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Kennesaw State track and field athletes fall short at USATF Outdoor Championship

Tom Lindsey painted a Kennesaw State logo in the front lawn of their home in Powder Springs as a graduation gift for his son, Joseph (pictured). They shot this photo using a camera mounted on a drone.
Tom Lindsey painted a Kennesaw State logo in the front lawn of their home in Powder Springs as a graduation gift for his son, Joseph (pictured). They shot this photo using a camera mounted on a drone.
By Juliakate E Culpepper
June 26, 2017

Kennesaw State’s Jordan Gray and Andre Dorsey fell short of qualifying for August’s IAAF World Championships in London over the weekend during the USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Sophomore Jordan Gray played 14th in the heptathlon at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium with 5640 points. Gray recorded a long jump leap of 5.76 meters, a javelin distance of 38.52 meters and an 800-meter time of 2:26.27.

Dorsey, a former Owl, recorded a distance of 7.43 meters in the men’s long jump and finished 18th.

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