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Illinois track team adds accomplished athlete Morgan Smalls from LSU

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Petros Kyprianou Director of Track & Field and Cross Country | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website

Petros Kyprianou Director of Track & Field and Cross Country | University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Website

Director of Illinois track, field, and cross country Petros Kyprianou has announced the addition of Morgan Smalls from LSU to the team. Smalls is a three-time First-Team All-American, with her most recent accolade coming in the long jump at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships where she placed sixth with a jump of 6.47 meters.

Before achieving All-American status that season, Smalls earned Second-Team All-SEC honors in the long jump at the 2022 SEC Outdoor Championships with a leap of 6.58 meters. Additionally, she is a three-time USTFCCCA First-Team All-American and has been named seven times as a USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American.

Smalls began her collegiate career at USC, where she became a Pac-12 Champion in the high jump during the 2021 Pac-12 Outdoor Championships with a height of 1.83 meters. Her personal bests include marks of 1.91 meters in the high jump, 6.58 meters in the long jump, and 13.17 meters in the triple jump.

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