ANDREAWATCH: University Place's Andrea Geubelle Leads Kansas Into NCAA Championships

University Place's will try to leap her way to an outdoor track and field crown when she and the Kansas Jayhawks compete in the NCAA Championships beginning Wednesday.

The Curtis product has qualified for two events: the long jump and triple jump. She took the for the latter event earlier this year and is considered the frontrunner heading into this week's competition.

She also can help the No. 2 Kansas women capture a national title. Geubelle was one of 17 Jayhawks who are competing on this week's national stage based on their performances last month at West Regionals, according to the University of Kansas:

Andrea Geubelle made perhaps the biggest splash of the day as she qualified in her second event of the NCAA Championships, the triple jump. Geubelle, who along with teammate Francine Simpson earned a trip to nationals in the long jump, qualified on one of the best triple jumps in Kansas school history. The University Place, WA native made only one trip down the runway in the competition, leaping to a mark that measured 14.17 meters (46-06 ft.). The jump was an enormous personal best for the junior and put her at No. 1 in the NCAA as she heads to nationals in two weeks.

Even though the mark was slightly wind-aided at 2.8 meters/second, the jump ranks Geubelle at 10th in the world this year under all conditions and would have set a new NCAA meet record had it not been for the minimal aiding wind.

As always, one of Andrea's biggest cheering sections is right here in University Place. Good luck!