By: by Scott Lipsky
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INDIANAPOLIS- Senior jumper Jerome McKinzie will be headed to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championship in Fayetteville, Ark. this weekend, as he was one of 18 student-athletes selected by the NCAA on Monday to compete for the national title in the high jump.
McKinzie, who won his fourth consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor title in the high jump on February 27 to help the Owls win the overall team title, earned an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. on January 31, when he cleared 2.20 meters (7'2.5"). He had to wait until the selection committee made their final decision on Monday evening since the height required to automatically qualify this year was set at 2.24 meters.
The Marietta, Ga. native is the first Kennesaw State Owl in any sport to individually qualify for an NCAA Division I national championship. This is the first season that track and field has been eligible for team and individual national championships after the athletic department successfully completed the NCAA's mandatory Division I re-classification process.
The Indoor National Championships will be held March 12-13 at the Randall Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with the University of Arkansas serving as the host. ESPN360.com will be streaming portions of the championship on Friday and Saturday evening.
