Amari Laing

Position:
Jumps
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Millard South
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Awards and Honors
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S25)

Personal Records

60m	7.67	2025 Indoor
100m	12.25	2025 Outdoor
200m	27.22	2024 Outdoor
60m Hurdles	9.60	2024 Indoor
High Jump	5-3 3/4 (1.62m)	2024 Indoor
Shot Put	38-4 3/4 (11.70m)	2024 Indoor
Long Jump	19-9 1/2 (6.03m)	2024 Indoor
	20-2 1/2 (6.16m)	2025 Outdoor
Pentathlon	3,297	2024 Indoor

2024-25
Outdoor: Advanced to NCAA West Prelims in the long jump, going on to finish 38th with 19-5 1/5 (5.93m) ... part of the scoring 4x100m (45.44, T-No. 4 ISU) and took 10th in the long jump (19-8 3/4, 6.01m) at Big 12 Championships ... won the long jump with a PR of 20-2 1/2 (6.16m), the No. 7-ranked ISU mark, and had a 100m PR of 12.25 for 10th at the Cyclone Twilight ... took second in the long jump (19-5 1/2, 5.93m) and was part of the 4x100m that placed fifth at Drake Relays ... also competed at the Desert Heat Classic, Kansas Relays and Jim Duncan Invite.
Indoor: Finished 15th in the long jump at Big 12 Championships (18-7, 5.66m) ... opened season with a long jump season-best 19-2 (5.84m) for the win and had a 60m PR of 7.67 for third ... also competed throughout the long jump and sprinting events at the Iowa Open, Iowa State Classic, Cyclone Open and Bill Bergan Open.

2023-24
Outdoor: Competed at three meets ... hit a season-best 18-7 3/4w (5.68m) to win the long jump at the Jim Duncan Invite ... placed second in the long jump (18-5 3/4, 5.63m) and 10th in the 200m (27.22) at the ISU Alumni Invite ... threw a javelin best of 84-11 (25.89m) at the USF Invite.
Indoor: Finished 12th in the long jump at Big 12 Championships with a leap of 19-6 1/4 (5.95m) ... took second in the pentathlon long jump behind teammate Sydney Willits with a personal record of 19-9 1/2 (6.03m), the ninth-best long jump mark in school history ... completed her first-career pentathlon at the ISU Holiday Invite with 3,297 points for fourth place ... also completed the pentathlon at the Razorback Invite with 3,261 ... placed fifth in the long jump (18-9 1/4, 5.72m) at the Iowa Open ... hit PRs of 38-4 3/4 (11.70m) in the shot put, 5-3 3/4 (1.62m) in the high jump and 9.60 in 60m hurdles.

High School
Eleven-time state qualifier and eight-time medalist through long jump, triple jump and sprinting events ... as a senior in 2023, became state long jump runner-up with the second best mark in Nebraska history, took third in triple jump and seventh in the 100m dash ... had runner-up finish at state in the triple jump and took sixth in the 4x100 and long jump as a sophomore ... in her junior season, claimed fourth in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump ... held long jump personal best of 17-11 and triple jumps best of 36-0 ... also standout softball player, earning First Team All-State, First Team All-Region and was named Metro Conference Player of the Year.