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Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Girls Track & Field - Nebraska

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Kalynn Meyer

Throws
SUPERIOR HS
SUPERIOR, NEBRASKA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

176-8

Discus

49-5

Shot put
“Kalynn had a phenomenal year. For a high school athlete to see continual improvement from meet to meet is impressive. That is exactly what Kalynn has done, finishing with her best throws at the end of the season.”
Mikayla Niederklein
Head Coach - Head coach of Hastings St. Cecilia High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 6-foot-3 junior set meet records in both the shot put and discus throw at the Class C state championships this past season, leading the Wildcats to a sixth-place finish as a team. Meyer’s launched the discus 176 feet, 8 inches, which ranked No. 1 in the nation among prep competitors at the time of her selection. Her personal-best put of the shot (49-5) ranked No. 2 in the nation. She was the 2018 Omaha World Herald Athlete of the Year and the Lincoln Journal Star Prep Girls Athlete of the Year.

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Academic Achievement

Meyer has maintained an A average in the classroom. She has made a verbal commitment to compete on an athletic scholarship at the University of Nebraska beginning in the fall of 2020.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Superior High student council and her Future Farmers of America chapter, Meyer has volunteered locally as a youth volleyball and basketball coach.