Aaron Plas... placed second in the high jump (7-0 1/2) at the USATF Junior Olympics... was the 2000 Class B and all-class gold medal winner with a state meet record high jump of 7-0... tied for sixth in the high jump (6-7) at the 2000 Footlocker High School National Championships... finished second in the high jump to former Husker teammate Matt O’Brien at the 1999 Nebraska Class B state meet (6-8)... was the 1998 Class B high jump runner-up (6-7)... tied for fourth (6-4) at the 1997 Class B state meet as a freshman. Personal: High school coach was Randy Shada... major is sociology... parents are Gary and Rose Odvody... born April 23, 1982.